The Daily Habit: Sports
Please Bobby, Please, Rat on that Fink Barry Bonds- Well folks, it’s about time karma came around to get the American Embarrassment Barry Bonds. His days of running from the gallows are growing shorter and its’ just a matter of time before he puts on a whig and plays house with his cell mate Raul. Former major league catcher Bobby Estalella has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors to testify at Barry Bonds‘ trial, ESPN.com reported Thursday. Estalella, who was on the San Francisco Giants with Bonds in 2000 and 2001, is expected to testify to firsthand knowledge that Bonds used steroids, the Web site said, citing an unidentified source with knowledge of the evidence. The Web site attributed knowledge of the subpoenas to two unidentified sources.
Estalella testified before a federal grand jury in November 2003. He admitted to the grand jury that he used performance-enhancing drugs, the San Francisco Chronicle reported in December 2004. Prosecutors also plan to call Jason Giambi and his brother, Jeremy, as witnesses at Bonds’ trial so they can testify that former trainer Greg Anderson gave them performance-enhancing drugs, The New York Times reported on its Web site Thursday night. The newspaper said prosecutors want to use testimony from the Giambis, teammates in Oakland from 2000-01, to show that Anderson developed doping calendars for them. “Then the prosecutors could argue that Anderson made similar calendars for Bonds” (Sports: Please Bobby, Please, Rat on that Fink Barry Bonds).
Bonds pleaded not guilty to charges of lying and obstruction of justice in connection with his grand jury testimony in December 2003. Bonds, who in his testimony denied using performance-enhancing drugs, is scheduled for trial starting March 2 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, but his time is running out. Bonds is a cheater and a liar, and there’s no room in American sports for that kind of combo. Lying is one thing, cheating is another. But put them both together and you have a rock diesel 41 year old man who hit 60 home runs after leaving Pittsburgh a 115 pound weakling. If that isn’t steroid abuse what is? So please Bobby, please. Rat out that fink Barry Bonds. You’ll be doing him a big favor. Nothing like a little inmate love to straighten a cheater out.
