FLASH: Bonds

cubfan33 · 05-15-2002, 12:45 AM

Under The Knife transmitted this message tonight to the San Francisco Giants and feel the message speaks for itself. We will keep you updated as to the progress.

My name is William Carroll and I am the editor of Under The Knife, a newsletter dedicated to baseball injuries and related topics. One topic that continually comes up is the use of performance enhancing drugs and supplements. In a recent interview, Barry Bonds offered to be tested for steroids to clear up the suggestions that his use of steroids led to his home run surge of 2001. Since we at Under The Knife have always felt that Mr. Bonds should not be subject to the veiled suggestions, we would like to take this opportunity to clear this situation up, once and for all. Under The Knife hereby offers to conduct and monitor a drug test of Barry Bonds on a random day within the next thirty days. This test will be conducted at our expense and the results will be broadcast to our subscribers before being made available to the general public. Mr. Bonds clearly feels strongly about this issue and we feel that it is our duty to assist him in ending the speculation and cementing his place in baseball history untarnished by innuendo.

You may contact me at the above address or at <phone number deleted>.

Thank you,

Will Carroll
Under The Knife
Baseball's Best Source for Injury Information

Duque · 05-15-2002, 01:09 AM

Very interesting. If I were Bonds and I wasn't taking, I'd want to dispel the rumors ASAP. But, there must be ways to fool the test?

cubfan33 · 05-15-2002, 04:36 AM

Sure, there are always ways to beat the test. Im not sure of the latency of all steroids so he could have been using last year or over the winter but not now so it could miss that. I did say that I would do it on a random day so that he couldn't clean out the system specifically for a test and our monitoring of it would insure he didn't swap urine.

I hope he takes me up on it. Be the best advertising I ever got!

WiredTiger · 05-15-2002, 11:33 AM

I didn't hear anyone else take him up on his offer. Never hurts to take a shot.

moose · 05-15-2002, 01:40 PM

Huzzah to writer!!!!

Good call, Will.

gyb13 · 05-15-2002, 02:25 PM

Good call indeed....keep us posted on any replies you get from SF

05-15-2002, 12:45 AM	#1
cubfan33 NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 1,359	FLASH: Bonds Under The Knife transmitted this message tonight to the San Francisco Giants and feel the message speaks for itself. We will keep you updated as to the progress. My name is William Carroll and I am the editor of Under The Knife, a newsletter dedicated to baseball injuries and related topics. One topic that continually comes up is the use of performance enhancing drugs and supplements. In a recent interview, Barry Bonds offered to be tested for steroids to clear up the suggestions that his use of steroids led to his home run surge of 2001. Since we at Under The Knife have always felt that Mr. Bonds should not be subject to the veiled suggestions, we would like to take this opportunity to clear this situation up, once and for all. Under The Knife hereby offers to conduct and monitor a drug test of Barry Bonds on a random day within the next thirty days. This test will be conducted at our expense and the results will be broadcast to our subscribers before being made available to the general public. Mr. Bonds clearly feels strongly about this issue and we feel that it is our duty to assist him in ending the speculation and cementing his place in baseball history untarnished by innuendo. You may contact me at the above address or at <phone number deleted>. Thank you, Will Carroll Under The Knife Baseball's Best Source for Injury Information __________________ UTK available only at www.baseballprospectus.com "I was pulling for Pete and agreeing with (commissioner) Bud Selig that Pete should be eligible for the Hall of Fame," said Giles, now chairman of the Phillies. "Bud was close to making him eligible right after his meeting with Pete (November 2002). Right after that, Pete got into tax trouble (in California), and that delayed the process." - Phillies Chairman Bill Giles in the Dayton Daily News, January 25th, 2004.

05-15-2002, 01:09 AM	#2
Duque NetShrine's Desperado Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Southern CA Posts: 2,638	Very interesting. If I were Bonds and I wasn't taking, I'd want to dispel the rumors ASAP. But, there must be ways to fool the test? __________________ Bad Andy It's such a fine line between stupid and clever.

05-15-2002, 04:36 AM	#3
cubfan33 NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 1,359	Fooling the Test Sure, there are always ways to beat the test. Im not sure of the latency of all steroids so he could have been using last year or over the winter but not now so it could miss that. I did say that I would do it on a random day so that he couldn't clean out the system specifically for a test and our monitoring of it would insure he didn't swap urine. I hope he takes me up on it. Be the best advertising I ever got! __________________ UTK available only at www.baseballprospectus.com "I was pulling for Pete and agreeing with (commissioner) Bud Selig that Pete should be eligible for the Hall of Fame," said Giles, now chairman of the Phillies. "Bud was close to making him eligible right after his meeting with Pete (November 2002). Right after that, Pete got into tax trouble (in California), and that delayed the process." - Phillies Chairman Bill Giles in the Dayton Daily News, January 25th, 2004.

05-15-2002, 02:25 PM	#6
gyb13 NS Omnipresent Brasilian Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Crazy George's playground Posts: 10,903	Good call indeed....keep us posted on any replies you get from SF __________________ Gustavo NDF Moderator Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

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05-15-2002, 11:33 AM	#4
WiredTiger Guest Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The city of Kaline, Cobb and Greenberg Posts: 3,395	I didn't hear anyone else take him up on his offer. Never hurts to take a shot.

05-15-2002, 01:40 PM	#5
moose Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Socs Posts: 3,400	Huzzah to writer!!!! Good call, Will.

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