In a story reported by the Associated Press commissioner Bud Selig officially disappeared Barry Bonds the embattled Giants slugger whose finally seen the shoe drop for abusing steroids.

Seligs remarks or more accurately Freudian slips painted the controversial injury plagued Bonds into a tight corner.  Short of Barry breaking Hank Aaron's record Selig indicated Bonds has ceased to exist.  Each quote, courtesy of the Associated Press,  is a nail in Bond's coffin.

"Henry Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record."

Like reading tea leaves this actually means Bonds better hobble off into retirement short of Aaron's mark because Selig doesn't want to learn new baseball trivia and he has George Mitchell ready to squash Bonds like a bug with his open ended steroid investigation.

"We're being consistent...There's nothing to read into that."

That means Selig has made up his mind and Bonds better get the message loud and clear, play out the year pass Ruth and we'll all pretend you never happened.  This would also preserve Bonds flickering hopes of enshrinement in the Hall of fame.

"We're going to let nature take its course."

In other words Selig's doctor buddies assure him the connective tissue damage Bonds has as a result of steroid abuse means his knees, elbows and most everything else are shot.  With simply standing in the outfield beyond his ability Bonds is all used up.

"He's had a remarkable career."

Selig's placing Bonds career firmly in the past.

Selig went on to say the grand jury investigation for perjury hasn't affected him at all because without saying it he knows he can squash Bonds for lying to him during a private meeting in 2004 when he made it clear Bonds either manned up about steroids or would suffer severe consequences for lying which allows Selig to ban or suspend Bonds without getting tangled up in the toothless baseball drug policy agreement with the Players Union.  The rest of this is all window dressing.  Bonds is now finished business.