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Barry Bonds, OF, Retired PlayersHot off the Wire Fantasy Sports NewsMLB | Bonds' wife files for legal separation The Associated Press reports former San Francisco Giants OF Barry Bonds' wife, Liz Watson, has filed for legal separation. The two were married in 1998 and have a 10-year-old daughter, Aisha. Watson cited irreconcilable differences in papers filed by her lawyer Monday, June 8, in Los Angeles Superior Court. She is seeking spousal support and joint legal and physical custody. MLB | Federal prosecutors plead court on Bonds case The Associated Press' Paul Elias reports federal prosecutors urged an appeals court to let them present evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids, arguing it was mistakenly thrown out by a trial court judge on the eve of his perjury trial earlier this year. Among the evidence that prosecutors say is key to their case are three urine samples they say belong to Bonds and tested positive for the steroids methenolone and nandrolone. White Sox | Not interested in Bonds or Pedro Joe Cowley, of the Chicago Sun-Times, reports the Chicago White Sox are not interested in signing either free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) or SP Pedro Martinez (Mets), according to general manager Kenny Williams. Twins | Not interested in Bonds The Pioneer Press reports the Minnesota Twins were contacted by OF Barry Bonds' agent but had no interest. Angels | No interest in Bonds Bill Shaikin, of the Los Angeles Times, reports the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have no interest in free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants), according to general manager Tony Reagins. Nationals | Not looking to sign Bonds FOXSports.com reports the Washington Nationals are not looking to sign free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants), according to president Stan Kasten. Pirates | Will not sign Bonds FOXSports.com reports the Pittsburgh Pirates have no plans to sign free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants), according to general manager Neal Huntington. Reds | Not discussing Bonds FOXSports.com reports the Cincinnati Reds are not discussing the possibility of signing free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants), according to general manager Walt Jocketty. MLB | Appeal in Bonds case could take 19 months Lester Munson, of ESPN.com, reports the decision on federal prosectors' appeal in the case of free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) perjury case could take an extra 19 months, according to the federal courts. MLB | Bonds' trainer not optimistic ESPN.com reports Jeff Borris, the agent for free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants), is not optimistic that they will find a team that is interested in signing Bonds for the 2009 season, according to USA Today. MLB | Bonds' agent to test interest MLB.com's Bobbie Dittmeier reports Jeff Borris, free-agent OF Barry Bonds' agent, said he will contact all 30 teams to gauge interest in Bonds for the 2009 season now that his trial has been delayed. MLB | Bonds' trial delayed until summer The Associated Press reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) perjury trial has been delayed at least through July and likely beyond, because of an appeal filed by prosecutors over key evidence. MLB | Bonds' trial could be put on hold Mark Fainaru-Wada, of ESPN.com, reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) trial could be put on indefinite hold because the government wants to appeal pre-trial rulings that would keep out significant pieces of evidence. The start of the trial will likely be delayed several months or longer. MLB | Bonds' trainer will not testify The Associated Press reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) trainer, Greg Anderson, told a judge Friday, Feb. 27, that he will refuse to testify in Bonds' perjury trial. Anderson will be incarcerated during the trial for contempt of court until he changes his mind or for the length of the proceedings, which could last up to a month. Bonds' perjury trial is scheduled to begin Monday, March 2. MLB | Bonds' trainer unlikely to cooperate The Associated Press reports Greg Anderson, free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) personal trainer, is likely to tell a federal judge Friday, Feb. 27, that he will not testify at Bonds' trial on charges he lied to a grand jury about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. MLB | Hearing for Bonds' trainer delayed The Associated Press reports the hearing for free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) personal trainer, Greg Anderson, has been delayed to Friday, Feb. 27. MLB | Judge orders Bonds' trainer to court The Associated Press reports a federal judge has ordered Greg Anderson, free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) personal trainer, to court to disclose whether he plans to testify at Bonds' trial in March. The hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 25. Anderson has stated that he will refuse to testify against Bonds and might be sent to prison on contempt of court charges. MLB | Positive steroid tests excluded in Bonds case Updating a previous item, USA TODAY is reporting a federal judge ruled late Thursday, Feb. 19, that prosecutors cannot use three positive steroid tests and other key evidence in Barry Bonds' trial in March. MLB | Wife of Bonds' trainer will not cooperate ESPN.com reports the wife of free-agent Barry Bonds' personal trainer has recently backed out of talking with federal agents, according to The New York Times. It is unknown why Nicole Gestas has decided not to speak with agents. She had previously been willing to talk about her husband's relationship with Bonds. MLB | Football player to testify against Bonds ESPN.com reports New England