More on B*nds

From David Letterman:

“You have to feel bad for Barry Bonds. He's told reporters that his life is in shambles. He says, "my life is in shambles." I thought, well, of course — you read the warning labels right there on the steroids and it says right there, "may cause shambles." What's the matter with the guy?”

From Buster Olney (from the New York Times op-ed page):

" To investigate Bonds, or just a handful of superstars, would be a mistake. If there is going to be an independent steroid investigation, if baseball truly wants answers, the actions of everyone from Bonds to Selig to Fehr must be subject to scrutiny. And if that's not going to happen, there's no point in investigating anything at all."

From "Pharmacology at Bat" By Paul McHugh and Fay Vincent
The Wall Street Journal April 3, 2006; Page A16
"Barry Bonds is embarrassing himself and major league baseball not by a dearth of talent, of which he has plenty, but by an absence of character. If a baseball game is to be more than entertainment -- although supremely entertaining it is -- and remain one of the ways of demonstrating to us all character in action (as with such splendid examples as Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Henry Aaron, Jackie Robinson and Cal Ripken), then only disdain, from fans and players alike, for those who spoil the story needs to be heard and heard resoundingly.

Players who support Barry Bonds and agree with his lawyers or union officials that what he did was "not illegal at the time" forget -- presuming they ever knew -- what brings those who love the game to cheer their teams and remain loyal to them. If you don't see at a glance what's wrong with Mr. Bonds, you're not a fan: You're a spectator."

Dr. McHugh is University Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins. Mr. Vincent was commissioner of baseball from 1989 to 1992.