Well, it would have. But you lied. So it won’t. I’m of course talking about Barry Bonds, who has just been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for perjury and obstruction of justice. There was a great article in the Post-Dispatch this morning that I’d like to share with you all. It sums up Barry Bonds and this situation quite well.
Let the rationalizing begin.
Barry Bonds’ day of reckoning drew much closer Thursday. Actually, it arrived.
The question of whose lineup will include the free-agent left fielder next season has become secondary to which judge will find Bonds on his or her docket.
At the end of a four-year investigation into rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs by elite athletes, the feds hit the game’s all-time home run king* Thursday with four counts of perjury and one of obstruction of justice because of lies he allegedly told a federal grand jury. Major League Baseball knew this train was coming but until now remained unsure when it would reach the station.
A marvelously gifted talent who has tarnished his career by showing contempt for teammates, media, the game’s integrity and the truth now stands formally accused.
Thursday’s federal indictment will cause Bonds’ supporters to trot out well-worn excuses, mail-order legal degrees and a race-based defense of a man who has never embraced anything other than himself.
I was shocked that the Cardinals brought up Rick Ankiel already. They can’t send him back down because the Cardinals are out of options on him. If he would get sent back down, any team can claim him. I knew they’d bring him up, but I thought it would be closer to the end of the season, like in September. Well, I was wrong, and boy am I glad I was. Ankiel has been hot in the minors all year and he continued his streak in the Bigs. In his first two games he hit three home runs and made a great catch. What’s even better is it seems his hot streak as reinvigorated the rest of the team, finally waking up their sleeping bats. Today’s game versus the Dodgers brought 18 hits and 12 runs for the Cardinals. The depressed Cardinal Nation has also begun to make noise again. Everyone is talking about Ankiel, a St. Louis favorite, bringing some excitement back to St. Louis. There is some life left in the Cards after all. 