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After two innings, the Giants trailed 8-0. The game in Milwaukee virtually ended there. They lost 8-5. Is Barry Zito back to his old ways? Zito pitched a clunker in a season he's been surprisingly good. Does the fan base take Wednesday's ...  

A few timely hits by the home team and some untimely mistakes from the Giants' troublesome defense sent Zito flying off the rails early in an 8-5 loss that kept San Francisco from grabbing its first series sweep of the season. Zito almost didn't ...  

The San Francisco Giants could use the solid bat and steady glove of Pablo Sandoval back in their lineup, and may be getting their Kung Fu Panda back sooner than later. Sandoval tweeted on Wednesday that he took some swings off a tee, about 25 ...  

When equipment manager Steve Vucinich told Josh Donaldson he might want to change something to work out of his hitting funk, the third baseman shaved off his beard Friday. Oakland Athletics' Josh Donaldson connects for an RBI double off San Francisco Giants' Barry Zito during the fifth inning of a baseball game Friday, May 18, 2012, in San Francisco. San Francisco Giants' Brandon Belt watches his RBI sacrifice fly hit off Oakland...  

Boston.comSan Francisco Giants play Oakland AthleticsNews in photosThe San Francisco Giants' Barry Zito (75) pitches against the Oakland Athletics in first inning of their interleague game played at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, May 18, 2012. (Dan Honda/Staff) The San Francisco Giants' Angel Pagan (16) ...San Francisco Giants Vs. Oakland Athletics 5/19/12: Mark's Free MLB Baseball PickSports Chat PlaceFOX!! Oakland Athletics vs...  

On July 5, 1989, the San Francisco Giants hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates at Candlestick Park. With the Giants comfortably ahead in the ninth inning, 6-1, the Pirates had runners on first and third with one out. Jim Leyland sent Barry Bonds into the game to pinch-hit for Neal Heaton. The future all-time single season and career home run leader was mired in a slump. The night before the game, he spoke to his father Bobby in a plea for help. Bobby...  

Bonds was convicted in April 2011 of one count of giving an evasive answer in 2003 to a grand jury investigating illegal steroids distribution. A jury deadlocked on three counts charging him with making false statements.  

Barry Zito has been the left-handed albatross around the neck of the San Francisco Giants franchise since he arrived in 2007 carrying the burden of his seven-year, $126 million contract.  Until lately that is, when he has shown signs that he actually can still pitch.The former Cy Young winner (AL 2002), and three-time All-Star (2002, 2003, 2006), seemed to have his best years behind him until he threw his first shutout in nine seasons against...  

Barry Zito succeeded where Tim Lincecum, Madison Bumgarner and Matt Cain all failed before him—he pitched the 2012 San Francisco Giants to win No. 1.The former Cy Young winner went the full nine innings, walked nary a batter, allowed only four hits, struck out four and kept the Colorado Rockies off the scoreboard for the duration. In just two hours and 52 minutes, Zito erased much of the gloom from the season-opening sweep in Arizona with his...  

Barry Zito walked off the AT Park mound Friday night to a ... "(He) signed as a candidate to help us out of the bullpen," Giants vice president Bobby Evans said in a text message. Penny made six September starts for the Giants in 2009 after being ...  

Prosecutors said they might call former baseball players Barry Bonds and Jose Canseco, current baseball commissioner Bud Selig and New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman as witnesses in the Roger Clemens perjury case.  

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Zito outdid his old Oakland team, Brandon Belt drove in three runs, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics in the Bay Bridge Series opener 8-6 on Friday night Hector Sanchez had two RBIs to back Zito (3-1), who won ...  

