Barry Bonds

99% of the time sports stories get me fired up for about a minute in half or roughly the time it takes for me to encounter something more important. The Bonds story that is floating around right now is not in that 99%. If you have managed to avoid the media storm, here is the gist of it; two San Francisco journalists are about to release a book outlining the steroids regime that Barry Bonds has used for the past eight years. Of course this is still alledged, but there is enough evidence here that even Cochran would've avoided this case. On the eve of the season that Bonds is going to take a run at Aaron, he's busted.

I think the MLB has to go after Bonds hard. They have to do everything that they can do to provide the evidence of foul play. They need to do the same thing to Sosa and McGuire. And to the Giants, Cubs and Cardnials organizations. I hear a lot of people saying that too many people cheated and it's not fair to just go after the big name. BS. It's not about going after the big names, it's about going after the record holders. For the future of the game, it doesn't matter if a second basemen used the juice to hit 35 home runs instead of 15 (Boone, Brett), but it does matter of Maris fell beaus of a bunch of needles and cattle steroids. It will matter of Hank Aaron, one of the classiest and patient men in the history of the game loses the all-time home run record to Bonds simply because baseball decided to look the other way for the sake of a profit.

Also, it is worth mentioning the reporters who are publishing the book and have gone after Bonds and steroids in baseball. Too many, sports journalism is about nothing more than screaming into a mike on the radio. To some, it is real journalism. It is about seeking truth and persevering through lies and red tape. Tom Verducci, bravo for pushing this story ever since your interview with Ken Caminiti. Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, thank you for living in San Francisco and asking the obvious questions about Barry Bonds. Without this kind of journalism there would be no congressional hearings, no public outcry and no chance a record book with any integrity.