I think Barry Bonds is going to beat the Feds. The fact that the prosecution is appealing -- it wants banned evidence allowed back in the trial -- means it's nervous. It can't win on what it has left.
The appeals court almost certainly will turn the prosecution down, so what the prosecution did is a desperate move. The prosecution feels desperation. Bonds is rounding third and heading for home.
Lowell,
Have you read that piece in "ESPN The Magazine"? It's about this whole trial and what it is really about.
Very interesting to say the least. You should go check it out if you haven't read it.
Here's the link to the article
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3896270
Norm, I don't know if you saw it, but this article also points out some problems with the prosecution:
http://www.playboy.com/magazine/features/barry-bonds-2009/barry-bonds.html?cm_mmc=Public%20Relations-_-Redirect%20URL-_-Barry%20Bonds%20Steroids-_-www
Or google "Jonathan Littman The Persecution of Barry Bonds".
That's a great link Bob, thanks for posting.
Bonds may be 'rounding third and heading for home' but he got on the bases unfairly so I do not see cause to celebrate. [I don't agree with the effort that the government has put into this prosecution, but at the same time if Bonds had just confessed like Giambi and others this would have ended years ago as well.]