Boston.comBarry Zito pitches Giants past his former A's team, Brandon Belt drives in ...Washington PostZito has settled in to his new scene and outdid his old Oakland team this time, and was backed by Brandon Belt's three RBIs in the San Francisco Giants' 8-6 victory over the Athletics in the Bay Bridge Series opener Friday night.Zito beats old A's team as Giants win 8-6Fox NewsGiants 8, Athletics 6Chicago Tribuneall 328 news articles »  

It's hard to imagine, after two wins like that, but there is an entire other universe of baseball being played right now... Roger Clemens' perjury trial is underway, but for some reason it isn't capturing the national attention that Barry Bonds' perjury trial did. It appears that the approach is going to be to paint Clemens as a "scoundrel," who shouldn't be given credit for palling around with an upstanding citizen, who also...  

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian McNamee says he saved medical waste after injecting Roger Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs because his wife complained that McNamee was going to be the fall guy. McNamee testified in Clemens' perjury trial Tuesday...  

Next Game Miami Marlins @ San Francisco Giants Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT AT&T Park Carlos Zambrano vs Barry Zito Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to right field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 55. Complete Coverage > The Miami Marlins registered their only their second win in 10 games yesterday night as they defeated the San Francisco Giants in the first of a three-game series. The Fish...  

Lawyers for Barry Bonds told an appeals court that the former San Francisco Giants outfielder’s conviction for obstruction of justice in the government’s probe of steroid use should be overturned. Bonds, Major League Baseball’s career home ...  

Federal prosecutors pursued their "crusade" against steroids in sports with "an intensity at times that bordered on zealotry," the defense lawyers said. The former San Francisco Giants star, baseball's all-time home run leader, was indicted for ...  

Barry Zito and Matt Cain accepted the mic from Train lead singer Patrick Monahan and belted out Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" as a couple of thousand fans cheered and sang right along. San Francisco Giants' Barry Zito works against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 14, 2012, in San Francisco. Pittsburgh Pirates' Neil Walker connects for a two run single off San Francisco Giants...  

Emmanuel Burriss scored on a throwing error by shortstop Clint Barmes in the ninth inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 4-3 win over the struggling Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night. Pittsburgh Pirates' Neil Walker connects for a two run single off San Francisco Giants' Barry Zito during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 14, 2012, in San Francisco. Pittsburgh Pirates' Charlie Morton works against the San...  

"Barry Bonds' case reaches federal appeals court": In today's edition of The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "Barry Bonds' lawyers asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn his obstruction-of-justice conviction, saying he was the...  

Is obstruction of justice an “invented legal theory” that doesn’t rise to the level of criminal conduct? That’s the argument on deck in the Barry Bonds appeal; whether or not it’s a home run is up to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.......  

It was called the steroid era, or what Washington Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond labeled the “cheating era ... the daily slugfests and home run derbies waged by Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa? And not only them.  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former baseball pitching ace Roger Clemens faces a new trial this week on charges he lied to Congress about taking steroids, nine months after a judge stopped his first trial in its opening days because of a misstep by prosecutors.  

Some key figures at Roger Clemens' trial, starting Monday, on charges that the former pitcher lied when he told Congress he never used steroids and human growth hormone: Clemens: The famed pitcher, who won a record seven Cy Young Awards, was adamant in his denials in 2008. Prosecutors...  

The government's case again revolves around the pitcher's former colleagues and trainers linking him to steroids and HGH while the defense likely is going to try to discredit the physical evidence.WASHINGTON -- Jury selection begins Monday in the do-over trial of All-Star pitcher Roger Clemens, nine months after the first trial was ditched when jurors saw inadmissible evidence left on a video screen by prosecutors.  

Barry Bonds has asked for a second extension to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction. Bonds' lawyers asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to extend the deadline from April 20 to May 4. The original deadline had been March 21 before the court granted a 30-day extension last month. Dennis Riordan, Bonds' appeals lawyer, said in a filing to the court that his office could not...  

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Giants failed to score a run in two games against Colorado Rockies left-hander Jamie Moyer twice this spring, and the consensus in the clubhouse was that it'd be best if the team didn't face Moyer again anytime soon.  

So far 2012, the San Francisco Giants have had a difficult time putting runs on the board to support their pitchers. May 7 would prove to be no different as Barry Zito was on the mound for the Giants against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Zito allowed just three earned runs in 6.0 innings pitched - even though he probably should've been taken out at the beginning of the sixth inning - while the Giants ...  

