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Steroids, Again
ESPN is reporting the Victor Conte told friends that not only did Barry take "the cream" and the "clear" but knew damn well what they were. This is the very-same Victor Conte who swore to everyone that Barry didn't take steroids and was completely innocent of anything. Also the very same Victor Conte who leaked all that Grand Jury testimony (allegedly) that put Barry into potential trouble over perjury charges. With friends like these....
ESPN is also reporting Patrick Arnold, the man credited with developing THG is saying the very same thing about Barry.
You know, we've softened a bit in our No Barry in '07 position. He's hitting the ball well and the A's are having such great success with Frank Thomas that we could see Barry helping the Giants along the same ways as Frank is with the A's. But then this came along.
Image of Barry as the Hulk from the Boston Dirt Dogs
In a strange way, we couldn't help but think about the recent, huge article on Bill Clinton's post-Presidency in this week's New Yorker. The story pretty much reminded us about all things Bill-- his charisma and his intelligence, his ability to pretty much get an issue right from an intellectual standpoint and how he made people actually like our country. But it also reminded us of all the attendant crap that came along with his Presidency and just how maddening he could sometimes be. Signing Barry would be a bit like having Hillary run-- it would be great in some ways, but maybe not so worth it for the headache. And yes, we did just compare Barry Bonds to Bill Clinton and, okay, maybe that's not such a great comparison but work with us here. What can we say? We read Maureen Dowd this morning and so we're all about making strange connections between pop culture and politics these days.
Anyways, what we're saying is that when we're talking about just Barry and him hitting home runs or doubles that get caught in chain-link fences, we lean towards bringing him back. But when stories like this get out there, which they will inevitably do as Barry closes in on Hammerin' Hank, the more we just want to wash ourselves out of the whole mess.