Thoughts on the Barry Bonds Trial

I’ve been waiting awhile to talk about this one and rightfully so. I had to think about this one long and hard before I shared my thoughts. My first question is, so you mean to tell me the federal government of this country spent 55 million dollars on a trial to expose what everyone already knew. Yes, Barry Bonds took steroids and lied about it, yet he only got off on one count and that was obstruction of justice. How can you get obstruction of the justice and then not get the things you were obstructing? That makes no sense whatsoever.

In my opinion, the trial, the jurors, the witnesses and everything was a complete joke and waste of time. Unfortunately now, that’s 55 million dollars right down the toilet that this country could have used for something more productive like education, cutting gas prices or something. I highly doubt Bonds will ever get into the Hall of Fame because of this. He’s at the top of a long list with people like Clemens, Palmeiro, Sosa, and others who have admitted steroids, lied about steroids or have been accused of steroids that won’t be in the Hall of Fame.

I’ve heard that Bonds is thinking about appealing the one charge against him while on the other hand, I heard there might be a retrial to convict him of the other charges. As far as I am concerned, let it go. Let him live in shame. He doesn’t need a record for that. He know he’s a liar and a cheat so just let it go and don’t waste anymore time or money on it.

Lastly, baseball has suffered enough. It’s time that the media, the government, and the public focus on bigger and more important issues in this country. Barry Bonds is just a sliver compared to the problems this country is having. Who cares about Barry Bonds? I certainly don’t!