Indicted: Barry Bonds!
Back during his halcyon days. Presumably.
Dude. Duuuuuuude.
After a four-year federal investigation, today cranky baseball icon Barry Bonds was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice. Ouch. And Jesus. He's like Pete Rose, but worse. Which? Again, ouch.
According to CBS 5, "[w]hile Bonds was chasing Aaron amid the adulation of San Franciscans and the scorn of baseball fans almost everywhere else, due to his notoriously prickly personality and nagging steroid allegations, a grand jury quietly worked behind closed doors to put the finishing touches on the long-rumored indictment." Prickly is sure putting it mildly.
The indictment, as many of you already know, stems from Bonds (alleged) tissue of lies he hurled at a grand jury about the BALCO steroids distribution ring. According to the Chronicle, "former baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent called the prospect of Bonds' indictment 'a terrific blow to the game,'" and a blow it is. Anyway, this effectively removes whatever sheen remained on the Bonds star. RIP, dude.