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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

As a criminal defense attorney, I can tell you that supposedly sealed grand jury testimony is constantly leaked to the media by prosecutors looking for an edge in the court of public opinion. That Bonds is the victim of possibly leaked grand jury testimony - a crime itself - does not cause me to shed a tear for him. I think if Bonds really cared about clearing his name he'd take a polygraph test administered by either a law enforcement polygraph specialist or otherwise universally recognized examiner, instead of dressing up like Paula Abdul and appearing to have some human qualities for the first day in his life. Jay, what you say about cheating and baseball being intertwined I cannot disagree with. However, every generation has its own social mores to be followed and clearly this generation doesn't like cheaters in baseball. It's the reason that Sammy Sosa was basically kicked out of baseball along with Raffy. And why McGwire is universally ignored.