"A Sad Day for Baseball"

I came home from a long day of work and sat down ready to watch the afternoon edition of SportsCenter. It was a quiet, windy day outside. Until, I read the "Breaking News" at the bottom of my television screen. My only reaction to seeing that the current Home Run KingPin, Barry Bonds, was indicted Thursday on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice was "Dag, Barry!"

After all the allegations and rumors and books and claims and home runs, Bonds finally hit a wall. Since December 2003, federal investigators must have gathered more information leading up to this deferred indictment. It's intriguing that on the same day that the career-halting indictment hit the public's ears, Bond's ex-trainer, Greg Anderson,was released from prison. Anderson didn't want to testify against his close friend. A noble decision, but we'll have to see how that piece of the puzzle pans out.

Bonds will appear before a U.S. District Court on December 7th in San Francisco. He may opt towards the plea bargain or he may desire to take it to trial. In whatever scenario, Bonds career will forever be plagued with this scandal. Ironically enough, although many MLB fans didn't support Bonds during his chase after Hank Aaron's Home Run Record, it's still without a doubt a sad day for America's favorite pastime.