Do you respect Bonds and others

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Trainer Admits Giving Steroids to Players    
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By ROB GLOSTER, AP Sports Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds' personal trainer told federal agents he gave steroids to several baseball players, according to documents released Tuesday.

No players were identified in the documents and it was unclear whether the trainer, Greg Anderson, gave specific names to the federal agents.


Anderson was one of four men charged last week in a steroid-distribution ring that allegedly supplied athletes with banned substances. All four pleaded innocent. No athletes have been charged.


Federal officials released two affidavits Tuesday that supported search warrants used in raids on Anderson's home in September.


"Inside Anderson's residence, agents found steroids, syringes and other paraphernalia associated with steroid distribution activities," the documents said. "In addition, agents found files identifying specific athletes. These files contained calendars, which appear to contain references to daily doses of steroids and growth hormones."


The indictment announced last week said federal agents found about $63,920 in cash in a locked safe at Anderson's residence during the first raid.


"Some of the money was broken up into separate envelopes with the first names of known athlete clients written on them," the documents released Tuesday say.


The new documents say Anderson initially denied distributing steroids in discussions with federal agents but later said he sometimes "gave" steroids to people he knew.


"Upon further questioning, Anderson admitted that he had given steroids to several professional baseball players," the documents say.


Federal agents followed Anderson on Sept. 11, 2002, as he made a quick visit to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative — the nutritional supplements lab allegedly at the center of the steroid-distribution ring.


"Anderson returned to his vehicle and proceeded to drive directly, without stopping, to Pacific Bell Park, a professional baseball stadium," the documents say. "Anderson was followed until he entered the players' parking lot area of the professional baseball stadium, past a gate and guarded entrance."


The Giants played a home day game against the Los Angeles Dodgers (news) on Sept. 11, 2002. Bonds went 2-for-4 with an RBI double, but the Giants lost 7-3.


Anderson and Bonds were not immediately available for comment Tuesday.


The newly released documents also say BALCO founder Victor Conte admitted giving steroids to Anderson.


"Conte acknowledged that he knew Greg Anderson and stated that he gave Greg Anderson steroids to give to professional baseball players," the documents say. "Conte stated that he knew it was illegal to do this and that he `assumed' Anderson knew it was illegal."


Conte and his attorneys were not immediately available for comment.



   





 
 

[ziggy]

NO FRICKING WAY DO I RESPECT BARRY BONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No doubt he did steroids.  he had the gall to challenge people to test him, and he said he woudl pass.  Why because he was using one that no one could detect.  He broke the records, won MVPs, and signed huge money contracts, but he is a cheater and a liar and a all around dirt bag scum bag.  McGwire broke the records while on Andro.  What is the difference?  McGwire was honest about it, and andro was legal.  It may have given a much greater performance enhancement that say vitamins, but it is the same thing.  Bonds lied about it, and what he did was against teh rules of baseball, and illegal.

[Randy]

I have zero respect for Bonds -- why?  

1.  The guy has been using -- it's obvious the way he bulked up so quickly and his HR went way up that quickly as well.

2.  He's a cheater (and a liar) and while there are many cheaters and liars in the league, he is one that has gone overboard and been brash and vocal about it.

3.  He has made comments about smashing Babe Ruth's record that shows that he has ZERO respect for Ruth.  Get this Bonds, Ruth did it WITHOUT cheating and without help from enhancing drugs.  Without your enhancing drugs, you would still be hitting about 30 HR's a year -- Ruth did more than that as a chubby white guy!  

4.  I don't think that Bonds really respects that game of baseball -- a lot like Rasheed and others -- who just respect the money they make and believe their "star status" allows them to act however they feel like it -- and fans (and everyone else) be damned.  I don't know anyone that really like Bonds -- perhaps even himself!

[WayOutWest]

Flock Babe Ruth

[spursfan101]

Have you seen the size of Bond's HEAD[/size]??

[Reality]

Babe also hit 600 homers in an era when the next closest peer had 100 or less.

Some weightlifting geeks told me besides enlarging muscles some steroids cause your bones including your head on top of your shoulders to get way bigger.  They have seen Bonds in person and said his head is just huge, like 1/4th bigger then it was and way larger then the average person his size.  Ditto the tennis Williams sisters.

Anybody seen Bonds up close in person?  The Williams guys?
McGuire while i hear you Ziggy IMO he also juiced.  Legal perhaps but nonetheless i think his stats the increase to the 66 and 70 homer year are directly tied to juice.

p.s. zig how bout that alley oop dunk by Patterson.  Salute!  It looked like Anderson overthrew the lob but Pat went up and got it anyways.
Get him and Abdul Abiz the shots in the 4th.  OscarMayer should not be leading the Blazers in shot attempts.  Esp 3 pointer attempts, altho props to him for hitting those two down the stretch.  Thank goodness the refs did not award Fox for the flop on the would be game winner by Abdul.  Would have liked to see Abdul drive it to the hoop after Fox flopped and dramaqueen fell to the floor.  Alas he clanked the wide open jumper.

[Randy]

Tennis has never been good when it comes to drug testing.  Doubt that?  Look at Martina Natralova (or however she spells it) -- she did steroids for years.  However, I don't think tennis has experienced widespread steroid use mainly because you can play the sport without it and most tennis players come from wealthier families who understand the long-term consequences of steriod use.