Skinny kid.
Buffed up.
Posted on 03/07/2006 10:49:26 AM PST by marshmallow
NEW YORK (SI.com) -- Beginning in 1998 with injections in his buttocks of Winstrol, a powerful steroid, Barry Bonds took a wide array of performance-enhancing drugs over at least five seasons in a massive doping regimen that grew more sophisticated as the years went on, according to Game of Shadows, a book written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters at the forefront of reporting on the BALCO steroid distribution scandal.
(An excerpt of Game of Shadows that details Bonds' steroid use appears exclusively in the March 13 issue of Sports Illustrated, which is available on newsstands beginning on Wednesday. The book's publication date is March 27.)
The authors, Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, describe in sometimes day-to-day, drug-by-drug detail how often and how deeply Bonds engaged in the persistent doping. For instance, the authors write that by 2001, when Bonds broke Mark McGwire's single-season home-run record (70) by belting 73, Bonds was using two designer steroids referred to as the Cream and the Clear, as well as insulin, human growth hormone, testosterone decanoate (a fast-acting steroid known as Mexican beans) and trenbolone, a steroid created to improve the muscle quality of cattle.
BALCO tracked Bonds' usage with doping calendars and folders -- detailing drugs, quantities, intervals and Bonds' testosterone levels -- that wound up in the hands of federal agents upon their Sept. 3, 2003 raid of the Burlingame, Calif., business.
Depending on the substance, Bonds used the drugs in virtually every conceivable form: injecting himself with a syringe or being injected by his trainer, Greg Anderson, swallowing pills, placing drops of liquid under his tongue, and, in the case of BALCO's notorious testosterone-based cream, applying it topically.
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Barry Bonds never used steroids, you racist.
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notorious testosterone-based cream, applying it topically.
nevermind
It is so obvious. When MLB starts cracking down he decides to take a year off. I know he was injured (wink, wink). So when he comes back 40 lbs lighter we are supposed to assume it was because he was inactive.
nice observation. Not many people mention how much time he took off. I am sure that it had nothing to do with purging the system lol
Skinny kid.
Buffed up.
Ping for the Jim Rome list, he's talking about it now. Man, if half this stuff is true, Bonds is TOAST.
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Written by two reporters for the SF Chronicle. It's gotta be true then.
I read this title and thought it was something about Arnold. I'm spending tooooo much time on the computer.
I hope everything he has done since 1999 is asterisked. I can't stand the guy anyway. He is always the perpetual victim.
Sounds as if this all started because he was jealous of McGuire and Sosa.
That's McGwire of the Popeye forearms....."I only use off the shelf supplements" and Sammy "corked bat" Sosa.
A friends brother got hired in an office job at a then new expansion baseball club. The secretaries were very happy to have another person in the office as they usually did not have enough 'bladder capacity' for the MLB playe drug screens. He said the players never got anywhere near the 'piddle possy'.
Bonds could have just inhaled a small amount before testing positive.
LOL!
Well, there go all my rookie Barry Bonds baseball card values.
Baseball in the collective has a decision. They can either look the other way, or they can say what Bonds did was wrong.
What I won't tolerate is something along the lines of "Well, Barry Bonds maintains his innocence, blah, blah, blah."
There comes a point that even without an admission from Bonds, a reasonable person comes to the conclusion that Bonds used steroids - intentionally.
Based on what I have read about Bonds in the past, he should NOT be a first ballot Hall of Fame inductee. He intentionally used steroids in a manner to enhance his performance, and attempted to hide that fact.
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