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Somebody call the Baseball Hall-0f-Fame and tell them to go to Wal-mart and buy a bunch of sharpies. They have a lot of asterisks to draw.
After years of public scorn and abuse, Bonds can finally strike back
Whether Barry Bonds knows it or not, the Feds just did him a favor.
You see thanks to the classless Marc Ecko, the Hypocritical Bud Selig, the lying Mark McGuire and the legions of haters worldwide, Barry Bonds has been painted sports Public Enemy #1.
Now, finally, Bonds will have his day in court. If he's smart.
If I'm Bonds' lawyer I do not take any plea agreement whatsoever. Bonds will be a first time offender if convicted so at worst his sentence would end up being no more than 365 days in jail and trust me, Bonds jail stay would not even resemble the type of stay most prisoners are forced to endure.
Plus there are book deals, television appearances, paid speaking engagements and all type of memorabilia to be sold ensuring that Bonds would be immensely more popular after a brief jail stint than he ever was before one.
As for his baseball legacy, Bonds will be hated by baseball brass immensely if he gives them the one thing they've acted like they have wanted for so long...the truth.
If I'm Bonds, I go straight to court, look the judge in the face and say "I'm sorry I lied, I was trying to save baseball."
You see, as giddy as many sportswriters and so called fans are about Bonds' indictment, those of us who have watched the sport with an ever growing cynicism will finally be vindicated as well when the world finds out that baseball is a fraud and has been for years.
I hate Major League Baseball. Don't get me wrong I like playing it on my X-box and I still root for the Yankees to clobber the Red Sox every year, but that's about it.
I don't like the way the MLB teams have spent untold millions of dollars developing talent in third world and Asian nations by building multi-million dollar training complexes, while ignoring the steady decline of the sport among African Americans, particularly inner city kids.
I don't like the way the sport coddled an obviously drugged up Mark McGuire when he chased the single season home run record and then turned around and made Bonds out to be some sort of pariah to the sport.
While I'm at it, I don't like the DH, Inter-League play, Managers wearing uniforms, players making 20 million for half a season, spitting tobacco on the field, corked bats and getting a huge contract for getting 3 hits out of every 10 at bats.
But that's just me.
What I have been waiting for is the Mitchell report which I keep hearing will blow the lid off of MLB's steroid problem (did I just say 'blow the lid? sheesh).
What happens when Bonds start naming other superstar big leaguers who have been juiced up for the past decade or more?
What happens when George Mitchell's report drops the names of more than one Hall-Of-Fame player who has been beyond reproach?
Baseball almost died a slow death after it's labor strike in 1994. Do you know what saved it? Steroids of course. They say when you lie down with dogs you get fleas. If that's the case then MLB is infested.
Now that Bonds and Mitchell are front and center maybe the sport can take it's place alongside professional hockey as a sport that nobody cares about.
While Bonds is in jail, insulated from the daily hordes of media bloodhounds, we will get the opportunity to watch Selig and several other 'baseball royalty' squirm.
All of this less than a year after breaking the home run record with a 'kiss my a**' attitude.
You know what they say "He who laughs last..."
Get 'em Barry.