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jay behrensBrendan booth posted this excerpt from a radio interview with Bonds attorney on the SABR-l list:
In an interesting interview on AM 680, KNBR out of San Francisco, with
Ralph Barbieri and Mark Ibanez last Friday, Bonds' attorney Michael
Rains described the case made by the book in contrast to the case put
together by the federal government against Bonds. He stated that the
main sources from the book are a jaded former lover, a criminal given a
break by the Government for testimony, and the Balco evidence. In
regards to the mistress, her stories have changed from statement to
statement and Mr. Rains has contradictory letters, sent over the course
of a couple of years, from the mistress who was targeting Bonds before
the authors got a hold of her, and it is all documented. The books
"unnamed source", a man named "Steven" (Rains' name, I haven't read the
book), has a long criminal history, and agreed to give the feds whatever
they wanted for reduced charges/immunity etc. Apparently, he has been
kept in the shadows because of his credibility, thus "unnamed source."
And what he revealed about the Balco "evidence" against Bonds was the
most compelling to me. He argued that the book paints a broad picture,
including stating that Bonds used steroids all throughout the year 2002.
However, for 2002, all the FBI could come up with from Balco was that a
"customer" was given a product in the latter part of the year, and a
"ballplayer" was sold a steroid in February. Nothing mentioned Bonds.
Jay
WOW upsidedown is MOM. Mom upsidedown is what dad wants to see.