Former pitching ace Roger Clemens arrived in court on Monday for a new trial on charges he lied to Congress about taking steroids, nine months after a judge stopped his first trial in its opening days because of a misstep by prosecutors.  

Prosecutors said they might call former baseball players Barry Bonds and Jose Canseco, and current baseball commissioner Bud Selig and New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, as witnesses in the Roger Clemens perjury case.  

Click SHOW CAPTION for more. Baseball player Barry Bonds’ 2011 conviction for lying to a grand jury about using steroids and human growth hormone cast a shadow this morning over the jury selection process for pitcher Roger Clemens’ retrial in Washington.  

San Francisco Giants hope speed injection leads to more runsSan Francisco ExaminerPitching has been the Giants' calling card ever since the Barry Bonds era ended. But that came at a price — a meager offense. So with two trades, the Giants gave up key pitchers (Jonathan Sanchez and top prospect Zack Wheeler) for bats (Melky Cabrera ...  

After an exceptional home opener start by Matt Cain, the San Francisco Giants are now looking to stretch their win streak to three games. Prior to Cain's start where he allowed only one hit and struck out 11 batters, Barry Zito claimed the best start of the season with his complete game shutout against the Colorado Rockies. With a start against the Pittsburgh Pirates, could Zito continue his trend of success and be on track for his best season...  

Barry Zito has forged two important unions in the past year that have served to change the direction of his life and perhaps his baseball career as well. One was off the field when he married 25-year-old actress Amber Seyer in December, ending ...  

A dealer of performance-enhancing drugs livened up the perjury trial of baseball legend Roger Clemens on Tuesday, telling jurors in a thick Bronx accent how he sold the substances to ballplayers and their associates during the height of Major League ...  

In his last start, Barry Zito of the San Francisco Giants issued 7 walks over 3.2 innings. He somehow allowed only 2 runs (1 earned) and took the no-decision. That outing serves as an ugly reminder of how bad this pitcher is capable of being on the mound. Of course, he shined in all four of his previous starts this regular season. Hopefully, his last performance was simply an oddity rather than ...  

Novitzky, a former IRS agent, was involved in previous steroid investigations, including the BALCO case which involved baseball home run king Barry Bonds and Olympic sprinter Marion Jones. The government must prove Clemens' steroid use in order to show he ...  

Novitzky, a former IRS agent, was involved in previous steroid investigations, including the BALCO case which involved baseball home run king Barry Bonds and Olympic sprinter Marion Jones. The government must prove Clemens' steroid use in order ...  

Business InsiderCJ Wilson thinks Josh Hamilton might break Barry Bonds' home run recordLarry Brown SportsHe tweeted after the game that he thinks Josh Hamilton might break Barry Bonds' single-season home run record. Wilson is in a good position to make such an assessment for two reasons. One, he spent the last few seasons with the Rangers, so he knows how ...Can Josh Hamilton Catch Barry Bonds? SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY:Business InsiderGoing...  

A legendary slugger’s perjury trial loomed large during jury selection Tuesday in the case of all-star pitcher Roger Clemens , as potential jurors in the District criticized former San Francisco Giant Barry Bonds and the use of performance-enhancing drugs in professional sports. Read full article >>  

That kind of focus is amazing." Of the first 444 pitches Bonds saw in 2004, 58 were strikes, which averaged one strike for every two plate appearances. He admitted that it was getting to him. "It's wearing me down. Dude, I don't ever sit down. I'm on the ...  

Face the facts: Barry Bonds holds the record for most career home runs. He also has hit more home runs in a single season than any other player.Merely look at the record books or sites such as Baseball-Reference.com for confirmation. MLB cannot have it both ways. If the "deciders'' position is that using banned substances means the alleged user cheated, then delete the records he holds.That has not happened, and it never will. And since Barry...  

