"Barry Bonds uses Steroids -
Round up the usual suspects."
Posted on 10/16/2004 2:28:01 PM PDT by truthandlife
Barry Bonds' personal trainer says in a secretly recorded conversation that the record-breaking slugger used an undetectable performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
In an article published Saturday, the Chronicle reports that Greg Anderson, Bonds' boyhood friend and a defendant in the BALCO steroids conspiracy case, provided Bonds with steroids that could be taken the day of a test and still not be detected.
The Chronicle reports that it received the recording from a source familiar with Anderson who asked not to be indentified, and that two people who know Anderson listened to the tapes and said the voice is his.
The paper does not identify the other voices on the recording or report who made the recording and the circumstances under which it was made.
Anderson's attorney, J. Tony Serra, said Friday that Anderson "categorically denies" providing Bonds with illegal substances. After listening to portions of the recording, Serra said he couldn't identify the voice as Anderson's.
Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, said "this is as simply another below-the-belt bash of Barry Bonds, which as I understand it is supposedly the product of what has to be an illegally recorded telephone conversation supposedly between Greg Anderson and an anonymous criminal."
Asked for comment Friday by the Chronicle about Bonds' alleged use of banned drugs, Rob Manfred, a Major League Baseball executive vice president, said, "... Whether or not he was using an undetectable performance-enhancing substance, I and the commissioner will have no comment."
In the recording, the person said to be Anderson says that not only is the substance provided Bonds undetectable, but that through contacts in the testing labs, he would know when Bonds was going to be tested, a claim that Manfred refuted.
During the 9-minute, 19-second recording, there are background conversations that can't be made out, and some of Anderson's comments are not audible, according to the Chronicle. However, the newspaper reports that many of Anderson's comments make it clear that the subject of the conversation is Bonds.
Bonds has also been a subject of interest to federal investigators probing the BALCO lab in Burlingame, Calif., and international sports-doping, the Chronicle notes. On the recording, Anderson indicates that the drug he was giving Bonds was the same as the drug being used by unnamed Olympians who had passed multiple drug tests.
Anderson, BALCO founder Victor Conte and two other men were indicted in February on steroid conspiracy charges for allegedly distributing drugs that included a supposedly undetectable steroid called "the clear" to stars of baseball, the National Football League and Olympic track and field. They have pleaded not guilty.
its funny that these days people dont realize that over 90% of our professional football and baseball players use steroids along with about 100% of all bodybuilders even in the natural competitions.
I wonder what Ruth could have done with modern training techniques. Of course, Ruth never would have spent 10 minutes in a gym. It would have cut into his social life.
With the obscene amount of money these players earn and they still choose to destroy their bodies is a shame.
its the money that forces them to use and they all do use. if taking steroids is the difference between you making it to the pros or between you getting $500k and $1 million then you will take steroids.
Cite?
im sure if you sit down and talk with someone who is involved with the business he might tell you but of course everyone in public will deny it. i spend a lot of time on the various anabolic web forums on the internet and when you have some experience with the stuff you know they are gonna use. also a lot of the actors that get in shape for big roles you can count on the fact that they are using also.
I don't doubt that a sizable percentage of pro athletes are on steroids, but 90% seems high.
it does but im sure its true. you would be surprised to know how many kids who dont even compete in sports use steroids just to look good. different steroids do different things to you and some winstrol taken for about 6 weeks makes you look real good.
I'm not sure if it's considered a steroid but a local high school(my alma mater) football coach encouraged the use of Creatine and many of the players used it. During his tenure as coach(he retired I think) the team won the local weightlifting competitions between all the area schools two or three times.
Creatine isn't a steroid, although I've seen it do some pretty incredible stuff. A person with the right body chemistry can put on a lot of mass by using creatine.
ive used creatine and its effects are relatively minimal. my brother credits it with about 10 pounds for him though. the steroid use isnt only limited to the pros but also very common in college and high school. there are a lot of ways to beat drug tests. your standard bodybuilding competition like olympia and the arnold all are steroid athletes. they also have "natural" comepetitions where the competitors are tested but they use also. they just have to use different drugs.
Believe it. CaptainAwesome2 is right on target. If they are not using, and everyone else is, they can not be competitive.
Millions of people are on steroids these days. Even Junior High School kids!
Think of it this way. You read Free Republic every day and so you know a LOT more about politics than the average person. Now, read the steroid boards every day and you will learn more about these drugs than you ever wanted to know.
As far as creatine, I've seen college athletes put on 15-20 pounds of muscle on creatine. But I've seen others with no response whatsoever. Depends on your chemistry, as you no doubt know.
Anyone want to buy an autographed Barry Bonds Adirondack bat, cheap?
True, but it begs the question how many people are in the majors because they used steroids? Really doesn't seem fair to me. Are Bonds' records even legit because of this? I don't think so. It is the definition of cheating.
Please don't misunderstand me - I am not endorsing steroids. But I would hasten to add that it is more than mere strength that makes Barry Bonds an extraordinary players. He also has amazing hand-eye coordination. Even when Bonds is off the juice, he is still a holy terror.
The sport where steroids is the most pronounced problem is in football, where each decade, players are larger, stronger, faster.
Insofar as Force Equals Mass Times Acceleration, this results in greater violence, and more injuries during the season. That is a problem the NFL needs to address, sooner rather than later. Too many players are being injured too early in the season.
Barry will say all them hotdogs the Babe ate had steroids in em too .......
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