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Posts Tagged ‘Barry Bonds’

Clemens Notches Another Win; Baseball Ahead in the Count 2-0

Posted in Baseball, Crime, Culture, Yankees, tagged , , on July 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »

As a pitcher, no one was more intimidating than Roger Clemens. The Rocket’s red glare and intense demeanor on the mound made him one of the most feared and hated opponents in all of baseball. At some points during his career, the hard throwing right hander had such a commanding presence that the at bats […]

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Justice Denied: Bonds Found Guilty as Steroid Era Myth Adds Another Chapter

Posted in Alex Rodriguez, Baseball, MLB, Yankees, tagged on April 14, 2011 | 6 Comments »

The U.S.government was finally able to pin a felony on Barry Bonds (assuming the verdict isn’t set aside by the judge), and it only took six years and about $10 million to do it. Considering that the original indictment included 11 counts, the lone guilty verdict doesn’t seem like much of a victory for the […]

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Collateral Damage: “Getting Bonds” Has Been the Real Objective of the Steroid Era

Posted in Baseball, Baseball History, MLB, tagged on March 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »

(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) Collateral damage is the “unintended or incidental” consequence of an action. Although unfortunate, collateral damage is usually considered to be a necessary evil required to achieve an objective. Almost 600 years ago, an Italian scholar named Machiavelli articulated a philosophy […]

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