After recent indictment charges of perjury, Barry Bonds record breaking homerun is the least of his worries. He was charged with lying under oath years back when asked about using steroids. He now faces a maximum of thirty years for that little white lie that lead to Bonds record breaking homerun. It is not that Barry Bonds lied once to a grand jury about illegal steroid use but his trainer, Greg Anderson, lied 19 times during his testimony.
The Barry Bonds trial has been said to start in 2008 before the beginning of the next baseball season but we will see. Many of these high profile trials get pushed back for sometimes years. Were all those Barry Bonds homeruns worth it for San Francisco? Probably not if Bonds has to face an extended stay in prison. This has been the year of pro-athlete indictments. Not even millionaires are escaping from the law anymore. Many legal experts have stated that Bonds will probably face a prison sentence of 24 to 30 months depending on how ruthless the judge is.