Melky Cabrera, the No. 2 hitter, has reached base in 17 of 18 games, and cleanup hitting Buster Posey is hitting .382. That ordinarily would be a recipe for a very high-scoring team. The Giants are no such team. In a 4-2 loss Wednesday to the ...  

310 and then designated hitter Michael Young, who has a mark of ... but what about his prediction? Barry Bonds set the single-season home run record in 2001 with 73 and though the season is still very young, Hamilton is on pace to crush it.  

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Giants are suddenly without their best hitter. Pablo Sandoval has a broken hamate bone in his left hand that will require surgery, and the free-swinging slugger is expected to miss four to six weeks — the same ...  

The San Francisco Giants may not have been reeling after getting swept over the weekend by the Arizona Diamondbacks. But falling three games behind in the division to last year's NL West champions was a shaky way to start the season. With Barry Zito ...  

Matt Kemp Is The New Barry BondsBuzzFeedOf course, there's Barry Bonds, to date the only MLB player to have both a 50-stolen-base season and a 70-homer season in their career. Young Alex Rodriguez showed that kind of potential. Vladimir Guerrero, before the Astroturf in Montreal savaged his ...and more »  

After a difficult series in the desert, the San Francisco Giants will head to the Rocky Mountains to face off with the Colorado Rockies in search of their first win of 2012. It won't be easy, as the Giants will turn to the ever-ridiculed arm of Barry Zito to try and play the...  

“If you’re a professional and you do something professionally ... to a Congressional committee about taking performance-enhancing drugs during a 2008 investigation. Clemens is on trial for a second time. His first trial ended after just ...  

Breaking news: San Francisco Giants Barry Zito struggled in his most recent spring outing, causing concern from the fan base about whether the veteran lefty deserves a spot in the team’s starting rotation as Opening Day approaches. What is this, 2008? Wait, 2010? No, it’s 2012! Talk about déjà vu all over again. Talk about déjà vu all over again. Since signing one of the most infamous contracts in the history of pro sports in 2006, Zito has...  

Just when some fans, including myself, were beginning to grow worried that the San Francisco Giants wouldn't find their way in 2012, they have shown us exactly why we shouldn't worry. After the Giants got swept by the Arizona Diamondbacks, they were able to bounce back and take two of three from the Colorado Rockies. (Thanks, in part to, an absolute gem thrown by Barry Zito on April 9 and another by Madison Bumgarner on April 12.)  

If you had made a bet that Barry Zito would be the first San Francisco starting pitcher to get a win this season, you’d be probably as rich as Mr. Zito himself—which is saying a lot. First, it means that the odds of Zito producing a victory before Tim ...  

Early on this season, both Pablo Sandoval and Melky Cabrera have four hits apiece and Brett Pill already has his first home run of the season. If the Giants lose to the Rockies, this will be the franchise's first 0-4 start since 1950. The San Francisco ...  

Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco and Andy Pettitte were listed as potential witnesses earlier this week by prosecutors and the defense team, while MLB Commissioner Bud Selig and Yankees general manager Brian Cashman could also be called to the stand. The ...  

Home run king Barry Bonds on Thursday urged a federal appeals court ... December to two years probation and a month of electronic monitoring at his Beverly Hills home. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston rejected Bonds' bid to set aside the ...  

Barry Zito threw a four-hitter for his first shutout in nine years and Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 7-0 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday. Zito (1-0), who hasn't lost to Colorado since Sept. 25, 2008 _ a ...  

USA TODAYBarry Bonds files appeal to erase felony convictionUSA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Barry Bonds has asked a federal appeals court to toss out his felony obstruction conviction. By Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Barry Bonds was sentenced to 30 days house arrest and two years of probation last year for felony obstruction ...Barry Bonds files appeal to overturn his felony obstruction convictionWashington PostBarry Bonds wants conviction...  

Let us take a look at his past starts against the Mets and similar statistics. For his career ... For more information, visit the San Francisco Giants site and Barry Zito's Baseball-Reference Profile. Errick D. Williams is a lifelong fan of the San ...  

