12-3-2004 Bonds admitted to using substances thought to be steroids
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds testified to a grand jury that he used a clear substance and a cream given to him by a trainer who was indicted in a steroid-distribution ring, but said he didn't know they were steroids.
It is uncertain what punishment, if any, Bonds could receive from baseball, which didn't have penalties for steroid use until 2003.
While discipline is spelled out for positive tests and criminal convictions from 2003 on, admission of illegal steroid use is not addressed, possibly giving Selig an opening to punish Bonds.
Even so, baseball can't test him more than other players because it's been over a year since the steroid use referred to in the testimony.
SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds testified to a grand jury that he used a clear substance and a cream given to him by a trainer who was indicted in a steroid-distribution ring, but said he didn't know they were steroids.
It is uncertain what punishment, if any, Bonds could receive from baseball, which didn't have penalties for steroid use until 2003.
While discipline is spelled out for positive tests and criminal convictions from 2003 on, admission of illegal steroid use is not addressed, possibly giving Selig an opening to punish Bonds.
Even so, baseball can't test him more than other players because it's been over a year since the steroid use referred to in the testimony.