Comments on: Barry Bonds Indicted In Steroid Probe

All-Time Home Run Leader Faces Perjury And Obstruction Of Justice Charges

[tmn]

"Bonds has long been shadowed by allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs."
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Gee, I wonder why - is it a race thing?

[robaldrich]

Nobody died when [Bonds] perjured himself!!
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I''m sorry. I know this is going overboard, but I just can''t help myself. So, I apologize ahead of time.

I sure at least 100 people died while he perjured himself, if not more. None of them, however, died because he was perjuring himself.

[jerr11]

When is Colin "Uncle Tom" Powell going to be indicted for tellin all those lies to the nation and bringing us to war?

When is Rumsfeld going to be indicted for telling all those lies to the nation and causing all the deaths and destruction?

When is the Liar-in-Chief and his ******** VP going to be indicted for bringing the country to war on fake intel and lies?

4000 dead!

And all we could do is indict some sleazeball player for taking steroids?

Gimmee a break!

[brianbwb-2009]

I cannot believe it would have added any homeruns to the number Babe Ruth hit.
Posted by Iceman_1960

My point exactly, hitting home runs requires not just strength (even little guys can do it), but timing (reflexes) technique, sharp eyes and psychological strategy. Steroids gives none of those, but it helps heal rapidly from the stresses of exertion, and, as a side effect, increases muscle mass, but those factors are nowhere near as important as the first.

I don''t think steroids added to Bonds'' run tally either.

By the way, find and read "Ball Four", by former pitcher Jim Bouton, Not only very funny, but shows that drugs and baseball have a very long history, back to before Bonds was born.

[iceman_1960]

"Depends Ice, alcohol allows the user to ignore pain, (ever seen a bloody bar fight?)..."
- Posted by brianbwb at 12:31 AM : Nov 16, 2007

On TV a few times. Never in real life. Though I doubt there"s ever been one that a sober heavyweight champion would not have won.

Perhaps booze dulls pain, although I don"t think it"s effective against a really bad back.

I cannot believe it would have added any homeruns to the number Babe Ruth hit.

[brianbwb-2009]

The Knicks got theirs handed to them on more than one occasion, in fact somewhat regularly post Ewing, perhaps Thomas shouldn''t be so generous with the booze.

[robaldrich]

Clinton didn''''t spend time in prison for perjury because HE DIDN''''T COMMIT PERJURY!
Get your facts straight before you open your mouth!!!
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WHAT!? Clinton certainly did commit perjury. YOU DON''T EVEN FOLLOW YOUR OWN ADVICE.

Google "Clinton perjury" and, if you can read, you''ll know some facts.

[iceman_1960]

"You forgot the other Clinton, mastermind of "P-funk"
- Posted by brianbwb at 12:23 AM : Nov 16, 2007

radiob had already covered him, so I was just adding the other one.

[brianbwb-2009]

I"m not sure about those other substances, but if there is one thing alcohol does NOT do, it is, improve athletic performance.
Alcohol has the opposite effect.
Posted by Iceman_1960

Depends Ice, alcohol allows the user to ignore pain, (ever seen a bloody bar fight?) and also relaxes, two factors important to sustained athletic exertion, so a nagging backache (which Ruth constantly complained of) which would otherwise himder the swinging motion, can be ignored under the effects of alcohol. This is why it was banned for the original olympics in Greece all those centuries ago.

[iceman_1960]

"In fact, one the the funnier accusations made against him..."

Against Isiah Thomas.

Sorry.