Honestly, what a waste of four years. All of this government money went into an effort to figure out if a guy put substances in his body. In the big picture, there are so many worse crimes. Rape, homicide, manslaughter, genocide, child abuse. I’m disappointed in the feds for turning this into a fully-fledged witch hunt.
[UPDATE]
Ray Ratto: One thing seems clear, consider Bonds retired
I just skimmed the article, but here are some interesting lines:
The five-count indictment blows so many holes in Bonds' desirability to other teams that it is unfathomable that another team would be willing to sign him, either in December, March, June or ever. Never mind whether he is still a salable commodity to the average fan - no team is going to sign someone who might have to take a few weeks off during the middle of the 2008 season to go on trial. Even the most benign viewing of the events of today undercuts Bonds' ability to make himself attractive to another team. His new uniform is a suit, his support staff is John Burris and Michael Rains, and 762 is the home run record for the foreseeable future.
And finally, there is one last conclusion not to be jumped. That with Bonds indicted, the Steroid Era is finally behind us, and baseball can dance free and untainted. No, it's in front of us, halogen high-beams right through our corneas, and it's going to stay in front of us for at least as long as it took for the drugs to become a full-blown era.
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