Barry Bonds

By Michael Fitzpatrick Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Shawne Merriman, and Barry Bonds are names commonly associated with steroids in professional sports. But in an almost comical chain of events, Doug Barron has now become the face of performance-enhancing drugs in golf.  

By Cliff Eastham Did you know that Roy Face of the Pittsburgh Pirates holds the single season W/L Pct? Did you know Barry Bonds was walked intentionally more than Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Willie Mays combined in their careers? Baseball-Reference

By Teddy Mitrosilis McGwire has no place in baseball, and we don’t waste any time remembering his career or speaking of his name . Is there anyone in baseball that could have a wider impact than McGwire at this point in time? Think about it; it’s a question worth asking.

By Ben Olch Many have called for the expulsion of, or at the very least an asterisk next to, the names and statistics in baseball’s record books created by the steroid era’s record-breaking home run hitters. Rafael Palmeiro, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, and Alex Rodriguez have become the f...

By Michael Fitzpatrick Before there was Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Manny Ramirez, Mark McGwire was the poster boy for steroids in baseball. It’s a good thing that Barry Bonds came along and hit 73 home runs in 2001, otherwise we’d have a steroid user holding one of the most sacred records in a game that is cons...

By 30-Year Old Cardboard Barry Bonds had 232 walks in 2004, the most ever recorded by a batter in a single season.  He’s also in second place with 198 in 2002, and third with 177 in 2001. Barry Bonds had 232 walks in 2004, the most ever recorded by a batter in a single season.  He’

By Ken Gurnick If Matt Kemp can score four more runs and keep his average in the .300s (it's .301 now), he will become the first Dodger in one season to have at least 25 homers, 100 RBIs, 100 runs scored, 25 doubles, 30 steals and hit .300. He'll also become only the 15th player in history to have such a season, join...

By Sam Fogelgaren It doesn't take Bill James to figure out that baseball writers and fans put way too much emphasis on home runs.  Home runs don't win baseball games: runs do. Baseball fans are forgetting the true values of baseball and, in that, the true facts of baseball.

By Andrew Nuschler But you have to forgive the city's infatuation with its starting rotation, quickly becoming the toast of Major League Baseball. For the last 20 years, the San Francisco Giants' calling card has been written on maple and ash. Not anymore.

No one will sign Barry Bonds--- Why... Are Justin and BJ the best brother combo ever in the history of MLB... ESPN Producer Andrew Gundling offers ... blogtalkradio.com

By Dashiell Bennett MLB commissioner Bud Selig mulling pardon for hit king Pete Rose [NY Daily News] Aaron wants past steroid users exposed, banned from Hall [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] MLB: Aaron says Rose belongs in Hall [Honolulu Advertiser] Rickey has last laugh [Daily Star]

By padresteve “It sounds like a misuse of the grand jury,” said John Bartko, a former assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco who has tried perjury cases. “They go and try to trip the guy into lying.”” I love baseball as a game.  The Deity herself speaks to me through baseball.  While baseball to use

By ronkaplan Zev Chafets, author of Cooperstown Confidential, published this Op-Ed piece in the June 19 edition of The New York Times (”Let steroids into the Hall of Fame“). will Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, et al now become loyal Times readers?

By Jordan Jurkowitz Over the last five years, being a San Francisco Giants fan has been about as pleasant as getting a root canal. Guh. “Hello fans,” Doyle says as he drunkenly watches the Cleveland Indians get beat again. “Welcome back to Major League Baseball…sort of.”

By graneyandthepig BUD SELIG Numerous bloggers, columnists and sports talk show hosts have asked, “Why does the sport of baseball take so much grief for steroid use by its players?” Particularly since the use of performance enhancing drugs is so much higher in football and the Olympic sports. Like Bud Selig.

