nytimes.com - 9/5/2008
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While Barry Bonds may be detestable, the government’s legal case against him has turned from a prosecution into a venomous persecution. >
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N.Y. Times: Bissinger: Sympathy for the Slugger (RR)
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
N.Y. Times: Bissinger: Sympathy for the Slugger (RR) I shouted out, Who killed the newspapers? It is also ridiculous to assume that Bonds would have done anything else but lie, even under oath. He is a professional athlete, not a role model, despite the fact that we continually insist on confusing the two, with our need to put on those rose-colored glasses. If he had taken steroids and told the truth, he would have been ruined. By not telling the truth, he would have been ruined. He was in a no-win situation. And when it comes to manning up, or more precisely not ...
Buzz Bissigner Will Defend Barry Bonds To The Very End [Media Meltdowns]
Deadspin —
So our non-frog-resembling, perpetually indignant pal Buzz Bissinger has a piece in the New York Times today on Barry Bonds. It's a mostly-sympathetic look at the bloated slugger, at least as it pertains to his legal woes. So to recap: Will Leitch and sports blogs, bad. Barry Bonds, good. Thanks for taking us through the looking glass once again, Buzz. From The NY Times: But last week’s news trickling out of the endless investigation of Barry Bonds has caused me to feel something for him I never thought possible: sympathy. And beyond ...
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