Bonds trial faces long delay for appeal

"SAN FRANCISCO -- And so the Barry Bonds saga rages on. With little end in sight.

What once seemed like closure on the horizon -- a perjury trial for baseball's home run king set to begin Monday, nearly six years after the BALCO scandal first erupted -- now has been put on indefinite hold.

The government announced Friday its intention to appeal pretrial rulings that would keep out significant pieces of evidence, bringing the case to a screeching halt despite Judge Susan Illston's chastising prosecutors for even considering an appeal at the 11th hour..."

almost 3 years ago Sabertooth 14 comments 0 recs |

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The ESPN link also contains a video interview to one of everyone’s favorite grand jury underminers, Mark Fainaru-Wada, putting his best spin on this blow to the government’s “case,” such as it is.

Subpoena Hank Aaron: Drag his butt before congress and let him state, under penalty of perjury, that he never took amphetamines.

by Sabertooth on Feb 28, 2009 6:17 AM PST reply actions

The judge needs to dismiss this case already. Why further waste taxpayer money? Even most of the Bonds’ haters, (except those in the media he told to fuck off) don’t even care anymore, now that he’s not playing.

Brian Sabean's our GM: Not exactly the "silver bullet that's going to save the day"

by rxmeister on Feb 28, 2009 6:48 AM PST reply actions

$$$$$$$$

I was sort of hoping a new admin would help for some strangled out government witch hunts would wither away and die a quiet death. instead the cash-flushing continues.

co-dad of IshikaBOOM w/AfDC.
Ishikawa, hitting well against lefties since 2/25/2009.

by kennv on Feb 28, 2009 8:48 AM PST reply actions

Steroid stupidity is bipartisan.

Subpoena Hank Aaron: Drag his butt before congress and let him state, under penalty of perjury, that he never took amphetamines.

by Sabertooth on Feb 28, 2009 11:51 AM PST up reply actions

I just can’t believe this unlikely turn of events.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Feb 28, 2009 9:18 AM PST reply actions

I’ve heard some comparison to the whole Elliot Ness/Al Capone thing. But I have to say the movie of that was a lot more entertaining. And moved a lot faster.

by shanghaijim on Feb 28, 2009 4:18 PM PST reply actions

Got a link?

I’d love to see someone compare Bonds to Capone, and Novitsky to Ness.

Subpoena Hank Aaron: Drag his butt before congress and let him state, under penalty of perjury, that he never took amphetamines.

by Sabertooth on Feb 28, 2009 5:20 PM PST up reply actions

Oh, jeez, it was ages ago. I might have made it up. Or, more likely, it was a poster on Baseball Think Factory. “kevin” or somebody.

by shanghaijim on Feb 28, 2009 9:44 PM PST up reply actions

BBTF?

I guess it must take some keen sabermetric analysis of crime to get to the Bonds/Capone equivalence in OAR (Outrages Above Replacement).

Subpoena Hank Aaron: Drag his butt before congress and let him state, under penalty of perjury, that he never took amphetamines.

by Sabertooth on Mar 1, 2009 10:50 AM PST up reply actions

BBTF threads ~~on Bonds~~ are fun because so many people try to keep it all rational and empirical but frequently the crazy comes out anyway. It’s way above my dose of Xanax to join in, though.

by shanghaijim on Mar 1, 2009 1:01 PM PST up reply actions