Why baseball is under a cloud.Baseball's investigation into steroid use has put a cloud over cloud over Verb 1. (of the sky or weather) to become cloudy: it was clouding over and we thought it would rain 2. the optimism that usually accompanies a new season. The source of this tension is Barry Bonds Barry Lamar Bonds (born July 24 1964 in Riverside, California) is a left fielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He is the son of former major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, the godson of Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and a distant cousin of Hall of Famer Reggie , one of the most talented--and polarizing--figures in baseball, history. Bonds, the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Giants' slugging star, is chasing Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron to get to the top of the career home-run list, but Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. is chasing Bonds for suspected steroid use. The investigation could have an eye-opening impact. Commissioner Bud Selig's committee will examine records of strength and endurance as well as records of any prayer who had an aberrational year. As Bobby Cox, manager of the Atlanta Braves, says, "The only wish I would have, if I had a wish, is that it would all. disappear today." Too rate for that. --William C. Rhoden [4/6 & 4/10/06] |
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