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Op-Extra Guest Columnist | The Throwback: Sympathy for the Slugger

While Barry Bonds may be detestable, the government’s legal case against him has turned from a prosecution into a venomous persecution.

Posted Thursday, September 04, 2008 9:17 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Athletics and Sports, Bonds, Barry

Bonds Accepts Invitation, Drawing Cheers From Fans

Barry Bonds attended celebration thrown by the Giants Saturday honoring the team’s finest outfielders as part of the team’s 50th anniversary in San Francisco.

Posted Sunday, August 10, 2008 2:24 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Bonds, Barry, San Francisco Giants

While Celebrity Fades, Place in History Doesn’t

It has been almost a year since the journeyman pitcher Mike Bacsik gave up Barry Bond’s 756th home run.

Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 11:30 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Bonds, Barry, San Francisco Giants, Aaron, Hank, Bacsik, Mike

Sports of The Times: For Stars of Past, Home for a New York Minute

In the midst of another Red-Sox Yankees blood feud, the electrifying story line in sports is the possibility that Barry Bonds may become a Yankee and Brett Favre a Jet.

Posted Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, New York Jets, Favre, Brett, Bonds, Barry

Cashman Says Bonds Isn’t Part of His Plan

Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman would not say unequivocally that the Yankees will not pursue Bonds, the career home run leader who is dogged by legal issues.

Posted Friday, July 25, 2008 9:58 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Hughes, Phil, Cashman, Brian, Bonds, Barry, Trades (Sports)

Sports of The Times: Cheers for Giambi, But Silence for Bonds

Though both Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi have been similarly tainted by performance-enhancing drug scandals, the consequences have been vastly different.

Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 11:25 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Steroids, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Bonds, Barry, Perjury, Giambi, Jason

Deal Struck as Hall Receives Home Run Ball Hit by Bonds

Marc Ecko, the owner of Barry Bonds’s record-setting 756th home run ball, has donated the artifact to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

Posted Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:32 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Bonds, Barry, Halls of Fame, Baseball Hall of Fame, Ecko, Marc

Balco Prosecutors Turn Focus to Anderson’s Wife

Prosecutors pursuing the case against Barry Bonds have increased pressure on the slugger’s former personal trainer Greg Anderson by making his wife a new focus of their investigation.

Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:05 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Bonds, Barry, San Francisco Giants, Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, Anderson, Greg

Griffey Hits Home Run No. 600

Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 600th home run on Monday night, becoming the sixth player to reach that milestone.

Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 9:18 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Bonds, Barry, Sosa, Sammy, Mays, Willie, Cincinnati Reds, Griffey, Ken Jr, Ruth, Babe, Aaron, Hank

Prosecutors Rework Indictment of Bonds

Barry Bonds was re-indicted Tuesday by the federal authorities in an effort to fix the original indictment in his perjury case.

Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:08 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Bonds, Barry, Perjury

Cheering Section: As Players Bulked Up, Value of Memorabilia Weakened

Before steroids became a part of our national pastime, my baseball memorabilia was all the rage.

Posted Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:38 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Clemens, Roger, Bonds, Barry, McGwire, Mark, Sosa, Sammy, Memorabilia

Bats Ready, but Bonds May Not Need Them

Barry Bonds has told his bat maker not to bother shipping a new bunch of bats to him, a hint that Bonds may not play this season.

Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 8:51 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Bonds, Barry

Fans Concerned About Steroid Use and Say It’s Widespread, Poll Shows

Despite a contentious off-season, Roger Clemens is drawing more support from baseball fans than Barry Bonds, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:59 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Baseball, Steroids, Clemens, Roger, Bonds, Barry, Public Opinion

Fans Concerned About Steroid Use, Poll Shows