A TAINTED RECORD

Follow the link to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle about the testimony of baseball star Barry Bonds before a grand jury investigating a Bay Area company for dispensing illegal steroids. While Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees admitted his steroid use in testimony under oath, a move that could cost him his employment with the Yankees, Bonds played dumb (rather effectively, I think). While this may keep Bonds in his Giants uniform and save him from legal consequences or disciplinary action, it does nothing to prevent his already shaky image from being tarnished. As baseball fans (and I am one), how are we to look at Bonds' incredible accomplishments in the light of this new information? Read the whole article. It's a terrible black eye for America's great game.