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May 9, 2007
Curt Schilling's comments about Barry Bonds yesterday morning on WEEI's morning show have, perhaps predictably, caused a national stir. Schilling has been criticized on ESPN's Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter for saying that Bonds had admitted to cheating on his wife, cheating on his taxes and cheating on baseball. Click here, by the way, for a reminder of what Bonds told the grand jury investigating the BALCO steroid distribution case, back in 2003, when he said that he used a clear substance and a cream without realizing what they were. His longtime extramarital relationship with Kimberly Bell seems to be undisputed, and Bell has also been prominent in suggestions that Bonds may have cheated on taxes.
On a night when Bonds hit his 745th home run, off Tom Glavine of the Mets, to get within 10 of Hank Aaron's all-time record, the spin on the national media was largely that Schilling was incorrect in suggesting that Bonds had admitted to knowingly committing any of the above offenses. This morning, on the same radio program where he made his remarks yesterday, some callers agreed with Schilling while others questioned why he did not make stronger comments while appearing in 2005 before a congressional committee interested in steroid use by ballplayers (he mainly ripped Jose Canseco, who wrote a book alleging widespread steroid abuse in baseball). Others, again perhaps predictably, alleged that the focus on Bonds is all about racism.
Tell us what you think.
Posted by Mike McDermott 
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