Patriots special teams player Larry Izzo is expected to testify in the perjury trial against free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants). Izzo will testify that he received performance-enhancing drugs from Greg Anderson, Bonds' personal trainer, in 2003 with instructions on how to use them. Izzo is the only NFL player that will testify at the trial schedule for March 2, according to reports. MLB | Aaron thinks Bonds should keep record ESPN.com reports former MLB OF Hank Aaron said he thinks free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) should keep the all-time home run record, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "If you did that, you'd have to go back and change all kinds of records, and the [home run] record was very important to me. It's probably the most hallowed record out there, as far as I'm concerned, but it's now in the hands of somebody else. It belongs to Barry," Aaron said. MLB | More on Bonds' witnesses Updating a previous item, Tom Singer, of MLB.com, reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) ex-girlfriend and at least one former teammate are expected to testify to having seen him personally injecting himself with performance-enhancing drugs. The witnesses are also expected to testify regarding discussions Bonds had about openly discussing his steroid abuse. The government is expected to ask Bonds' former personal trainer, Greg Anderson, to testify again. MLB | Witnesses saw Bonds use steroids? ESPNews reports the government is saying that they have witnesses that saw free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) use performance-enhancing drugs. MLB | Giambi brothers to testify against Bonds Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn, of ESPN.com, report Oakland Athletics 1B Jason Giambi and former MLB OF Jeremy Giambi are expected to testify in free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) trial to say that Bonds' former trainer Greg Anderson gave them performance-enhancing drugs, according to The New York Times. MLB | Estalella to testify against Bonds Mark Fainaru-Wade and T.J. Quinn, of ESPN.com, report Toronto Blue Jays C Bobby Estalella is expected to testify against free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) and provide information that will show that Bonds knowingly took steroids, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The trial is scheduled to begin March 2 in San Francisco. Estalella was Bonds' teammate on the San Francisco Giants during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. MLB | Anderson subpoenaed to Bonds' trial Teri Thompson, Michael O'Keefe, Christian Red and Nathaniel Vinton, of the New York Daily News, report Greg Anderson, free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) personal trainer, has been subpoenaed to Bonds' trial. Anderson would be the most crucial witness in the case, but his attorney, Mark Geragos, said his client will not testify. MLB | Evidence that Bonds used steroids ESPN reports there is evidence that free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) used steroids other than the cream and the clear, according to The New York Times. The evidence has surfaced in Bonds' urine samples, according to the report. MLB | Feds putting pressure on Bonds' trainer ESPN.com reports federal agents raided the house of the mother-in-law of free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) personal trainer Greg Anderson. Madeleine Gestas is involved in a tax investigation that Anderson's lawyer thinks is aimed at pressuring Anderson to testify at Bonds' upcoming trial on charges of lying to a grand jury. MLB | Bonds seeking to keep ex-mistress from testifying The Associated Press reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) is trying to keep his ex-mistress from testifying at his March trial about alleged rages and physical changes caused by performance-enhancing drugs. Bonds is also trying to block much of the government's known evidence against him, including urine and blood samples that allegedly tested positive for steroids. MLB | Bonds undergoes surgery The San Francisco Chronicle's John Shea reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds (hip) underwent surgery on his hip in hopes of continuing his playing career. He hopes to be ready by the start of the season. MLB | Bonds: I'm not retiring ESPN.com reports OF Barry Bonds was asked Saturday, Dec. 13, if he was retiring, and Bonds said he was not retiring. Bonds, who spoke with a cameraman for the Web site TMZ.com, was in good spirits while waiting for his car outside a Los Angeles restaurant. MLB | Bonds has four counts dropped in new indictment Updating an ongoing story, The Associated Press reports federal prosecutors dropped four counts against free agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) on Thursday, Dec. 4, of making false statements to a grand jury. He is still on tap to go to trial, beginning March 2, on 10 counts of lying plus an extra charge of obstruction of justice. Thursday's indictment was the third against Bonds. MLB | Judge throws out three counts in Bonds case Mark Fainaru-Wada, of ESPN.com, reports a judge dismissed three of the 15 counts Monday, Nov. 24, against free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants). Judge Susan Illston dropped one count because it was duplicitous, another because Bonds' answer in front of the BALCO jury was too vague and a third because the government's question was unclear. Two other counts in the case were merged. Bonds will face 11 counts in the end; 10 for perjury and one for obstruction of justice coming from the testimony in December of 2003 in the steroids case. MLB | Bonds asks judge to toss out majority of case The Associated Press reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) asked a federal judge Wednesday, Nov. 5, to toss out