During his testimony, Bonds also says Anderson brought products into the Giants' clubhouse at Pac Bell Park "once a homestand," where he used them.
He also bought the trainer a ring to commemorate the Giants' World Series appearance. During his testimony, prosecutors asked Bonds about calendars -- seized in a raid on Anderson's home -- that contained his name and notes about performance-enhancing drugs. Bonds replies, "I've never had a calendar with him, never had anything. Gary Sheffield testifies to the federal grand jury that he received a liquid called "the clear," a massage balm called "the cream" and pills called "red beans" from Anderson.
They are accused of distributing illegal drugs to athletes and money-laundering. Upon arraignment, all four plead not guilty. Conte's lawyers acknowledge a government memorandum that says Conte provided steroids to a number of high-profile athletes, but deny that Conte actually admitted to providing steroids to the athletes and specifically that Conte named the athletes. The 27 athletes -- five baseball players, seven football players and 15 track athletes -- allegedly named include Bonds, Giambi, Sheffield, Marion Jones, Tim Montgomery, Kelli White and Chryste Gaines.
Before a game at Shea Stadium, Bonds talks with reporters for 45 minutes, again denying that he used steroids. Some of his quotes: "It [the steroid scandal] doesn't faze me at all. I'll be fine, trust me. We grew up together. Bonds angrily denies Tim Montgomery's leaked testimony that Conte gave Bonds the steroid Winstrol, and threatens to sue Montgomery.
Conte's attorney also denies Montgomery's story. Bonds is randomly tested for steroids before a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bonds tells MLB. They'll get the results and it will clear my name.
It'll show that there's nothing behind what I've been doing [on the field] all year. According to the magazine report, officials at the lab gave the New York Yankees slugger a testosterone-based steroid knows as "the cream" to be applied to a scar on his right knee. Sheffield says he didn't realize "the cream" was a steroid.
Shortly after, Sheffield severed ties with Bonds. Reports surfaced that Bonds' weight trainer claimed in a conversation that was secretly recorded last year that Bonds was using an "undetectable" performance-enhancing drug during the baseball season.
The voice on the tape, which has been determined by some and disputed by others as that of Anderson, also said he would be tipped off a week or two before Bonds would be subjected to steroid testing. In documents disclosed by the government, James Valente, VP of BALCO, told federal investigators a year earlier that Giants star Barry Bonds tried the company's new performance-enhancing drugs but didn't like how one of them made him feel. Conte lashed out at federal investigators, saying federal investigators lied by saying he and Valente confessed to giving drugs to Bonds and other athletes.
Reports emerge that Anderson told federal investigators the year before that he had supplied steroids to several members of the San Francisco Giants, but he insisted Bonds was not one of them. According to documents obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, Jason Giambi told a federal grand jury that he had injected himself with human growth hormone during the baseball season and had started using steroids at least two years earlier.
Giambi testified Anderson provided him with the drugs. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Bonds admitted receiving "cream" and "clear" substances from his personal trainer during the baseball season, but denied he knew they were steroids during his testimony Dec. Without admitting any wrongdoing, Bonds says this about steroids in baseball: "You're talking about something that wasn't even illegal at the time.
All this stuff about supplements, protein shakes, whatever. Man, it's not like this is the Olympics. We don't train four years for, like, a second [event]. We go games. You've got to come back day after day after day.
There are far worse things like cocaine, heroin and those types of things. Bell was questioned on Bonds' finances and whether he used steroids. It is reported in various news outlets that because of the grand jury testimony of Bonds' former mistress, investigators might look into whether Bonds lied to a grand jury in December and possibly committed financial crimes as well.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Bonds, out with a knee injury, is working out under the supervision of weight trainer Anderson, who is awaiting trial on charges of distributing performance-enhancing drugs to elite athletes. Selig asked players to agree to a game suspension for first-time steroid offenders, a game ban for second offenders and a lifetime ban for a third violation. He asked that amphetamines be tested for, that there be more frequent testing and that administration of drug testing be shifted to an independent person from the management-union committee.
