Bonds has never flunked a steroid test, but neither did Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines, who were both banned from track and field based on evidence from the BALCO scandal.
Some defend Bonds by claiming that baseball did not prohibit steroids prior to 2002. But in 1991, Fay Vincent, who was the baseball commissioner at the time, sent a league memo stating that any player caught using illegal drugs, including steroids, could be punished. This occurred shortly after the federal government classified steroids as a controlled substance, making it illegal to sell, distribute or use them without a prescription.
Somehow, that hasn't been enough to stop Bonds. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that something stinks about the slugger. (Maybe it takes a guy with a big head.)
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Joe,
HGH may not cause bone growth but Anabolic Steroids certainly do and HGH may not be the only thing that he's taken.
Barry bonds did do steroids and didnt deserve to hit that 750th homerun or to be in the hall of fame at all
Human Growth Hormone does not make bones grow. It cannot increase hat of foot size. These are myths perpetuated by the writers of Game of Shadows, and regurgitated by ESPN's Buster Olney.
HGH may make bone thicker, but it cannot make More..