We find that the latest expose on Barry Bonds is about to hit the stores. "Game of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal that Rocked Professional Sports," co-authored by San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, is scheduled for publication March 27 by Gotham Books. In it, Fainaru-Wada and Williams provide copious details about Barry Bonds's motivation to take a variety of performance-enhancing drugs (apparently, jealousy of slugger Mark McGwire); his efforts to find a drug that would help him avoid injuries while packing on additional muscle; and his sometimes bizarre relationships with his personal trainer Greg Anderson and Victor Conte, head of the now-infamous BALCO, preferred supplier of all manner of performance-enhancing drugs.
Let's stipulate that everything in this book turns out to be true. And let's imagine that Bonds is only one of the many people who apparently put their souls out for lease with an option to buy. I still wonder what we do with the information. I continue to suspect that the records that Bonds, McGwire, Sosa et al. achieved in what's now known as the "Steriod Era" will trade a deep discount. But I also suspect that all three of these gentlemen (and I use the term advisedly) will merit inclusion in Cooperstown some day. Bonds was well on his way to Cooperstown long before he is alleged to have begun taking these drugs. I am still persuaded that, given the amount of rogues who are already safely in the Hall, it will be well-nigh impossible to keep Bonds out. I guess they could open a separate wing for Bonds, Cobb, Speaker and some of the other bad dudes and offer disinfectant to people who visit the area....
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