Barry Bonds

With the Pittsburgh Pirates riding a hot streak and sitting near the top of the National League Central standings, much mention has been made of the 1992 Pirates team.

Everyone knows how that season came to an end for the Pirates, and the Bucs haven't hit the .500 mark since.

To the surprise of no one, the recent Barry Bonds perjury trial ended with a result that satisfied neither party and only really succeeded in stirring up another round of PED-related articles. 

One of the most common type article to enter the fray is how the Hall of Fame will view such candidates; after all, Bonds (and others guilty/suspected of usage) put up some impressive numbers during his career. 

As much as Major League Baseball would like to set the issue of steroid use behind them and move on, the debate is here to stay for the foreseeable future.

The recent Barry Bonds trial and Manny Ramirez's sudden retirement due to a second failed drug test further pulled the issue back into the spotlight, and Roger Clemens' trial this summer will keep us from forgetting the issue this season.

Barry Bonds was found guilty of obstruction of justice, one of the four charges levied against him yesterday. Although the jury was unable to reach a decision on any of the perjury charges, logic tells you that he probably did know that he was taking illegal performance enhancing drugs, (PED's).

After eight years of building a case against Barry Bonds and millions of dollars spent to prosecute baseball's all time home run king, the government finally got their guilty conviction today. Surprisingly though, the jury convicted Bonds of obstruction of justice, but could not reach a unanimous decision on perjury charges.

Wait a minute, I'm confused.

Barry Bonds was found guilty by a jury of his peers on Wednesday afternoon for obstruction of justice, but that same jury was unable to conclude whether or not Bonds lied about knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs during his career.

Baseball purist around the world can rejoice a bit today when a jury convicted Barry Bonds on obstruction of justice regarding his grand jury testimony back in 2003.

Bonds over the years, thanks in large part to his childhood friend and trainer, Greg Anderson, has been able to keep doping calenders, urine specimens and damaging testimony out of the hands of a jury.

The Barry Bonds trial did not start up all that long ago, though it certainly seems like it has went on forever.

It officially began on March 21 and finally saw its conclusion today.

As we all know now, Barry Bonds was found guilty of obstruction of justice and the three charges of perjury were all declared as a mistrial after jurors were unable to agree on a verdict.

Now that the trial is over, what did we all learn?

Major League Baseball all-time home run leader and former San Diego Giants left fielder Barry Bonds has been found guilty of obstructing justice, while the jury could not agree on three other charges in a verdict announced Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco.

Since the extent of obstruction of justice ranges so widely, Bonds' penalty could be anything from a simple fine to a 10-year prison sentence.

The verdict is in: Barry Bonds is guilty.

While the jury of public opinion has determined that Bonds was guilty of knowingly taking steroids for years and lied about it, a federal court couldn’t seem to determine the same thing.