charges accusing him of lying to a grand jury about his steroid use. U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston said she will rule on Bonds' request. Rays | Upton one homer away from tying all-time postseason record Updating previous reports, Tampa Bay Rays OF B.J. Upton has tied Troy Glaus (2002) for homers in a single postseason, and is one behind major league record-holders Barry Bonds (2002) and Carlos Beltran (2004). Upton is a career .222 hitter (4-for-18) versus Game 7 starter Jon Lester. MLB | Bonds' attorneys questioning definition of steroids A.J. Perez, of USA Today, reports the defense for free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) have called one of the counts against Bonds fatally ambiguous, and are questioning the prosecutor's definition of steroids, according to documents filed in court this week. Bonds' attorneys are arguing that 10 of 15 counts are redundant or ambiguous, and should be dismissed. MLB | Bonds enjoying life away from baseball The Associated Press reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) said he is enjoying life away from baseball. "I'm happy now that I have more time," Bonds said. "I've actually enjoyed myself immensely." MLB | Prosecutors set to prove Bonds took steroids The Associated Press reports federal prosecutors said they plan on proving that personal trainer Greg Anderson supplied free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) with the steroids that led to Bonds' positive test in November of 2000. Prosecutors have said that they possess two documents showing Bonds tested positive for anabolic steroids in 2000 and that Anderson supplied the drugs. MLB | Bonds asks for charges to be dismissed The Associated Press reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) has asked a federal judge to dismiss most of the government's perjury case against him. Bonds feels many of the charges stem from ambiguous answers to ambiguous questions brought up by prosecutors. Astros | Cooper: Bonds not a fit The Associated Press reports Houston Astros manager Cecil Cooper denied any interest in free agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) while speaking Sunday, Aug. 10. "Bonds is not a fit for us," said Cooper. Giants | Bonds invited to 50th anniversary party The Associated Press reports the San Francisco Giants invited OF Barry Bonds to their party celebrating the 50th year since the Giants moved from New York. Yankees | Steinbrenner open to signing Bonds Jon Heyman, of SI.com, reports New York Yankees co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner is believed to be open to the idea of signing free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants), but several other front office members are not enamored with the idea, according to people familiar with the team's thinking. Yankees | Team unlikely to sign Bonds ESPN.com reports the New York Yankees are highly unlikely to sign free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants). Yankees | Will discuss Bonds The Associated Press reports the New York Yankees plan to discuss the possibility of adding free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) during their high-level meetings at their spring training facilities Thursday, July 24. The team is considering options to replace OF Hideki Matsui (knee) and C Jorge Posada (shoulder). Co-chairman Hank Steinbrenner said he plans to bring up talk of Bonds at the meetings. Yankees | Not interested in Bonds Contrary to previous reports, ESPNews reports the New York Yankees are not interested in free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants). Yankees | Cashman does not rule out signing Bonds Ronald Blum, of The Associated Press, reports New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman did not rule out the option that the team could sign free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants). "I would say any rampant speculation on us involving a player of that magnitude would be extremely premature," Cashman said. "I would caution everybody to not misunderstand that since I'm not saying no to it, that that means, 'Oh my gosh, that that might be happening down the line.' It's not something we're focused on at this point." Yankees | Team won't rule out possibility of adding Bonds The Associated Press reports New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman hasn't ruled out the possibility that the team could sign free agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants). The GM, speaking Tuesday, July 15, said "any rampant speculation on us involving a player of that magnitude would be extremely premature" and that the team was focused at the moment on getting OF Hideki Matsui (knee) back. MLB | Bonds’ home-run ball lands in Hall of Fame The Associated Press reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds' (Giants) 756th home-run ball that was bought by fashion designer Marc Ecko, arrived in Cooperstown, N.Y., after speculation that it would not go to the Hall of Fame. "We are very happy to receive the baseball as a donation, and not as a loan," Hall spokesman Brad Horn said. "We look forward to adding this ball to our permanent collections." MLB | Bonds unlikely to play The Associated Press reports free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) is unlikely to play this season, according to his agent, Jeff Borris. White Sox | Guillen does not want Bonds on his team Shawn Shroyer, of MLB.com, reports Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said he would not want free-agent OF Barry Bonds (Giants) on his team. "I think people should give him a shot, but he can't play for the White Sox," Guillen said. "It's about chemistry, and I don't think he'd be good for our chemistry." | Feature LinksFantasy Football Weekly Playbook FREE Fantasy Baseball
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