9/22/05 IF S.F. GIANT OWNERSHIP ISN'T SEETHING, THEY SHOULD BE.... 9/22   On a day when the San Diego Padres lost and the Giants had a great chance of picking up a game on them, Bonds sat out again—his usual day game after a night game vacation. The Giants went down 2-0 and Bonds didn't even pinch hit... Since they're paying him 20 mil. This year (which will amount to something like $100,000 per at bat, you'd think SOMEONE could say SOMETHING to get Bonds into the full last 10-15 games of the season. If Bonds could hit longer and a higher ratio of home runs than anyone in baseball at age 41, you'd think his suddenly old bones  could 'suffer' a few extra games at seasons end to almost assure the Giants a   playoff berth.  (Funny, I don't remember any nagging knee injuries in the past. And why did Bonds wait until spring training to have the knee operated on? And why did he have to go to his own (convicted) doctor in Los Angeles (not to mention hiding out in L.A. midway thru the season.) The Giants win virtually every game Bonds plays (6 of 7 to date)... If Bonds played these last three day games and the Ginats won, say, 2 of 3, that would give them another game up on San Diego, and if Bonds would have come back a month earlier, the Giants , NO DOUBT, would be in first place already. The Giants recently steamrolled over this poor excuse for a first place team.   But , then , Bonds runs the insane asylum. He's probably got it all mapped out... If the Giants DID get into the playoffs there'd be too much attention on him, so he'll come back the last couple weeks just to show his face the please the 'sheep-le' fans.   After all, even commissioner is , basically, afraid of Bonds. (Where was Bonds at the Congressional Hearings last year?) The 'flax seed oil' defense works for Bonds  and, meanwhile, Bonds—who no doubt know more than you or most everyone as to how his particular steroid affects him, e.g.. when to sit out, when to play...   Good chance he had a inside tip that there would be no drug testing at the last weeks of the season, or, maybe his steroid of choice is undetectable at certain times... Bonds is the manipulative, spoiled kid in school who always gets his way. His parents, his famous Godfather, etc, all pave the way and , now , the entourage. Don't dare try  to pick on poor Barry...   Today , Mark McGuire lives in disgrace for not perjuring himself. Rafael Palmeiro is the devil of baseball for befriending Conseco and his paraphernalia while a teamate at Texas.. He got caught. Another Conseco accomplice, Jason Giambi, is still scorned and questioned despite coming clean and apparently resurrecting his career, probably drug-free. And  the Bonds... Bonds will probably never 'get caught.' Though , he's likely guilty of cheating in many peoples' eyes—even Giant ownership, who won't come close to admitting it.    'So what if we're out $20 mil... We have Barry Bonds!... And for another year , too!'  Oh boy, I can't wait for 2006.  And Bonds is more guilty than all the rest put together. He's been doing it longer and probably has more tainted homers than all the others put together except maybe Conseco and McGwire. But worst of all, Bonds is on the verge of breaking the Babe's long- standing, most heralded record in sports. But watch Bonds, intentionally, stop short of breaking 'brother' Henry Aaron's 755. If by now people don't see the folly of it all, it's really sad. Even 'old school' Frank Robinson, who recently condemned the use of steroids in baseball still gave cover to Bonds during the Giants recent series with the Washington Nationals, which he manages. 'Bonds has not been found guilty,' or some tap dancing words like this, came out of Robinson's mouth. Well, I guess Robinson still works for baseball,. Though I always thought him to be one of the strong ones...  And then the media... Boy do they tap dance...  Especially the announcers. Recently listening to the Dodger announcers , I was amazed  how they spoke of Bonds 'majestic' home runs as the Giants whipped their Dodgers (thankfully, I'm not talking about Vin Scully, but the other 2 or 3 'shills,' who Scully doesn't  even share the mike with..)  Same goes for the Nationals announcers... I recently went to see 93-year-old Buck O'Neil; of the old Negro Leagues. O'Neill is an amazing guy, still heading up the effort to keep his era alive via a traveling museum show. When asked about steroids in baseball, during the current show at the Oakland Museum, O'Neil  said that   baseball players have always had 'crutches,' from booze to broads,' but nothing the like  steroids, that could    kill   five years after you retire. He said that baseball should be saying more about the dangers of steroids, noting that  a ball player may be a homer-hitting hero at 40 and dead at 45.   We've already seen one example in Ken Caminiti. 9/25  Barry Bonds did finally play a day game Sunday, 9/25, in which the Giants did    eke out a win, luckily, and after Bonds left the game half way thru it when the  Giants only had a one run lead. Again, who runs this insane asylum I ask. Well, the answer is pretty clear. The initials are BB and I'm not talking about the Bat Boy.