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  • Psyblast
    2023 National Champions
    • Jun 2003
    • 42584

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    Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2727325

    Report: Bonds failed amphetamine test

    NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds failed a test for amphetamines last season and originally blamed it on a teammate, the Daily News reported Thursday.

    When first informed of the positive test, Bonds attributed it to a substance he had taken from teammate Mark Sweeney's locker, the New York City newspaper said, citing several unnamed sources.

    "I have no comment on that," Bonds' agent Jeff Borris told the Daily News on Wednesday night.

    "Mark was made aware of the fact that his name had been brought up," Sweeney's agent Barry Axelrod told the Daily News. "But he did not give Barry Bonds anything, and there was nothing he could have given Barry Bonds."

    Bonds, who has always maintained he never has tested positive for illegal drug use, is already under investigation for lying about steroid use.

    A federal grand jury is investigating whether the 42-year-old Bonds perjured himself when he testified in 2003 in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative steroid distribution case that he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs. The San Francisco Giants slugger told a 2003 federal grand jury that he believed his trainer Greg Anderson had provided him flaxseed oil and arthritic balm, not steroids.

    Under baseball's amphetamines policy, which went into effect last season, players are not publicly identified for a first positive test. A second positive test for amphetamines results in a 25-game suspension. The first failed steroids test costs a player 50 games.

    Bonds did not appeal the positive test, which made him subject to six drug tests by MLB over the next six months, according to the Daily News.

    "We're not in a position to confirm or deny, obviously," MLB spokesman Rich Levin told the Daily News.

    According to the newspaper, Sweeney learned of the Bonds' positive test from Gene Orza, chief operating officer of the Major League Baseball Players Association. Orza told Sweeney, the paper said, that he should remove any troublesome substances from his locker and should not share said substances. Sweeney said there was nothing of concern in his locker, according to the Daily News' sources.

    An AP message for Sweeney was not immediately returned late Wednesday.

    The Giants are still working to finalize complicated language in the slugger's $16 million, one-year contract for next season -- a process that has lasted almost a month since he agreed to the deal Dec. 7 on the last day of baseball's winter meetings.

    The language still being negotiated concerns the left fielder's compliance with team rules, as well as what would happen if he were to be indicted or have other legal troubles.

    Borris has declined to comment on the negotiations. He didn't immediately return a message from the AP on Wednesday night.

    The 42-year-old Bonds is set to begin his 15th season with the Giants only 22 home runs shy of surpassing Hank Aaron's career record of 755.

    Bonds, considered healthy again following offseason surgery on his troublesome left elbow, has spent 14 of his 21 big-league seasons with San Francisco and helped the Giants draw 3 million fans in all seven seasons at their waterfront ballpark.

    After missing all but 14 games in 2005 following three operations on his right knee, Bonds batted .270 with 26 homers and 77 RBIs in 367 at-bats in 2006. He passed Babe Ruth to move into second place on the career home run list May 28.
  • Blzer
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    Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

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    • TheMatrix31
      RF
      • Jul 2002
      • 52924

      #3
      Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

      Aren't amphetamines just pain killers?

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      • Brandon13
        All Star
        • Oct 2005
        • 8915

        #4
        Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

        Originally posted by TheMatrix31
        Aren't amphetamines just pain killers?
        I believe it's basically just something to keep you awake and alert. It may also be a painkiller too though, not really sure.

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        • TheMatrix31
          RF
          • Jul 2002
          • 52924

          #5
          Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

          So while it may be illegal, it has nothing to do with steroids.....

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          • utexas
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            • Jan 2003
            • 4868

            #6
            Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

            been in baseball since the 60's...
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            • Brandon13
              All Star
              • Oct 2005
              • 8915

              #7
              Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

              Originally posted by TheMatrix31
              So while it may be illegal, it has nothing to do with steroids.....
              Yep. Hopefully he finds a way to test positive for steroids sometime in the near future.

