How come the federal government is interested in having Bud Selig, Donald Fehr, Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmiero, Jason Giambi, Curt Schilling and Frank Thomas come to Washington for hearings on the steroid scandal? How come Barry Bonds isn't included in this panel? Barry Bonds is the f-ing ringleader in this BALCO thing and he gets to sit at home shooting himself in the ass with his juice while the rest of these guys have to go sweat it out on C-SPAN on an off-day? Ridiculous.
You gotta hand it to the guy though. Barry Bonds has the best strategy I've ever seen -- behave like a complete dick for your entire career, make everyone fearful of your outbursts and you'll be left alone. The alternative? Being a nice, accessible guy like Raffy, McGwire or Sosa and you get your ass hauled into federal chambers like a piece of shit off the street.
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I'd have to ask our legalese crowd, if Bonds has potential grand jury issues (e.g. perjury) would congress be less likely to subpoena him. Something is awfully fishy. Obviously any politician would love to be associated with frying Bonds
To the best of my knowledge, Bonds' legal status should not be treated any differently than Giambi's, who also appeared before the grand jury. The Congressional panel's official stance is that because he'd be the biggest name with the most innuendo swirling around his head, they don't want to turn this into a freak show. What a lame excuse. I think they just have nothing to lose by crapping all over the aforementioned players who are either retired or are no longer Grade A-1 stars. MLB has to market itself this year, now that Bonds is about to break Ruth's and maybe Aaron's homer records. It may smack of cynicsm but I think MLB has enough lobbying power to keep their meal ticket out of the toilet for this year at least.
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