Barry Bonds' personal trainer supplied steroids to other players, according to testimony
Colorado Rockies first baseman Jason Giambi and two former Major League Baseball players testified at the Barry Bonds federal perjury trial Tuesday that they obtained steroids from Bonds’ personal trainer.
The trainer, Greg Anderson, has refused to testify against Bonds and was taken into custody last week. Jurors have been instructed not to draw inferences about Anderson’s absence.
Giambi, his brother Jeremy Giambi and former San Francisco Giants outfielder Marvin Benard each testified that Anderson sold them performance-enhancing drugs that he said would not be detectable in drug testing. Jason Giambi said he met Anderson through Bonds.
The players’ dealings with Anderson reportedly started about a decade ago as Major League Baseball was considering drug testing for players.
Bonds holds the record for career home runs with 762, surpassing Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth.
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-- Maura Dolan in San Francisco
Photo: Greg Anderson, center, former trainer to Barry Bonds, goes through security as he arrives at Bonds' perjury trial at the Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco on March 22. Credit: Beck Diefenbach / Reuters
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Barry is going down.
Posted by: Philly Boy | March 29, 2011 at 04:55 PM
I think that most of the other players have used steroids too. It's just that Bonds got caught. It would be nice if it were a level playing field for all players.
Posted by: Zeolit | March 29, 2011 at 06:02 PM
Bonds holds NO RECORDS that I recognize.
Posted by: CaliPHOBE | March 29, 2011 at 06:43 PM
I don't know why the media (or certain members) insists on saying that Bonds surpassed Ruth for the home run record. Ruth hasn't had the career HR record for many years. And there is no question about the legitimacy of Aaron's 755.
So, no, Bonds didn't surpass Aaron and Ruth for the record. He surpassed Aaron.
OK, Maura?
Posted by: Bernardo | March 30, 2011 at 10:55 AM