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              • mfreder2
                Rookie
                • May 2003
                • 185

                #8
                Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

                Originally posted by Brandon13
                I believe it's basically just something to keep you awake and alert. It may also be a painkiller too though, not really sure.
                It'll increase your reaction time and increase your focus. Speed is an example of an amphetamine. It is not a painkiller, as most painkillers are downers and this is a stimulant. So it's a little more than just something to keep you awake and alert. This is not coffee or caffiene drinks, amphetamines are pretty powerful stuff and would definately help you hit a baseball during a grinding season.

                As a previous poster stated they've been in the game a long time. And before amphetamines they used cocaine. Which is also a stimulant. This really isn't suprising news.

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                • AI_Franchise
                  Banned
                  • Nov 2002
                  • 2146

                  #9
                  Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

                  Originally posted by Brandon13
                  Yep. Hopefully he finds a way to test positive for steroids sometime in the near future.
                  Are you for real? If you're on the bend, then obviosly you have your doubts...and if you still have your doubts, I would suggest taking up an "innocent" stand on the part of Barry Bonds. The majority of the media/press already made up their minds on Barry Bonds and the whole Balco fiasco.
                  Last edited by AI_Franchise; 01-11-2007, 05:37 AM.

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                  • SportsTop
                    The Few. The Proud.
                    • Jul 2003
                    • 6716

                    #10
                    Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

                    Originally posted by utexas
                    been in baseball since the 60's...
                    And steroids have been in the game since the 80's. What's your point?

                    Anyhow, this is a major blow to Bonds if true. He can kiss is already dying hopes of the Hall of Fame good-bye with the results of his test.
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                    • ExtremeGamer
                      Extra Life 11/3/18
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 35299

                      #11
                      Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

                      Good. Now I can only hope he gets busted again so he's suspended and can't break Aaron's HR record.

                      No chance at the hall now Barry, any other excuses you can bring up?

                      "I had no idea I was applying steroid cream to my body"

                      "I took the pills from another player's locker, I had no idea what they were"

                      For someone that supposedly takes perfect care of himself, he sure takes a lot of drugs without asking what the hell they even are.

                      What a joke.

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                      • sask3m
                        Banned
                        • Sep 2002
                        • 2352

                        #12
                        Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

                        so he had to take 6 drug tests the rest of the yr.? i guess he must have passed them all , as far as the hall of fame this will have absolutely no affect what so ever, if no solid steroid evidence is supplied he'll be a 1st round selection without a doubt

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                        • ExtremeGamer
                          Extra Life 11/3/18
                          • Jul 2002
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                          Originally posted by sask3m
                          so he had to take 6 drug tests the rest of the yr.? i guess he must have passed them all , as far as the hall of fame this will have absolutely no affect what so ever, if no solid steroid evidence is supplied he'll be a 1st round selection without a doubt
                          He hasn't taken the drug tests yet, he has 6 over the next 6 months.

                          And when the baseball writers were polled, he got like 40% of the votes, that's not a hall of famer last I checked.

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                          • sask3m
                            Banned
                            • Sep 2002
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                            #14
                            Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

                            in the report it says he took them last season and is subject to 6 tests over the next 6 months, well i think 6 months has now passed or close to it, if they mean 6 months of baseball season well then he might have a couple left to take depending on when he failed the test, as far as the poll i wonder who all took part, i can guarantee you it wasn't all the people with votes, probably only the bonds haters.

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                            • ExtremeGamer
                              Extra Life 11/3/18
                              • Jul 2002
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                              #15
                              Re: Breaking News: Bonds failed drug test

                              Originally posted by sask3m
                              in the report it says he took them last season and is subject to 6 tests over the next 6 months, well i think 6 months has now passed or close to it, if they mean 6 months of baseball season well then he might have a couple left to take depending on when he failed the test, as far as the poll i wonder who all took part, i can guarantee you it wasn't all the people with votes, probably only the bonds haters.
                              Who knows, I took this as meaning over the next 6 months from now.

                              Bonds did not appeal the positive test, which made him subject to six drug tests by MLB over the next six months, according to the Daily News.
                              And the "Bonds Haters" would be the media, which also votes for the Hall. Bonds ruined that relationship long before he started using the cream or amphetamine's.

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