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SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News) - Former Giants slugger Barry Bonds will be in court two times today — once to enter a plea for 14 counts of false statements and one count of obstruction of justice, and again to possibly set a trial date.
At 9:30 this morning, Bonds will be at the Federal Building to be arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Bernard Zimmerman. Then at 11 a.m., Bonds will appear before U.S. District Judge Susan Illston for a status conference and possible setting of a trial date.
The 14 counts of false statements and one count of obstruction of justice in a 2003 grand jury testimony are similar to those in a 2007 indictment, but the alleged false statements are now separated into 14 counts instead of four. Bonds pleaded not guilty to those charges in December.
In February, Illston ruled that the previous indictment, handed down in November and accusing the slugger of four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice, against Bonds was too vague.
The case against Bonds centers on whether the slugger, who holds the record for the most home runs hit in Major League Baseball, lied about steroid use when he testified before a federal grand jury investigating steroid distribution and money laundering by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, a Burlingame-based company.
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Examiner Reader said:
The so called fan seems to be doing to Barry exactly what they accuse him of having done. Tell the media to take a hike. And if your favorite player did that you'd be on the side of the media, right? I don't think so.
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Discerner said:
Does the chickens coming home to roost saying seem right for the "king" The way he has treated people in the past is coming back to haunt him.
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Examiner Reader said:
Personally, on an emotional level, I would love to see Bonds go to the Yankees this year. I am a big Red Sox fan and seeing Bonds in pin stripes would be a perfect fit, in my eyes. Then my opinion of the Yankees would be complete!
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Examiner Reader said:
Oh, those sanctimonious fans who condemn Barry Bonds for alleged use of performance-enhacing drugs.Yup, They're the same ones who blame Eve for Man's downfaul, the same choir that sucks-up a Martini during lunch to drown out their disillusionment with their job, and the same adulters/adultresses who satiate themselves outside the trust of matrimony. What's the famous passage? Let he who has not sinned cast.... It was their hypocritical voice that force Giants' managment to exercise the stupidest decision in baseball - release Bonds. It was exciting with Bond on the team. He changed the dynamics of the game. Pitchers feared him. He put meat on the seats. Alas, it was the reason, whether to cheer or boo, to take in a game. What are Giants without Bonds? Lifeless. Boring - cameras spend more time on coaches and the bullpen than on the field. A team will pick-up Bonds, and his performance with the new team will put the Giants management to shame. Genius has to be tolerated.
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Examiner Reader said:
Wasn't Dickey the guy who said Mike Montgomery would never sign with Cal? I suspect that no team, especially the Yankees, would soil themselves with Bonds' baggage. Some say he wore out last year because he had to play the outfield. Others say he's simply gotten old. I doubt, given that he's now a year older and has been away from competitive pitching, that he'll be horrible effective come the dog days of summer.
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For the Examiner Reader who says, "Barry is a hero", well, if he was a hero, then he would not cheated himself to become one. He was already on a verge of success, and now this has tarnished his reputation. Barry is not a hero not like Babe Ruth, "Jolting Joe" Dimaggio, Roger Maris, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson and Hank Aaron, to name a few. Jackie Robinson is a true hero because he had to go through diversity to get to a game that would not allow blacks to play. He got a chance. Barry on the other hand got his chance but what has he taught the future generation of baseball fans? Do future generations think that cheating is a way to become a hero?
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Examiner Reader said:
Yeah, seriously, who friggin cares?
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Knot2brite said:
Barry Bonds reminds me of, sorta like Hank Aaron on steroids.
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Examiner Reader said:
Why are they wasting so much govt. time and our tax-$$$ on this nonsense? Oh, that's right, Barry is the HOME-RUN KING and the single season HOME RUN KING! America always likes to try and destroy our heroes. They won't get away with it this time! Fight Barry, FIGHT BACK!
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Knot2brite said:
It still surprises me that Barry Bonds was indicted. I thought for sure he was gonna walk.
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