Posted on 05/09/2007 9:48:56 AM PDT by GSWarrior
Barry Bonds never has admitted to using steroids. Apparently, Curt Schilling believes he has. The outspoken pitcher of the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday took some verbal shots at Bonds, who needs 12 homers to break Hank Aaron's all-time home run record. Bonds has been at the center of baseball's ongoing steroids controversy, but never has admitted to knowingly taking steroids. Schilling must have thought otherwise during an interview with WEEI on Tuesday. "He [Bonds] admitted he used steroids. There's no gray area," Schilling said on WEEI. "He [Bonds] admitted cheating on his wife, cheating on taxes and cheating on the game."
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I am no fan of Bonds or baseball in particular, but is there a bigger media whore in the sport than Curt Schilling.
Shut your mouth! That blood was real!
Possibly having cheated on his wife or on his taxes isn’t pertinent to the Bonds home run issue....but steroids are.Those who believe that Bonds *hasn’t* taken steroids are the same folks who believe that Clinton really *didn’t* have sexual relations with “that woman” and who still believe in the tooth fairy.
If he played for any other team he would be crucified by SF fans and press. But I guess that would probably hold true no matter whom he played for.
The local Bay Area media are salivating all over themselves as they do the countdown to tying and exceeding the HR record... obviously, nothing else as mentioned by Schilling is worthy of mention by them..
Young Barry was able to perform as an All-Star without “assists”, now that old Barry is again “assists”-free agian, it seems nothing really matters as to what came between.
MLB ... What have you become?
Guess Curt is referring to Kimberly Bell and her revelation that Barry shot-up Steroids in front of her.
Hank Aaron will ALWAYS be the HR king!
Until A-Rod passes both he and Bonds!
hilarious audio of Suzyn Waldman, Yankees broadcaster,
going WAY over the top over the return of Clemens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uwwMXqRyEc
Bonds admitted to using steroid in his grand jury testimony. He tried to excuse his use of “the cream” and “the clear” by saying he didn’t know what was in them. This was total BS. Schilling just said what every sports fan, outside of the Bay Area, and every other athlete felt. He didn’t just blurt this out, it was an answer to a direct question. It was part of a weekly radio interview; the only interview he does with the press other than post game press conferences on the nights he pitches. The only reason he does this weekly interview is because the radio station donates the money to an ALS charity. How, then, do you come to the conclusion that the man is a “media whore”?
Perhaps media whore is a little strong. How about drama queen?
He admitted to taking the cream and the clear, but said he thought they were flaxseed oil and a pain relieving balm.
He has definitely admitted to taking steroids, but has not admitted to knowingly taking them.
“Bonds told a U.S. grand jury that he used undetectable steroids known as “the cream” and “the clear,” which he received from personal trainer Greg Anderson during the 2003 season. According to Bonds, the trainer told him the substances were the nutritional supplement flaxseed oil and a pain-relieving balm for the player’s arthritis.
According to government attorneys, BALCO founder Victor Conte has identified the designer steroid THG as “the clear.” A testosterone-based ointment was identified as “the cream.” Olympic sprinter Tim Montgomery testified that Conte used flaxseed oil containers to send “the clear” to athletes.”
-from ESPN.com http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1937594
“but is there a bigger media whore in the sport than Curt Schilling.”
Ping to you.I suspect the Red Sox management is getting tired of his act.They declined to give him an extension on his contract before this year.
I’m sure he’ll end up with the Yankees then. LOL
The only drama queen here is Barry Bonds and his “I’m a victim of the racists media” act. Schilling goes out of his way to avoid press coverage. If you knew anyhting about the idiot press in Boston (especially the hacks at the Globe), you wouldn’t blame him. He’s also had issues with ESPN in the past. He communicates with fans through a blog. The Dinosaur Media hates this, so they brand him as things like a “media whore” or a “drama queen”. Schilling’s a decent guy who sometimes speaks before he thinks, but he is neither of the things you described him as.
FWIW, Bonds is no Hank Aaron and Bonds is no Babe Ruth. Bonds is not fit to tie their shoes. Heck, he’s not fit to tie Pete Rose’s shoes.
There is little doubt in my mind that Bonds used enhancing drugs...and that Selig was aware of the whole steroids issue...and that there are probably dozens of marginal players who would have never made it to the major leagues without using steroids.
Barry Bonds has used steroids, as the man’s radically changed physical appearance over time demonstrates for anyone who is being even remotely honest with themselves. BALCO employees’ testimony bears this out legally as well. Bonds’ larger problem has to do with his behavior, which is that of a 1st class jerk. If he were a normal guy who then asked for forgiveness to fans, the media, and everyone else for his past drug use (at least some of which he could reasonably suggest was unintentional), people might well be willing to forgive him. Because he’s an a**, most never will.
Pete would give you 3-1 odds you're right.
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