>Jose Canseco exposed baseball’s dirty big secret when he
>released his book
>in 2005. That is what drew a lot of attention to the steroid
>use in baseball, and
>that’s when the media kept reporting on it. That forced Bud
>Selig to investigate
>the matter, which led to the Mitchell Report.
>
>And the Mitchell Report didn’t really have legs in the
>beginning, until a former
>Mets’ batboy was arrested for drug trafficking ( I think),
>and struck a plea deal
>with the DA to avoid prison. He stated that he could name
>several players who
>were taking steroids, and that he would give up the names if
>the charges against
>him were reduced.
didn't remember this, interesting.

>It wasn’t some Witch Hunt for Bonds, because MLB was making
>billions
>off him. You think they wanted that to just stop??

I meant the HOF voters relished the opportunity to make Bonds pay.

I didn't mean to implicate it was a witch hunt for him. I know Bonds wasn't the target of the investigation, my point was prior to Canseco's book and the Mitchell Report, folks kept their head in the sand with McGwire but grumblings started happening once Barry hit 73. Meaning that Bonds alone didn't spark anything official, but folks were expressing much more skepticism with him than they did McGwire.




>Bond wasn’t even the big focus of the Mitchell report. It
>was actually Rogers Clemens
>because Brian Mcname told investigators that he had injected
>Clemens with steroids,
>and the media went crazy when that was reported.
>
>The reason why Bonds went to trial is because he committed
>perjury by lying
>to a Grand Jury regarding his steroid use. And Gary Anderson ,
>bonds’ former
>trainer refused to testify against him in that trial.....and
>he is a white man.
i remember no snitch Gregg

>Schilling is being punished because of his extreme support for
>Donald Trump.
that's some BS. he is a dick but he could throw the ball

>
>White, Black and Latino were exposed.
>
>And fock Bonds’ record. Hank Aaron has the real home run
>record.

I'm not saying that Bonds was being unfairly maligned, I'm saying he wasn't handled the same way that the 98 home run chase went. I mean the very reason he STARTED juicing was because his authentic excellence was overshadowed by McGwire and Sosa's enhanced performances.

You seem to remember this all well. Did they ever release the full list of names? If 15-20 big names were the users, that looks a lot different than 200 players across the sport. All just numbers I'm throwing out there, nothing verified.

Bottom line, player abilities should be the reason folks get in, not whether they were an asshole, who they voted for, or how nice they were. A-Rod's truth and reconciliation tour should advance his cause no further than Bonds. Baseball's moral authority is shaky ground to stand down.