So the Jury Convicts Bonds of Lying, but Not of Perjury. Wait. What?
SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds was convicted of obstruction of justice today, but a jury of eight women and four men could not render a verdict on three counts of perjury after four days of deliberations. A mistrial was declared on the three perjury counts, and the jury was released. Bonds sat impassively as the verdict was read. While the jury was divided on the three charges that Bonds lied when he told a grand jury in 2003 that he had never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs, the guilty verdict for obstructing the federal investigation of the BALCO case makes him a convicted felon.
I’m not really sure how to react to this. I mean, sure, it’s something. But I’m can’t quite decide if it’s satisfying or not. It kind of feels like the ending to “No Country for Old Men,” where you’re waiting for some big showdown, but instead you get this ambiguous sudden ending and before you know it the credits are rolling and you’re supposed to sit there and make sense of it.
Here the jury is saying that Bonds obstructed justice by lying to the feds, but couldn’t they couldn’t decide if he committed perjury, which I’m pretty sure is defined as “lying to the feds.” Or something. I’m not going to bother trying to figure it out or listen to a second of all the sports talk shows interviewing their legal analysts because I don’t want to swallow my tongue with boredom. All I want… all I ever wanted out of any of this… is to watch Bonds get led away in cuffs. And not for doing steroids because there aren’t a lot of virgins in the MLB whorehouse. I just want Bonds going to the Stony Lonesome for insulting our intelligence with these stupid, pointless denials. For not being man enough to stand up and say “You’re goddamned right I juiced. Who didn’t???” For asking us to ignore his freaklishly large head. And just in general for being a dick. Sean McDonough has covered every sport you can name. And he’s said that without a doubt Bonds is the biggest douche he’s ever met. And that from a guy who’s worked with Matt Millen. So sorry if I’m not all weepy because Bonds teabagged Hank Aaron because all those records are a joke now anyway. I just want him convicted on a felony charge of being an asshole in the 1st degree. @jerrythornton1
you suck
is it the roids that made him grow such a thick thatch of grey chest hair? that shit is LUSTROUS!
When it comes down to, like it does for 100′s of guys, taking illegal drugs and making millions to potentially losing the best job of your life, you are morally wrong for not trying to get the extra edge. Sure some guys don’t need to, but those who do, and don’t simply aren’t doing their best to support their family.
Sean McDonough has covered every sport you can name. And he’s said that without a doubt Bonds is the biggest douche he’s ever met.
^ apparently Sean never met his father
Grreatest player of our generation.
…….says:
When Will McDonough died, and ever since, there has been a GAPING hole in NFL reporting from his absence.
Douchebag or not – I wouldn’t know, never met him. He was the best NFL guy out there for decades. Period.
and he tagged Clayborn with a right cross. That has to be worth something.
Griffey Jr. > Bonds
“[A] jury of eight women and four men could not render a verdict on three counts of perjury after four days of deliberations.”
I would love to know the races of those jurors who would not convict. Let me guess. Hmmmmm. Ohhhhhhhh, LAWdy!!
Apparently it was 11-1. One hold out was a woman. I haven’t heard anything on her race.
Bonds owes Anderson huge. Dude is sitting in jail.
Obstruction of justice is lying to the feds during the course of their investigation. Perjury is lying while testifying on the witness stand, once said investigation is complete and the trial begins. Pretty simple to discern the difference between the two, Jerry.
do records even matter in a sport that only let white people play it for half its history? i say, let them take steriods and hit 100 dingers. who gives a shit. i want to be entertained dammit.
yo barry, ya head doubled in size. we believe ya though….
Somehow this will lead to the Patriots losing a couple draft picks, right Jerry?
I firmly believe they should all be given steroids on the day they sign their big league contracts.
You get millions, be a superstar, bang bitches in every baseball town you go to.
Down side, you “MAY” die from the juice when you’re in your 60s.
Sign me the fuck up.
Biggest waste of government dollars since, well, the last time the government cut a check.
@Makai – the lone dissenter’s first name is Nyiesha (according to the ESPN article). Doesn’t state race but…ya know
@makai Anderson’s been out of jail for a week. Judge let him go while the jury was deliberating.
@makai Anderson’s been out of jail for a week. Judge let him go while the jury was deliberating.
Basically he was convicted bc he gave a retarded answer to a yes-or-no answer while ON The Stand had nothing to do with lying to feds.
“Did Greg ever give you anything that required a syringe to inject yourself with?” Bonds was asked.
His answer : “That’s what keeps our friendship. You know, I am sorry, but that — you know, that — I was a celebrity child, not just in baseball by my own instincts. I became a celebrity child with a famous father. I just don’t get into other people’s business because of my father’s situation, you see.”
When you’re in front of a grand jury you have to answer, and he gave a [expletive] answer,” said Fred Jacob, the 56-year-old jury foreman. “He gave a story rather than a yes-or-no answer.”
Que the Billy Madison reference…What i don’t understand is after he gave the retarded irrelevant answer..why not just ask him again n say answer “yes or no”? Seems easier n cheaper.
Bonds isn’t going to get into the Hall of Fame ever and I wish his numbers could be stricken from the record book. He cheated, he knows it, we all know it. The fact that the government is still going after these guys like a couple million spent on convicting Bonds on what we all already know would even be worth it? Now they convict him on obstruction and the prosecution is trying to claim victory? Victory my fucking ass. He wins again, great work Justice System. You fucking suck. Spend more tax payer dollars, get more greedy lawyers fat paychecks and nothing is accomplished at all. Also great work holding the trial in San Francisco, quite possibly the only place you will find a juror who is going to secretly be a fan who will hang the jury every fucking time. Assholes.
BTW: The conviction isn’t for lying it’s for Bonds being unclear about his answers to the court in the original trial he had. Which clearly he did and still he wont get any jail time, and no justice is served. IF he even fails to get the appeal he(bonds) is going to request about the convcition the only punishment he’ll serve is probation and house arrest. Ohhhhh Real fucking scary. House arrest for a multimillionaire ex-baseball legend. “Hey Barry why’d you build that roller coaster in your back yard?” … “shit I don’t know.. maybe it’s because I’m stuck in this mansion for three months! What else am I suppose to do with my spare time?”