Thursday, July 26, 2007

Bonds Deflects Steroid Allegations by Wisely Pointing Toward Another Disproportionately Sized Man

Remember back in grade school, when the teacher's back was turned, and people would pass notes or a frog or some other illicit item? And when the teacher was about to turn back around, how you would throw the item to someone else, sticking them with the contraband, in an attempt to deflect culpability?

Well that's exactly Barry Bonds' new strategy, as he tries to deflect continued steroid usage allegations by pointing at another suspected user, Bob Costas.

NEW YORK (AP) -- A day after Barry Bonds called him a "little midget man who knows (nothing) about baseball," broadcaster Bob Costas said he wasn't upset with the San Francisco Giants slugger and responded with a jab of his own.

"As anyone can plainly see, I'm 5-6 1/2 and a strapping 150, and unlike some people, I came by all of it naturally," Costas said Thursday in a telephone interview.

On this week's edition of HBO's "Costas Now," commissioner Bud Selig, Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and chemist Patrick Arnold discussed Bonds, his pursuit of Hank Aaron's home run record and suspicions that Bonds has used steroids. Schilling and Arnold said they believed Bonds had taken performance-enhancing drugs.

Bonds viewed at least part of the show before Wednesday's game against Atlanta.

"I've actually always had a pretty cordial relationship with Barry," Costas said. "I have no ill feelings toward him personally. I regard him as one of the greatest players of all time who got an inauthentic boost and then became a superhuman player. I wish him no ill whatsoever."

Costas said he understood why Bonds might have denigrated him.

"He's under tremendous scrutiny and some pressure. It's no big deal," Costas said. "This is a consequence of doing your job, and I've never tried to do my job in any case with the intention of calling attention to myself. I think if people watch the program, they can judge for themselves."

Told before Thursday's series finale that Costas claimed he came by his physique naturally, Bonds responded, "How do you know?" before going on to say he didn't care.

Brilliant move, Barry, to try and move your cloud of suspicion over to a 5'6" man. How do we know Costas isn't juicing, indeed? Didn't he used to wear an eye patch once, and now he doesn't? Hmmmmm....

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