baseball 2012

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Originally Posted by smc

Let's get our facts straight, my friend. Braun's positive test results were leaked while he is appealing the finding. MLB has not yet suspended him and did not want the results made public pending the appeal. He claims there is an explanation (sounds dicey to me, at best).

My only wish is that he had received the American League MVP award so that stripping it from him would result in Jacoby Ellsbury being named MVP.



Not this sports fan, Jen. I hate American football. I'm caught up in the NHL.

That's true, but I still think he should be stripped of it if (when?) it's determined that he did use PEDs.

And I agree with you about hockey being far superior to football.

[smc]

Originally Posted by shadows

That's true, but I still think he should be stripped of it if (when?) it's determined that he did use PEDs.

And I agree with you about hockey being far superior to football.

Just to clarify: I didn't write that hockey was "far superior" to football. I wouldn't make a comparison like that.

Hockey is a great sport.

Football is a mock war among mostly meatheaded men with overactive pituitary glands. It is not a sport.

[transjen]

Originally Posted by smc

Football is a mock war among mostly meatheaded men with overactive pituitary glands. It is not a sport.

I thought that was basketball
Santa's naughty elf Jen

[dauls]

Baseball's Barry Bonds spared jail for misleading jury.

from bbc.co.uk/news/

Former US baseball star Barry Bonds has been spared jail after he misled a jury investigating whether he took performance-enhancing drugs.

A federal judge in San Francisco sentenced the 47-year-old to 30 days' house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service.

The sentence, which includes a $4,000 (?2,580) fine, has been delayed while he appeals against his conviction.

In April, Bonds was convicted of obstructing justice.

Rambling responses

The former San Francisco Giants slugger was the last defendant in a government investigation of a steroids-distribution ring in San Francisco.

He was convicted of giving evasive answers to a grand jury in December 2003.

Bonds gave rambling responses to prosecutors' questions in which he spoke of being "a celebrity child" among other irrelevant statements.

The trial jury failed to reach a verdict on other charges that Bond lied when he denied taking steroids, or that he had received injections from someone other than his doctor.

Prosecutors had wanted a 15-month prison sentence, arguing house arrest was not adequate punishment since Bonds lives in a large estate in Beverly Hills, California. He had sought probation.

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30 days house arrest and $4,000 fine -- a joke!
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250 hours of community service -- I suppose that's the main reason he is bothering to appeal the conviction.

[smc]

Originally Posted by dauls

Baseball's Barry Bonds spared jail for misleading jury.

from bbc.co.uk/news/

30 days house arrest and $4,000 fine -- a joke!
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250 hours of community service -- I suppose that's the main reason he is bothering to appeal the conviction.

Not HOUSE arrest. MANSION arrest.

Peter Keane, emeritus dean of the Golden Gate University Law School, has been tracking the Bonds case, and other steroid investigations and trials, for years. ?Well, the punishment was particularly light,? he says. ?He was convicted of a federal felony, a serious offense. Bonds intentionally threw a monkey wrench into the gears of the justice system. That?s not jaywalking.?

Keane thinks the federal steroid investigations, which critics have called a waste of government time and money, were worth it. Younger athletes are certainly more aware of steroid dangers. But to Keane, the length and hassle of the Bonds trial ? charges were filed in November of 2007 - has drowned out that message. Outrage over Bonds? sentence will only overshadow it further. ?He?s going to do 30 days in a 10-bedroom mansion in Beverly Hills?? says Keane. ?If he needs someone to do the time for him, he can give me a call.?

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So Barry beat the rap in the legal system
But his baseball achivements are now worthless
He hit more homeruns then Hank Aaron but in 07 when he did it almost no one cared
Had he not done the riods he would have been a hall of famer for his outfielding and solid hitting but that wasn't good enought for Barry he did the riods so his HR count would explode
Making him a member of the hall of shame instead of the hall of fame
FYI i still consider Hank Aaron the home run king cause he did it the hard and right way
Santas naughty elf Jen

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Originally Posted by transjen

So Barry beat the rap in the legal system
But his baseball achivements are now worthless
He hit more homeruns then Hank Aaron but in 07 when he did it almost no one cared
Had he not done the riods he would have been a hall of famer for his outfielding and solid hitting but that wasn't good enought for Barry he did the riods so his HR count would explode
Making him a member of the hall of shame instead of the hall of fame
FYI i still consider Hank Aaron the home run king cause he did it the hard and right way
Santas naughty elf Jen

I'm with you, Jen, but I have a question. You say Hammerin' Hank "did it the hard ... way." I always thought he did it the difficult way. Do you have some inside knowledge that hitting home runs made Hank Aaron hard?

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Originally Posted by dauls

Baseball's Barry Bonds spared jail for misleading jury.

from bbc.co.uk/news/

30 days house arrest and $4,000 fine -- a joke!
+
250 hours of community service -- I suppose that's the main reason he is bothering to appeal the conviction.

The worst part of all this is all the taxpayers dollars that went down the tubes while this whole fiasco was going on. Everyone knows that he IS guilty(your head doesn't swell up to that size for no reason), but if you're a celebrity(even one as douchey as Bonds) you are given a different standard than an average citizen.

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Spring training is around the corner and this year i'll be going to FL and take in a few Phillies game plus hit the beach
Phillie fan Jen

[transjen]

Am i the only one to notice the change taking place in the AL and NL?
have you noticed that just about all of the NL biggest hitters are jumping ship and going over to tha AL Prince Fielder being the latest signing with the Tigers for nine years
While the AL best pitchers are jumping ship and going over to the NL
making the AL the place to be to watch balls fly out of the park and the NL will be the place to watch a pitchers duel
I blame the stupid DH rule for this
Phillie fan Jenl