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[TAPE RECORDING] Bonds trainer admits giving him steriods

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  1. codell

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    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1903019

    ESPN.com news services

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds' personal trainer says in a secretly recorded conversation that the record-breaking slugger used an undetectable performance-enhancing drug during the 2003 season, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

    In an article published Saturday, the Chronicle reports that Greg Anderson, Bonds' boyhood friend and a defendant in the BALCO steroids conspiracy case, provided Bonds with steroids that could be taken the day of a test and still not be detected.

    The Chronicle reports that it received the recording from a source familiar with Anderson who asked not to be indentified, and that two people who know Anderson listened to the tapes and said the voice is his.

    The paper does not identify the other voices on the recording or report who made the recording and the circumstances under which it was made.

    Anderson's attorney, J. Tony Serra, said Friday that Anderson "categorically denies" providing Bonds with illegal substances. After listening to portions of the recording, Serra said he couldn't identify the voice as Anderson's.

    Bonds' attorney, Michael Rains, said he views "& this is as simply another below-the-belt bash of Barry Bonds, which as I understand it is supposedly the product of what has to be an illegally recorded telephone conversation supposedly between Greg Anderson and an anonymous criminal."

    Asked for comment Friday by the Chronicle about Bonds' alleged use of banned drugs, Rob Manfred, a Major League Baseball executive vice president, said, "& Whether or not he was using an undetectable performance-enhancing substance, I and the commissioner will have no comment."

    In the recording, the person said to be Anderson says that not only is the substance provided Bonds undetectable, but that through contacts in the testing labs, he would know when Bonds was going to be tested, a claim that Manfred refuted.

    During the 9-minute, 19-second recording, there are background conversations that can't be made out, and some of Anderson's comments are not audible, according to the Chronicle. However, the newspaper reports that many of Anderson's comments make it clear that the subject of the conversation is Bonds.

    Bonds has also been a subject of interest to federal investigators probing the BALCO lab in Burlingame, Calif., and international sports-doping, the Chronicle notes. On the recording, Anderson indicates that the drug he was giving Bonds was the same as the drug being used by unnamed Olympians who had passed multiple drug tests.

    Anderson, BALCO founder Victor Conte and two other men were indicted in February on steroid conspiracy charges for allegedly distributing drugs that included a supposedly undetectable steroid called "the clear" to stars of baseball, the National Football League and Olympic track and field. They have pleaded not guilty.
     
    #1 codell, Oct 16, 2004
  2. Stevierebel

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    I have had a hard time believing this guy has been clean. I know association shouldn't be a way to assume someone is guilty, but this guy has everyone and their momma talking about him doing something. For Barry's own good, I think he should come out and confess if he did something. The more people that come out and say yes I have seen Barry do something, the more it's going to hurt his reputation.
     
    #2 Stevierebel, Oct 16, 2004
  3. RunninRaven

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    This kind of accusation is about the only one I would believe concerning Bonds and steroids. If he found a drug that is undetectable, then he could continue taking it even after they cracked down on the steroids with testing. His performance hasn't suffered as some have in MLB...which originally made me think he was clean. Now.....maybe maybe no.
     
    #3 RunninRaven, Oct 16, 2004
  4. Uprising

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    I doubt Bonds is clean.
     
    #4 Uprising, Oct 16, 2004
  5. Woofer

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    The before and after pictures showing before he starting hitting 70+ homers a season are ridiculous. No one can do that sort of muscle hypertrophy naturally after age 35. It's kind of telling that the McGuire, the previous HR record holder openly used a steroid precursor that was banned by all Olympic athletic organizations.
     
    #5 Woofer, Oct 16, 2004
  6. Rocket River

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    Hater-Aid

    I guess if u accuse someone enough
    eventually. . it will be beleived as true

    Rocket River
    "That's hearsay . . . " - AI's moms posse
     
    #6 Rocket River, Oct 16, 2004
  7. DaDakota

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    Come on, is anyone really surprised?

    DD
     
    #7 DaDakota, Oct 17, 2004
  8. LongTimeFan

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    :rolleyes:

    -Mr. Chappelle, what if we told you we had evidence, a video tape, linking Mr. Kelly to the crime

    -Well then I'd tell you the video tape would have to have him pissing on the girl, while she holds two forms of idenitifcation, a police officer watching the whole thing, with about 3 or 4 of my boys watching, with Jeff taking notes, and R Kelly's grandmother there to identify him
     
    #8 LongTimeFan, Oct 17, 2004
  9. Ra Ooh La La

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    I think the real question is whether he's taking steroids now. I mean, if steroids are what make (made) him so great, but he's no longer taking them . . . Why not pitch to the guy? . . . He's nothing without steroids, right?
     
    #9 Ra Ooh La La, Oct 17, 2004
  10. Air Langhi

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    bonds was already a great player and steroids might have just taken him to the level where he puts up god like numbers.
     
    #10 Air Langhi, Oct 17, 2004
  11. Summer Song Giver

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    MLB should do everything in it's power to find out the truth here (like we don't already know) and then erase all history of this cheater from the record books and any cheater for that matter. Steriod abuse is no less a crime to baseball than what Pete Rose did and should be treated the same however Pete Rose betting on baseball never made the league one dime while Barry and his muscle bound cohorts belting them out at record pace does make the league money so don't expect the league to take testing seriously.
     
    #11 Summer Song Giver, Oct 17, 2004
  12. TheFreak

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    Barry and his muscle bound cohorts belting them out at record pace does make the league money so don't expect the league to take testing seriously.

    True ...
     
    #12 TheFreak, Oct 18, 2004
  13. The Real Shady

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    I think it's time to just give the homerun record back to Maris.
     
    #13 The Real Shady, Oct 18, 2004
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