Conte and Anderson plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute steroids and money laundering. Valente pleads guilty to one count of distributing steroids. Conte is sentenced to four months in prison after pleading guilty to distributing steroids. Valente is given three years' probation and Anderson a three-month prison sentence on similar charges. The book details use of steroids and other drugs by Barry Bonds in exhaustive detail.
This book is written in narrative style and based on more than a thousand pages of documents and interviews with more than people. Zembla will be presenting excerpts from Game of Shadows that are even more shocking than what already appeared in SI. Today we present the story of another one of Barry Bonds's illicit extramarital affairs.
Barry Bonds and Shawon Dunston began their relationship in , after Dunston came over from the Indians in a midseason trade. Bonds insisted that Dunston keep the affair secret, since he'd gotten "too much s" from the media in the past for dating utility players.
Dunston moved on to St. Louis in , but the two rekindled their affair when Dunston re-signed with the Giants before the season. In just over two years, Dunston had noticed dramatic changes in Barry. He was much more muscular than in the past. Barry had begun shaving his head, suffered outbreaks of acne, and Dunston noticed that his testicles were significantly smaller than in the past. Bonds claimed he wasn't doing anything beyond taking flaxseed oil and studying extra game film.
In addition to the physical changes, Bonds had developed a vicious temper. Back in their shared hotel room, Bonds often shouted at Dunston, "Why do you f swing at everything? Would it kill you to take a f walk, you punk bitch? Still, there were flashes of Barry's former tenderness. Not a lot of guys can do that. In fact, managers usually cringe when guys make statements about what they're going to do.
In Barry's case, I liked it. I think he did it on purpose to motivate himself. In a lot of ways, it's easy for Barry. I think he needs a little controversy around him. His combination of power and speed have been matched only by his godfather, Willie Mays. It's got to be tough playing under the shadow of his dad. But he doesn't let it bother him. He's got a lot of guts just to be out there. Petersburg Times. Is he the best ever? What do I know? I only know what happened in the nineties.
He's always been a complete player. He didn't have to hit thirty extra home runs to convince me of that. With the power he possesses and his compact swing, it's almost impossible to control bat speed. The only other player who approached this 'zone' was McGwire the year he broke Maris' record.
He completely dominates the game, just as all the great stars of their day did. But Barry is a great player. And Barry has been a great player. I've always looked at Barry's numbers and been amazed by them. Just now, he's hitting more home runs, so people are talking more about him. I think, when considering where he fits in among the all-time greats, you may have some arguing. The problem is the difference in the game today, versus earlier years.
Barry is a superstar in any era. But I don't know if he hits seventy 70 riding trains, playing in those old huge parks, with a ball that's twice as soft as the new balls, with the older larger strike zone. And let's face it, 15 years ago, you could drop a hitter and never think twice about it. The game is just so different today. But for my money, there's no one even close to him right now. I know they paid him a lot of money, and everyone expects wonders. But after watching him play, we got a bargain.
He can pretty much do it all. His baseball instincts are unbelievable. And he's not just trying to get a hit, he's trying to crush the ball. If you make a bad pitch, he'll hit a home run and he'll embarrass you. If Barry hits a pop fly to the infield, he won't run a full-out sprint to second base. No one will. But if he hits a shot to left and the outfielder doesn't come in and field it cleanly, he'll be at second base.
We got a bargain. They said I was supposed to be the next Willie Mays. When they told me that, it was an honor. You're talking about the guy I consider the greatest player to ever wear shoes.
I probably had more success than anyone they ever put the Mays label on. You show me another guy who's going to go five times. I sure hadn't met him until my son did it. But all the writers kept talking about was my 'potential' Well, unless you writers win a Pulitzer Prize, you haven't reached your potential, either!
To me, what he did last year was probably the most remarkable thing that's ever happened in the game. To walk one-hundred seventy times and hit seventy-three home runs? It was like: The only times he swings, he hits a home run. When they throw him a strike, he hits it out of the ballpark. And when they throw a ball, he doesn't swing. I don't think anyone has ever been in a zone like that. The guy has almost hit eighty home runs in a year, a year and a week.
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