DENVER -- Barry Zito's Giants career hit a new low last week when he was sent to pitch in an extended spring training game. It was the only place the Giants could guarantee that the veteran left-hander wouldn't be knocked out of a game in the ...  

Bleacher ReportBarry Bonds Asks Jury to Toss Out ConvictionNBC Bay AreaBarry Bonds has asked a federal appeals court to toss out his felony obstruction conviction, arguing it was based on his rambling - but truthful - answer to a grand jury question about whether his trainer ever provided him with an injectable substance.Barry Bonds appeals obstruction convictionChicago TribuneBarry Bonds asks appeals court to overturn convictionCBSSports.com...  

One’s feelings toward Barry Bonds are irrelevant. CBS.com reports that Bonds has filed an appeal in an attempt to rectify an injustice. Okay, that’s not exactly what the headline states. Bonds’ attorneys are attempting to have his felony conviction ...  

Bleacher ReportBarry Bonds Enraged Prosecutors by Not Being Intimidated or SubservientBleacher ReportWilliam Rhoden of the New York Times presented some interesting ideas about Barry Bonds in a column a little more than one year ago. Rhoden posits that America, despite having a president whose father was black, is not comfortable with powerful, ...  

Lawyers for Barry Bonds submit that their client was the victim of prosecutors driven by "an intensity at times that bordered on zealotry." And so the Bonds team is asking a federal appeals court to overturn his 2011 conviction on obstruction-of-justice ...  

Barry Zito looks to continue his excellent start to the season this evening as he takes the hill for the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a four-game series against the New York Mets. (Sports Network) - Barry Zito looks to continue his excellent start ...  

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds has asked a federal appeals court to toss out his felony obstruction conviction, arguing it was based on his rambling — but truthful — answer to a grand jury question about whether his trainer ever provided him with an ...  

The 2012 Major League Baseball season has gotten off to an odd start for the San Francisco Giants—the offense has come streaking out of the gates while the pitching has stumbled. Even more bizarre, Tim Lincecum, the ace in a rotation of guys who could ...  

Clemens Perjury Trial Resumes After 5-Day BreakABC NewsClemens, a seven-time Cy Young Award winner, is accused of lying to Congress when, at a hearing and deposition that preceded it, he denied taking steroids or human growth hormone. Barnett was the majority staff director on the committee that deposed ...and more »  

WASHINGTON - Prosecutors said they might call former baseball players Barry Bonds and Jose Canseco, and current baseball commissioner Bud Selig and New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman ... you didn’t know, mark it high. If you thought it ...  

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds asked a federal appeals court Thursday to toss out his felony obstruction conviction. Bonds' lawyers filed a 60-page legal brief on Thursday with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals arguing his conviction was based ...  

Barry Zito is the Titanic of baseball pitchers.He's expensive and pretty, but as soon as he gets out there, he crashes and sinks. No, he hasn't been cut from the fifth slot yet, but do you want to see him on the bump? Are you excited about buying a ticket to AT&T and watching the other team hitting Jacks into McCovey Cove? Do we let skipper Bruce Bochy start burning through the bullpen in the top of the third because Barry has already let 10...  

The Giants have mostly put the era of bad contracts behind them, but there are still two bad ones on the books with Barry Zito and Aubrey Huff. Zito’s is by far the worst, probably the worst free-agent signing in history. It is also the most inexplicable ...  

TSNSan Francisco Giants notebook: CEO Larry Baer says team isn't lowballing Matt ...San Jose Mercury NewsBy Alex Pavlovic apavlovic@mercurynews.com SURPRISE, Ariz. -- In an online question-and-answer session with fans, Giants CEO Larry Baer said the team isn't lowballing Matt Cain and that a hard-and-fast deadline has not been set as the two sides ...San Francisco Giants want Barry Zito to pay close attention to Jamie MoyerMarin Independent...  

The Giants passed their first bullpen test without closer Brian Wilson on Saturday night, outlasting the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on a bases-loaded throwing error in the bottom of the ninth inning at AT Park. After Barry Zito gave the Giants ...  

