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July 13, 2006

Bonds, Sheffield, & Giambi

There have been many reports out in the last few days that say Barry Bonds is about to be indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of perjury and/or tax evasion.

If they go after Bonds on perjury, would they also go after Gary Sheffield?

When Sheffield testified on the BALCO mess, Gary said that he trained with Bonds before the 2002 baseball season and that Bonds had arranged for him to receive "the cream," "the clear" and "red beans." OK, that sounds straight and honest. But, Sheffield also said that Bonds never told him that the substances were steroids.

Did Sheffield commit perjury when he said that he was never told what the stuff was?

I guess that's hard to prove - and that Sheffield should be out of this situation. Still, wouldn't that be a kick in the head - meaning when Sheffield comes back from his injury then he has to deal with this stuff.

At the time, when Giambi testified and admitted that he used performance-enhancing drugs, I thought Jason should have played the "dumb" card like the others. But, in the end, looks like he did the smart thing.

Posted by Steve Lombardi at July 13, 2006 03:35 PM

Comments

I don't think Sheffield has anything to worry about legally. And even if he did have something to worry about, it won't affect the Yankees since Sheffield's clearly no longer a part of this team. I very much doubt that Sheffield would come back with two weeks to play if the writing was on the wall that the Yankees don't intend to bring him back for 2007.

It's funny, he was a big part of 2004 and 2005 and he was supposed to be a big part of 2006 but he's pretty much invisible now. I respect his game but never liked him as a person and I can't say that I miss his presence that much (besides, you know, the .300-30-100 in the middle of the lineup).

Posted by: MJ [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 13, 2006 04:45 PM

If they go after Bonds on perjury, would they also go after Gary Sheffield?
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Seeing as Sheffield isn't as "high profile" as Bonds, probably not...

Posted by: Raf [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 14, 2006 11:45 PM