By eugenecho 5.  Ted Williams [best pure hitter]4.  Hank Aaron [most underrated player?]3.  Babe Ruth [what if he pitched full time as well?]2.  Barry Bonds * [what can you say]1.  Willie Mays [best all around player]    I know.  Bonds is no longer my #2.  I just don’t know what to do with him but he simply can...

By Matthew FuttermanIn a jolt to the baseball world, superstar Alex Rodriguez said Monday in a television interview that he used performance-enhancing drugs while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-2003.Though certain performance-enhancing drugs were banned at that time, baseball h...

By ronkaplan Rodriguez’s name appears on a list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in Major League Baseball’s ‘03 survey testing, SI’s sources say. As part of a joint agreement with the MLB Players Association, the testing was conducted to determine if it was necessa...

By swamigp In 2003, there weren’t mandatory penalties by major league baseball for steroid use. Because of this, Rodriguez now joins alleged steroid users, such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa, all of whom allegedly took steroids before they could be punished. This means that he was jus...

gt;>A federal judge dropped five charges against Barry Bonds off the 15-count perjury indictment filed by federal prosecutors. Bonds, noticing the indictment ... Pirates look to television show to find pitching Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

By Andrew Nuschler For the San Francisco Giants, that place is the World Series. That thing is the championship trophy. They haven't managed better than a third place finish in Major League Baseball's weakest division since that same year. Barry Bonds' 2007 salary was $15.8 million.

These are both true. To remedy that, tonight's Dugout deals with the oncoming managing general partnership of William "Bill" Neukom, president of the American Bar Association from 2007 to 2008 and president of the American Honky Tonk Bar Association from 1993-present. It says a lot of ni...

By Evan Aczon As the 2008 season comes to a close, I wanted to reflect on the new faces that have been revealed to us as San Francisco Giants fans. Aside from being one of the only Filipinos in baseball, he wears stirrup socks and is flat out dirty for being a left handed low three-quarters guy.

By DAULERIO Dan Patrick's radio show this afternoon was very Bonds branded-ball heavy, grabbing baseball HOF president Jeff Idelson on for a few minutes to talk about how they finally wrestled the piece of history away from Marc Ecko. Lucky for them, the HOF was kind enough to send them a picture of the...

By Jon Bois RollAJay: Well Hell. I heard that major league teams want nothing to do with Barry Bonds. GoldBonds: and major league teams have nothing to do with barry bonds GoldBonds: is independent baseball anything like independent rap GoldBonds: so do they test for steroids

From a purely baseball standpoint, the move would be genius. He still swings a great bat and would be dangerous enough in the middle of the lineup to let Vernon Wells and Alex Rios see some pitches to hit. He gets on base at an unbelievable clip and bats left handed, something that only 2 other re...

By Mario A. Anyways, my point is that ARod is in his prime. There is no question about that and unless someone presents some real evidence that he is a cheater, 600, 700, and maybe even 800 home runs is not far out of reach. After all, Alex Rodriguez is a young 32 year old man. Remember, Barry Bonds hit 73 home r...

By Kevin Hayward The Major League Baseball Players' Association wants to know if the owners are colluding to keep Barry Bonds out of work, or at least that's how ESPN is reporting it. Certain substances seemed to have "cleared" his system. How can this be said delicately? If indeed he's been getting some "he...

By Trevor With the Giants' pitchers and catchers ready to break for spring training in 9 short days and no Giant news to report on (besides the steroid debacle), I figured now would be a decent time to recap the offseason, although there wasn't much movement on the Giants' front:

Bonds, Clemens destined to be linked FOXSports.com - Bonds is alleged to have begun using steroids following the 1998 season. According to the book Game of Shadows, Bonds was taking several forms of steroids, ... Texas Baseball Review Editor Texas Baseball Review

By Brad Simkulet Sure, many of us have been critical of Barry Bonds, taking a superior tone about his home run record and overwhelmingly supporting the asterisk on his record-breaking ball. If this isn't the case, then why do none of us care about Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa breaking Roger Maris' record? Wh...

