Barry Bonds homerun

Barry Bonds homerun


Barry Bonds avoids jail, gets 2 years' probation, home confinement - latimes.com

@Robert Everhart
supprise,supprise!
@Tony Mosqueda
Can we move on now.....the government spent MILLIONS of your money for what??? bullshit
@Brian Weiss
Yeah, if one of the rest of us had perjured ourselves in front of a grand jury, do you think we'd get probation and an inconsequential fine? Wow, a whole $4,000? I'll bet that will nearly bankrupt Bonds. It sure will teach HIM a lesson. Nice going, judge. You've helped convince a lot of people that there really is a different system of justice for the rich and famous.
@Scott Neely
Hey Brian, in case you hadn't heard, Bonds wasn't convicted of perjury.
@John Shermer
true
@Paul Hupp
Scott Neely - may not be perjury but Bonds was convicted of a felony, that is as serious as it gets. I know people who have got jail time for first offense misdemeanors. This is the essence of a banana republic two tier justie system.
@Paul Anderson
Money changes everything as Madonna once said. Too true. There are different laws for different people in this country. The 1 percent own this country and until enough people stand up and say otherwise with a loud voice this condition will continue. Yet we do continue to support these people buying expensive tickets, merchandise and related ephemera. We have only ourselves to blame for this filthy, dirty rotten system.
@Pasha John Mohammadi
They should of dropped the case long ago
@George Vreeland Hill
Home run king? Hank and the Babe did not need drugs to hit home runs. As for Bonds, his first name should be Bail. George Vreeland Hill
@John Shermer
No, but the Babe didn't play with black players....and Aaron played in the era of amphetamines
@Mimi Samba Samba
You have no proof that they did not do drugs. Who you kiddin'...alcohol, womanizing, ..those things go well with drugs and baseball. Plus - there was no testing for those drugs back then.
@Paul Anderson
He shouldn't have even got bail. He should have got bondage. For a long time.
@Josh Rivetz
How is it relevant that Babe Ruth didn't play with black players?
@Paul Hupp
Ohhhhhh....."Probation and a fine" for a FELONY...Ohh..that'll teach all those bad folks not to lie and engage in felonious conduct.....I do hope Barry's head goes back to its normal size.......guys noggin is bigger than a bowling ball.
@Stephen J. Smith
Same b.s, different day.
@Ross Thomas
Perjury/obstruction of justice on the federal level are stupid prosecutions. More often than not they result in minimum jail terms or probation, in large part because the defendants have no prior record. I have no sympathy for Bonds. Fortunately, he'll never get in the Hall of Fame or even be asked back for Old Timers' Day. He gets to spend the rest of his days in some palatial mansion trying to justify his actions and complaining bitterly about how unfairly he's been treated. Plus he got socked with a huge legal bill. Let's forget him.
@Josh Rivetz
He might get in the Hall of Fame and he should. His achievements before he used steroids warrant admission.
@Denise Santoyo
Unforunately what he did to taint the game after he started juicing warrant banning him from the HOF for life.
@Paul Anderson
Josh Rivetz I don't think so. If that were true than Pete Rose belongs in the Hall Of Fame. Not gonna happen. Bonds belongs in the Hall Of Shame.
@Josh Rivetz
Whether or not players get in the Hall of Fame shouldn't be a matter of weighing their achievements against their wrongdoings. It should depend solely on their achievements.
@Larry Bloom
Our Judicial system here really SUCKs. If you're a professional ball player you a immune to laws. Barry Bonds should not have gotten off with a slap on the wrist. He is no Home Run king...
@Michael Dammer
75million dollars spent to prosecute this case... so Barriod can spend a month "incarcerated" in his multi million dollar home.
@Chaz Hoover
FVCK that neddle dick
@Paul Anderson
75 million dollars that should have come out his and his lawyers pockets to provide restitution to the taxpayers and the state. In the meantime our Government refuses to tax the rich not even with a small surcharge on their multi-million dollar incomes.
@Dionna Butterfli Per-Will
Yet mcguire walks free...
@Josh Rivetz
Barry Bonds should never have been called to testify before the grand jury in the first place. He was asked questions that he had no constitutional right to refuse to answer, but which could've had professional repercussions had he answered them affirmatively. He was put between a rock and a hard place.
@Josh Rivetz
huh?
@Bob Sampron
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." Squealer the Pig, from Orwell's "Animal Farm." You try lying to Congress and see what happens.
@Joe Commentor
it's good to be part of the 1% can i have home detention in my mansion, too?
@David Abraham
Gonna be tough being cooped up in that mansion. I recommend two bottles of Zynga and an injection of chess : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmUgbItEAM8
@Weston Moody
Keeping people out of prison for stuffs like this make room in the prisons for the real criminals. Murders, child molestation, rapest.
@Steve Huter
Some poor schlep would get a stiffer jail sentence for possession of a nickel bag of marijuana. The 1% get off easy once again.
@Lester Johnson
This was a waste of government time and taxes payers funds. You take baseball from him, ruined his career by bringing these charges. Then he get 2 years probation to be made to stay Home like a little kid on punishment. Our government is fuck up, cause they lie to Americans daIly, break laws daily, can't figure a budget but lock guys, professional baseball players in there homes. Dumb shit,
@Beth Dove
Who is the MLB Commish? What happens in his house is his problem and his fault. He and the owners knew what was happening (Steroid era) and the players KNEW they wouldn't be able to compete if they didn't cheat like everyone else (pitchers & hitters). If there were no steroids the same players would be making the plays, just not as well. ..maybe not as many strikeouts and home runs year after year(a little more superhuman they were). Anyway it wasn't ONLY the players fault. Again I ask who was the commish? The commish became so by who's approval? Everyone's hands were dirty. If Barry or anyone else was honest they would then have to rat on their fellow players & organization (the line of questioning).. so it was as if they couldn't tell the truth and everyone in the league quietly appreciated it. Messed up world when you look at the whole picture instead of the simplistic moral integrity of one or two pawns / players / scapegoats. The real players here and where the focus should have been is on the commish and the owners. .. I wonder whose idea it was, after the huge baseball strike and lack of interest in baseball awhile back, to inject the players in the first place.? Either way it was the Barry Bonds types of players who not only saved baseball by making it more interesting but also saved it by keeping their mouths shut. Barry Bonds' father, Bobby, had to face huge racial challenges and now his son saves baseball by accepting/embracing the villain / scapegoat tag and keeping his mouth shut. People may never see it but they both did a lot for baseball and the people "in the know" KNOW and APPRECIATE BARRY BONDS ! ! !
@Junkyard Willie
What did Barry Bonds lie about? Steroids -- a victimless crime. Who cares? This was all much ado about nothing.