Barry Bonds Court Cases

Barry Bonds is a legendary baseball player. He was born and raised in Riverside California where he decided he wanted to become a professional baseball player. His father Bobby Bonds was a former Major league Giants outfielder. When Barry Bonds was in high school he also played basketball and volleyball while still exceeding in baseball. Bonds attended Arizona State University as a baseball player while achieving his major in criminology, which is a little ironic. After college Bonds was drafted to the Pittsburgh Pirates to play center field. It only took 3 seasons with the Pirates for fans to label him a “star player.” After that he got traded to the San Francisco Giants as a left fielder. With the Giants Bonds hit 46 home runs and had a .799 slugging average and on top of that he hit his 600th home run all in one season in
Narcotics task forces then raided Greg Anderson, one of Barry Bonds personal trainer’s home. Then, on November 15, 2007 based on the grand jury investigation Bonds was accused for perjury and obstruction of justice. The trial started on March 21, 2011 but Bonds was not convicted until April 13, 2011. Barry Bonds faced an abundant amount of punishments starting with two years of probation, two hundred and fifty hours of community service, a $4,000 fine, and 30 days of home confinement. In 2015 Barry Bond’s Conviction was overturned with a 10-1 vote in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Even though many people disagree with Bond’s decisions some still try and vote him into the Hall of Fame. Based off the most recent voting in 2015 only 36.2% of people want him put into the Hall of Fame and you need 75% of the votes to get in. Barry Bonds is now a hitting coach for the Miami Marlins and is trying to forget the past and look into the future as much as