Barry Bonds -- allegedly user of testosterone, nandrolone, HGH, insulin, thyroid hormone, and amphetamine, currently under indictment for perjury and obstruction of justice -- may wear the green and yellow of the cross Bay Oakland Athletics. How fitting that the original park of the original steroid 'Typhoid Mary' -- Jose Canseco -- may feature the 'Angel of Mercy' of doping.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
"There is no doubt in my mind that Oakland will sign Bonds," one major-league executive said Thursday as the winter meetings wound down. "I'd be shocked if it didn't happen."...
"I'm speaking with American League clubs as well as National League clubs," Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, said Thursday
Reports came out last week that Oakland courted Bonds until federal indictments for perjury and obstruction of justice. However, it appears that neither steroid use, nor criminal indictments interfer with baseball's pursuit of run production.
The one sticking point for any team pursing Bonds might be convincing ownership to take on a player under a sizable cloud of steroid suspicion, but A's general manager Billy Beane usually has a free hand when it comes to personnel decisions and he has long been a fan of the longtime Giant. Beane consistently has declined to comment about Bonds, citing his longstanding policy of not discussing free agents...
"Barry is not retiring," Borris repeated Thursday. "He was a major-league All-Star last year. He's still playing at an elite level. He loves playing baseball. He has every intention of keeping on with his career."
Is Pete Rose available to play second?
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