Bonds colluded out of baseball

John Perricone at Only Baseball Matters has the smarts to make that point after another grandstanding member of Congress -- Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) -- said the government ought to be using its resources in other ways than prosecuting Roger Clemens.

Here's part of what John had to say (boldface is mine)-- I wonder if any of the crack reporters on that conference call asked Weiner where he was the last five years as the government wasted tens of millions of dollars and thousands of hours of billable time investigating Barry Bonds? Based on the article, I’d guess, no.
I’ll ask again, why is Clemens being treated differently? Is it because he’s white? Bonds is being colluded out of the game right now, one of the best hitters in baseball unable to get a job, and all supposedly because of the cloud his perjury case is causing. So, why haven’t we heard anyone call for the dismissal of Bonds’ case? Instead, we get to hear what a hero Jeff Novitzky is, which, by the way, is a joke. Novitzky is an IRS agent who abused his position in government to embark on a multi-million dollar vendetta against a baseball player he didn’t like. After all of the money and time spent on the BALCO investigation, we saw the two main guys, Victor Conte and Greg Anderson, spend a total of about 15 months in jail. Now, we see who the real target has been all along.
Bonds’ indictment is going nowhere. He is the guy they’re gonna bring down, cost be damned.

My comment -- I think John is quite right. The Mets GM Omar Minaya -- despite being under huge pressure to win and faced with injury depleted offense (Moises Alou being out for two months and injuries to Carlos Delgado and Carlos Beltran) -- said this week he won't sign Bonds, according to the New York Times.