Barry Zito, who has been ever-criticized since joining the San Francisco Giants, threw his first complete-game shutout with the team on April 9 -- earning the Giants their first win of 2012. It was absolutely incredible to watch it all unfold and it looks ...  

WASHINGTON -- Roger Clemens' defense lawyer tells jurors evidence purportedly showing the pitcher used steroids was manipulated by his former strength coach, Brian McNamee. Rusty Hardin said in his opening statement Tuesday at Clemens' perjury trial that ...  

Home run king Barry Bonds on Thursday urged a federal appeals court to wipe out his obstruction of justice conviction, saying it was based on an "invented legal theory" that did not amount to criminal conduct. In a 70-page brief filed with the ...  

The San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds will send out a pair of veteran pitchers on Tuesday at the Great American Ballpark, each trying to complete their own personal renaissance in 2012 after elongated struggles the past few seasons.  

Steve Mitchell/US PresswireBarry Zito tossed his first shutout since 2003 as the San Francisco Giants picked up their first win of the season. Yu Darvish struggled early in his debut for the Texas Rangers, allowing four runs and seven runners to ...  

Matt Kemp, the NL player of the month for April, hadn’t been intentionally walked all season before Colorado manager Jim Tracy gave him two free passes today. It was the second of those that was truly surprising, though: Kemp was put on as the ...  

Bleacher ReportHumber has solid start, Zito hit hardNewsdayThe newest candidate, left-hander Hector Santiago, threw a scoreless ninth inning and earned the save in a 5-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Giants starter Barry Zito gave up consecutive homers to AJ Pierzynski and Alex Rios in the ...San Francisco Giants: Wise to Keep Barry Zito as Fifth StarterBleacher Reportall 12 news articles »  

SURPRISE, Ariz. - The San Francisco Giants were shut out by Colorado Rockies left-hander Jamie Moyer twice this spring, and the clubhouse consensus was that it might be best if the team didn’t see Moyer again for a while. One Giants player, however ...  

McNamee, who worked as a personal trainer for Clemens and Pettitte, will testify that he injected Clemens with steroids and human growth hormone. But he is battling credibility issues that could make jurors doubt him. The defense has said ...  

Zito also missed time with a foot sprain, taking away the one attribute -- durability -- that has stood out during his time in San Francisco. Despite all the problems, and in large part because he still has two years left on a seven-year ...  

Some key figures at Roger Clemens' trial, starting Monday, on charges that the former pitcher lied when he told Congress he never used steroids and human growth hormone: - Clemens: The famed pitcher, who won a record seven Cy Young Awards, was adamant in ...  

Aaron still lives, as does his legacy—he has a spot in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and in the history books. Although his record was eventually broken by Sadaharu Oh, and Barry Bonds* (*depending on who you ask), there are few sports figures in ...  

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. baseball pitching ace Roger Clemens arrived in court on Monday for a new trial on charges he lied to Congress about taking steroids, nine months after a judge stopped his first trial in its opening days because ...  

He was certainly a huge influence. I have a good buddy in Rick Sutcliffe, who obviously pitched for a long time, and I love kind of hearing how it was back in the different eras. The game was a little bit different back then and pitching was ...  

Walton asked the government to show him the kind of information it wants to present ... in part because of concerns about steroids and HGH as a public health issue. Hardin has complained that the congressional hearing was “nothing more ...  

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- The Giants failed to score a run in two games against Colorado Rockies left-hander Jamie Moyer twice this spring, and the consensus in the clubhouse was that it'd be best if the team didn't face Moyer again anytime soon.  

USA TODAYBarry Bonds given 2nd extension to May 4 to file written arguments in appeal ...Washington PostSAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds has been given an extension until May 4 to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday granted a second extension request by Bonds' ...Bonds asks for extension to May 4 in appealUSA TODAYBarry Bonds Wants New Court DelayNBC...  

Former baseball pitching ace Roger Clemens arrived in court on Monday for a new trial on charges he lied to Congress about taking steroids, nine months after a judge stopped his first trial in its opening days because of a misstep by prosecutors.  

