Posted on 07/21/2015 5:48:43 PM PDT by Mariner
SAN FRANCISCO-
After a nearly decade-long steroids prosecution, Barry Bonds emerged victorious Tuesday when federal prosecutors dropped what was left of their criminal case against the career home runs leader.
The government's pursuit of Bonds ended quietly with a one-paragraph motion by the U.S. Department of Justice announcing Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the appellate decision that overturned Bonds' obstruction of justice conviction.
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"William Portanova, a former federal prosecutor now in private practice, disagreed, saying the prosecution acted as a deterrent despite the lack of a conviction. "There's no question that the world paid attention to this case, so win, lose or draw, any potential steroid abusers saw that there's a chance of getting tangled in the court system," he said.
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THIS is a big HR...https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=mcguire+hist+home+run+off+randy+johnson+kingdome&intl=us&fr=yset_ff_syc_oracle&type=orcl_default
I’m not the only one who noticed that. Thanks.
“Bonds would regularly hit them into the Bay in SF. It’s 400ft to clear the upper wall in the most pitcher friendly park in America.
I think he did it about 60 times.”
Steroids or not, I've never seen one player scare his opponents as much as Bonds in his prime.
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