if you hit as many bombs as does Bonds, your head would get a little bit bigger, too, wouldn't you think?

New Era's cap sizes are notoriously fickle.  

My caps are all either size 7 3/4 or 8.

When I was born, the doctor put me through a CAT scan because he assumed, based on my freakish cranium, that I was mentally retarded.

I'm sure he was happy when the scan validated his initial opinion.

Yeah, but what do you know- you're just a stoned slacker.

in any event, the story is littered with errors, inuendo and outright opinion (not fact) and simply adds fuel to the fire regarding the media's promotion and provocation of anti-Bonds sentiment.

Yes, Keith Olberman, noted legal expert. What a joke.

How about this little diddy?

Now what does Kim Bell have to do with Jason Grimsley? The answer is NOTHING. It's just more innuendo. Grimsley lives in the same neighborhod that Kim Bell once did. Thus, Bonds used roids. Total nonsequitor.

Also, Novisky is an IRS agent. an IRS agent. He appointed himself a drug agent. Just lovely.

This part is my favorite:

You just gotta love the media. Absolutely NO EVIDENCE exists that Ryan Howard used roids or any other drug, and Dan Weasel writes a column accusing him of cheating, even though Weasel ACKNOWLEDGES that he has NO EVIDENCE, not even a whisper! AND there's "plenty of talk" to the contrary! JUST IGNORE THAT AND SPREAD A BASELESS RUMOR!! FUN! FUN! FUN!

This scandal is very much media driven, to say the least. And the SF Comical reporters just used an unfounded media accusation against Ryan Howard as evidence that Bonds is hurting the game. With who? Did any Phillie fans accuse Howard of cheating? NO. So far as I can tell, he was their favorite player. I'd say Dan Weasel spreading lies about Howard cheating is bad for the game. He's hurting the game. Not Bonds.

Also, Grimsley, a pitcher, got busted for using roids. Thus, power hitters are guilty of using roids. Jeez. You'd think these "reporters" would have taken a class in logic at some point in their education. Just awful.

Lastly, there's this:

Now, I admit I haven't read the book or the grand jury testimony, but from what I understand from reading media accounts and the excerpts, is that Bonds testified that he did not KNOWINGLY use steroids. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong, but that's my understanding.

If I'm right, however, these guys are complete assholes. These guys illegally received secret grand jury testimony and wrote the friggin' book containing that material. You'd think they would at least get that part of the story right. Or perhaps it's plausible that Bonds didn't knowingly use roids, but not plausible that Bonds didn't use roids at all. Yeah. That's the ticket. That's a better storyline than the truth!

Let me preface this by saying I am not denying he used steroids, but I would not rely on these changes as evidence of juicing.  I am Bonds' age and from my twenties until now my shoe size went from 12 to 14, and yes, my hat size went from 7 1/2 to 7 5/8, a whole 1/8".  Many guys have a tendency to, ahem, "fill out" from a youthful frame to a more "relaxed fit" kind of frame.  Weight gain, whether through strength training or caloric intake can cause these physical transformations.  This is not necessarily evidence of anything other than age, caloric intake and strength training.  That being said, it could also be circumstantial evidence of better living through chemistry.

I made the mistake of watching Cold Pizza this morning with some guy I'd never heard of and Skip Brainless talking about Bonds. Jay Crawford (the host) was the worst, though. He made 2 huge mistatements (read: lies). First he asked about Bonds refusing to cooperate with the Mitchell investigation. that was it. He did not put it into context. He just just stated as if it were factual that Bonds "refused" to cooperate.

The truth is that Bonds (via his attorney) stated that he would like to cooperate, but that so long as he is under investigation by the grand jury, he can't help. The attorney went so far as to ask the SF US attorney, in writing, whether Bonds was still a subject of the grand jury probe. The US attorney refused to answer yes or no. So, Mitchell was told sorry, Bonds can't help. In other words, he was pleading the 5th. Fine. That's not evidence of guilt or innocence. But that also is not the same as simply "refusing to cooperate." I seemed to have read that somewhere recently. Oh yeah. I read it yesterday on ESPN!

Second, Crawford asked about the players union telling the players "not to cooperate" with the Mitchell probe. Hello? Is that what the Union said? Is it possible that the Union actually told the players that it was up to them as individuals as to whether or not they would cooperate with Mitchell.

I know. Sports journalists are an easy target. But so long as they are going to spout outright falsehoods and call it "news" then they are going to get called on it. Idiots.

I hadn't heard that yet. Apparently, it wasn't as prominently reported as Barry Bonds' hat size. Then again, if you're a big rodeo buff then you, of course, were the first to know.

20 years from now, Bonds will be cherished. Points of comparison include Ted Williams and Muhammed Ali. Why does our culture love to build up heroes, tear them down, then build them up again?