These drugs however, aren't without risk. (See my article, "Five Risks of Anabolic Steroid Use Among Athletes") There are countless anabolic steroids available both by prescription and illegally on the streets. Here are a few of the more common ones used ...  

Barry Bonds has asked for a second extension to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction. Some athletes were on top of the world until they lost respect with these epic falls from grace. Bonds ...  

Barry Bonds has been given an extension until May 4 to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction. Some athletes were on top of the world until they lost respect with these epic falls from grace.  

And unless something happens to change the current pattern of Hall of Fame voting in the next five years — like, say, people electing Barry Bonds because, Jesus, it’s dumb to have a Hall of Fame without Barry Bonds — I think Rodriguez will ...  

Well, since it's the Giants home division, I thought I'd stretch each preview out just a bit, including adding the team's set-up man and closer, and giving a little more in-depth scouting report on each club. After all, these are the teams the Giants will be facing for the majority of their games.NL West Prediction1st Place, San Francisco GiantsLineup:CF Angel PaganLF Melky Cabrera3B Pablo SandovalC Buster Posey1B Huff/BeltRF Schierholtz...  

After a couple of nail-biters to start the series on Friday and Saturday, the Giants and Mets paused for mother nature Sunday due to rain, only to play two Monday, and it couldn't have worked out better for San Francisco.Lincecum gets first winTim Lincecum pitched game one, and although he was once again off with his command and, as Dave Flemming was saying, "all over the place" but he managed to minimize the damage he allowed, and the Giants...  

Well, the exact problem that haunted this team for much of 2011 came back to rear it's ugly head Tuesday night at AT&T Park, as Matt Cain's 8-inning gem went to no avail and the Giants couldn't score 2 runs against the Ricky Nolasco and the Miami bullpen.Cain Goes 8 Strong, Gets LEven though he got the win, Nolasco didn't pitch as well as Cain, giving up 7 hits over 7 2/3 innings compared to Cain's 8-inning, 4-hit outing. Problem is, the...  

The Giants had their first interleague series of the 2012 season this weekend as they played host to their cross bay rival Oakland Athletics. Unfortunately, they couldn't manage to pull out a victory in Sunday's game to sweep the A's, but they did take 2 of 3 from Oakland and have beaten the A's 11 out of the last 12 times they've played at AT&T Park.Lincecum's ERA Raised to 6.04It wasn't all a cake walk though, as the Giants ace was once...  

Prosecutors said they might call former baseball players Barry Bonds and Jose Canseco, and current baseball commissioner Bud Selig as witnesses in the Roger Clemens perjury case.  

417 batting average to go along with 12 homers and 25 RBI. He joins Barry Bonds, Larry Walker and Tony Perez as the only players in MLB history to hit .400 with 10 or more homers and 25 or more RBI in April.  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Barry Bonds has been given an extension until May 4 to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction...  

With soul mate at home, new batterymate on field, Giants pitcher flourishes  

Home run king argues that his rambling grand jury testimony does not amount to obstructing justice in Balco probe  

Failures in clutch squander another fine effort by Zito  

Giants place Aubrey Huff on disabled list because of anxiety  

Giants place Aubrey Huff on disabled list because of anxiety  

The San Francisco Giants are suddenly without their best hitter.  

The San Francisco Giants are suddenly without their best hitter.  

The San Francisco Giants are suddenly without their best hitter.  

Barry Zito pitched his first shutout game since 2003 to rock the Colorado Rockies with a 7-0 win for the San Francisco Giants.  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The San Francisco Giants are suddenly without their best hitter....  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The San Francisco Giants are suddenly without their best hitter.  

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The San Francisco Giants are suddenly without their best hitter.  

Is Barry Zito the San Francisco Giants best pitcher? Fans will get a chance to find out Saturday.Photo Credit: Getty Images  

Barry Bonds has asked for a second extension to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction.  

SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds has asked for a second extension to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn...