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Originally Posted by somerfrost
Bonds has been unfairly scapegoated in all this...but he's still responsible for his actions. IF they prove he lied then he'll pay the price as he should...but they can't stop there, there needs to be resolution to the whole matter...McGuire, Sosa and probably a few thousand other pro athletes! If they stop at Bonds then one has to question the motives here...easy to nail an almost universally disliked figure to the wall but what would it prove? Either clean up the mess or let it lie...killing one termite won't stop the house from eventually falling down!
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the distinction is bonds isn't being prosecuted for using steroids. he's being prosecuted for lying under oath. i'd agree the treatment is unequal were any of the other steroid user's proven to have done what bonds is being prosecuted for.
i don't see how this prosecution should naturally lead to "resolution of the whole matter". baseball turned a blind eye to chemical cheating because marketing the home run hitters was great for the sport.
it's bonds misfortune that after baseball did nothing for years, the feds got interested while he was still cheating. and then he lied about it to them.
i don't think a reasonable person can call this selective prosecution.
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btw: does this lay to rest the whole "live ball" arguement from the 90's? does anyone else remember this? tv news stories about how they were winding the balls together tighter because no one could figure out any other reason home run production was up?