 CA - Sanctioned by Commissioner Bud Selig's office, the Mitchell Report was seen by some as an unprecedented act in sports: a 20 million dollar internal ... Cut-and-paste Mitchell report: Rocket, Andy fueled by steroids Staten Island Advance - SILive.com

Lots of lawyers are talking with the media about the criminal charges recently brought against Major League Baseball's career home-run leader Barry Bonds following an investigation about alleged steroid use. But one lawyer's quotes have been raising eyebrows.Kevin Ryan, the former U....

By Justin ScheckOver two days last week, baseball star Barry Bonds tried to persuade top San Francisco defense lawyer John Keker to represent him in a federal perjury case. But the talks started faltering when the multimillionaire slugger asked Mr. Keker to handle his case at a steep disco...

Real culprit in Bonds saga is MLB  PA - Nov 19, 2007 But the real culprit here is major league baseball itself, including commissioner Bud Selig. He and his game watched as people poured through the turnstiles ... Jail may be only deterrent to streoid use New York Daily News all 2 news articles

By Nick Cannata-Bowman As of yesterday, Barry Bonds was indicted for charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. Because of his denial of steroid use under oath, Bonds could face up to 30 years of prison if found guilty. Any shred of of popularity outside of San Francisco will likely be obliterated, and entranc...

By rickchand I did," replied Bonds. "And then I got fired. Shame on me, huh?" I have a feeling that we've seen the last of Barry Bonds in any uniform, let alone a Giants' one. And Glover can flap his arms all he wants, ain't nothing bringing him back. Bonds Stung By Departure From Giants [MSNBC]

By Jeff Kallman There were also video tributes from the like of Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Lou Brock, and Ozzie Smith; hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky; football Hall of Famer Joe Montana; and, basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan. Not to mention a rerun of Hank Aaron’s video tribute shown the night H...

By Cyril Morong The "Lee Sinins Complete Baseball Encyclopedia" was the source of  my data. Instead of using SLG, I could have used a stat like offensive winning percentage (OWP, a Bill James creation) that incorporates the ability to hit for power and get on base. In the "Lee Sinins Complete Baseball Ency...

By podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista) Beat reporter Henry Schulman reflects on the moments he will remember while watching from the press box as Barry Bonds slowly approached and then passed Hank Aaron as baseball's all-time...

Hammerin Hank, hes right behind you now. Barry Bonds hit his 754th career home run Friday night and needs just one more to tie Hank Aarons record.

NEW YORK Curt Schilling says that Barry Bonds and Mark McGwires refusals to address accusations of steroids use are equal to admissions of guilt.

SAN FRANCISCO Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig was at home watching Barry Bonds and the Giants play when he decided he needed to be at the ballpark to see San Francisco slugger break Hank Aarons career home run record.

Hank Aaron deserves better. Too bad it has taken Barry Bonds to make us realize it.

Barry Bonds will sit out the Home Run Derby on Monday night, opting to rest his tired body before Tuesday nights AllStar Game.

For 10 years Dusty Baker managed San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds, who is closing in on Aarons home run record.

Barry Bonds soon will break Hank Aarons career home run mark, prompting a popular debate Whos next?

By podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista) Barry Bonds seems fatigued and is swinging a tired bat, but remains a dangerous hitter, Giants beat writer Henry Schulman reports in his weekly podcast. Henry and sports editor ...

By Sal Marinello So Bonds may surpass Aaron and show up as number one on the all-time home run list for a few years. But his time at the top will be short, and seem even shorter, for as soon as Bonds is off the scene the baseball world will follow the slugging exploits of Alex Rodriguez, the heir obvious to the thro...

You know that annoying ride at Disney World, where all the little mechanical children sing “It’s a small world” over and over, until you get off the ride and it’s stuck in your head for two days? Well, that’s Barry Bonds right now, annoyingly stuck in my head. Just when I think he’s out of sight...