Do you think Barry Bonds actually did steriods?

Question

What is your opinoin

Answer 1

Presuming the heinously-leaked grand jury testimony is true -- and no one has yet refuted it -- then yes, I have no doubts he used certain steroids.

Only a damn fool lies in GJ testimony, and only a complete moron lies in such a way that condemns him harder.

I accept that Bonds used steroids... but since I won't cherrypick, I also accept (from that same testimony) that Bonds has plausible deniability, that he wasn't aware (or at least wasn't certain) of what he was using. Yes, it smells like week-old roadkill, but it is what it is.

I should mention here that I also don't really care what Bonds may have used. Competitive enterprise, competitive people. Gaining an advantage, an edge, not expressly prohibited by the governing body comes as no surprise. It is often the way of things.

That was then. Anyone caught using since the CBA was modified and the ban enacted -- 2004 IIRC -- should be thrown under the steamroller.

Answer 2

Yes I do , just like everyone else . Barry Bonds knows that he took them to gain an unfair advantage and now lies and says he did not. Then again Bonds has never been known as a nice guy .

The worst part of all this sh*t is the fact that he wants to take away the home run title from Hank Aaron , a great guy who earned it the right way , without cheating .

To me Barry Bonds is a lying , cheating piece of sh*t that doesn't belong in the same sentence with the true home run king , much less the hall of fame .

Answer 3

At one time many baseball players may have used some types of steroids, including Bonds. The issue is whether or not any of these players used any type of banned drugs after the implementation of the MLB drug policy, which made them illegal in the eyes of baseball from that time going forward. Currently there a some drugs, such as HGH (Human Growth Hormone) that can only be detected using a blood test and the player/management agreement in baseball only uses a urine test. Many players could be using HGH today because they know it can't be detected with a urine test. No one can come on this site with certainty and identify which players are using HGH and which ones are not. So until someone comes up with a new testing procedure for urine that can identify HGH or the MLB testing procedure is expanded to include a blood test, any players still using HGH can not be caught and are home free in the eyes of MLB.
Edit:
Mr Danger, please answer the following question for me with a yes or no answer: "If you drove your car through an intersection ten years ago when there was no stop sign, are you guilty of breaking a law because there is a stop sign there now?" If your answer is no, than how could Bonds be gulity of breaking MLB rules before they were implemented?

Answer 4

I remember this one press conference with Barry at the time all the allegations were going down and his kids were having problems at school he said these words, "You want to be the best, but you don't want me to do the things I have to do to be the best." Barry Bonds. I took that as a yes myself without actually directly admitting it. Willie Mays was at this interview, it was one of the bigger ones.

Answer 5

He claims to have never "knowingly" taken steroids. You only say that if you are guilty. What a guy - he breaks Willie Mays' records wearing #24 while using. SCUMBAG. And if he thinks the hall will miss him he's way off. Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe need to be there before Bonds.

Answer 6

Yes I Do, But I Also Believe He Faced More Than 50% Of His Opponents Were On Them As Well.

Answer 7

Yes... its funny how after they started testing in baseball he ended up on the injured list with leg problems, a common symptom of someone who has been using steriods for an extended period and then stopped.

Answer 8

You know it doesn't actually matter what he and his band of drug abusing brothers actually did as far as chemicals go .,Hell it doesn't it even matter if what they did was legal .What matters is that whatever they did caused this huge never seen before spike in historical home run production and in the absence of plausible explanation that doesn't involve the use of of an outside agent a reasonable person would have to assume that they cheated.
I think that the Barred supporters spend too much time obsessing over the letter of the law and not enough time thinking about the spirit of the law-which is where the real crime occurred.
The spirit of baseball is straightforward:
Thou shalt not do anything that would give them an unfair advantage over their opponents.
You can see the spirit of that commandant reflected in such baseball rules as:
The infield fly rule
The balk rule
The various interference rules
The foreign substance rules for pitchers and hitters
Barroid and his Band of Brothers clearly knew of of the spirit of baseball law and chose to violate it .That makes them criminals and they should be banned for life from baseball

Answer 9

No doubt about it,so did most of the players before their was a crackdown.Just like in the 70's everybody was on speed,hell the ballclubs were providing it.

Answer 10

Nope. Bonds didnt need steroids. No more than Steve Nash does/did.