The clock is ticking for the baseball Hall of Fame, about 11 months remaining now before the storm.

From the Associated Press: SAN FRANCISCO — Barry Bonds will remain free and unpunished while he appeals his conviction for giving misleading testimony before a grand jury. A federal judge handed Bonds a sentence of 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service on Friday — then delayed the sentence pending an appeal likely to take a...

The Baseball Hall of Fame is starting a drug education program for students and young adults - in the same year Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa will appear on ballot for the first time after careers tainted by steroid accusations. While adding PEDs to RBIs and ERAs among its interests, the Hall emphasized Wednesday that its new initiative wasn't tied to the former stars...

Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds finished his scandal-shortened career with a Major League record 2,558 walks. Even though he hasn’t stepped into a batter’s box in four years, Bonds got another free pass last week when he was sentenced to what basically amounts to a slap on the wrist for his conviction in an obstruction of justice charge against...

Barry Bonds has until March 21 to file written arguments in his appeal to overturn his obstruction of justice conviction. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in setting a briefing schedule, said federal prosecutors will have until April 20 to respond. After that, Bonds' lawyers will have another 14 days to file a reply brief if they choose to do so. Bonds' appeal will be randomly...

The Associated Press Barry Bonds lives on a two-acre estate in Beverly Hills in a house with six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. That's important because he may be spending most of his time there after he is sentenced Friday for his felony conviction of obstruction of justice. Federal probation officers are recommending U.S. District Judge Susan Illston sentence Bonds to some form...

The sentence has been handed down in Barry Bonds' obstruction of justice case and it reads as follows: 30 days of house arrest, 2 years probation, 250 hours community service and a $4,000 fine.

Barry Bonds is officially appealing his felony obstruction conviction. His attorneys paid $455 and filed a one-sentence notice to the federal trial court late Wednesday, saying that Bonds was asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal to toss out his conviction. The case will be randomly assigned to a three-judge panel later. Bonds was sentenced Friday to 30 days of house arrest...

After nearly 10 years of legal wrangling and a harsh sentence in the court of public opinion, Major League Baseball home run leader Barry Bonds finally learned his fate. It turns out retirement and even a presumed lack of alleged steroids can’t stop Bonds from hitting it out the park, except this time his victory jog around the bases happened in a courtroom. That’s...

Last week, in Part 1, I set out my criteria for “best value players” and selected the pitcher, catcher, first baseman, and second baseman that, in my view, best met those criteria in the twenty seasons from 1992 to 2011. Today, in Part 2, I select the “best value players” at shortstop, third base, left field, center field, and right field over the same twenty...

San Francisco Giants Top 20 Prospects for 2012 – Minor League Ball John Sickels’ top 20 Giants prospects. An Incomplete Collection Of Barry Bonds Fun Facts – Baseball Nation “Barry Bonds put up a lot of numbers. A lot of numbers that are almost literally unbelievable. Let’s dig into them just a little bit, because do you really have anything better to...

Fifty million dollars. That’s one estimate of how much the federal government spent to convict Barry Bonds of obstruction of justice. And on Friday, eight months after his conviction, MLB’s all-time home run champ was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation, 250 hours of community service, and a $4,000 fine. That’s not much of a return for “our” investment...

EIGHT F*CKING YEARS. That’s how long federal prosecutors spent trying to throw Barry Bonds in the slammer for 12 counts of perjury and obstruction of justice and whatever else they had a boner over. So when the verdict came down last week, what did the millions of dollars of taxpayer money get us? Guilty on four counts to the tune of a $4,000 fine, home confinement for 30 days...

If Barry Bonds' sentencing, scheduled at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, hinged on fame, baseball's all-time home run champ would be in serious danger of serving some jail time. Lesser BALCO figures sentenced on charges similar to Bonds' single count of obstruction -- from elite cyclist Tammy Thomas to former defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield -- received no time behind bars and federal probation...

Former major league slugger Barry Bonds is formally appealing his felony charge of obstruction of justice. Bonds' attorneys filed the notice to the federal trial court late Wednesday, asking that Bonds have his conviction tossed out. A three-judge panel will be assigned the case. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on Friday sentenced baseball's home run king to two years...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Eight years of being investigated for steroid allegations ended for home run king Barry Bonds on Friday with a 30-day sentence to be served at home. No more -- and maybe less. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston immediately delayed imposing the sentence while Bonds appeals his obstruction of justice conviction. The former baseball star was found guilty in April not...

Former major league slugger Barry Bonds escaped a prison term on a felony charge of obstruction of justice. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on Friday sentenced baseball's home run king to two years' probation, 30 days of house arrest and 250 hours of community service. Bonds also was fined $4,000 by Illston for his conviction on obstructing a grand jury investigation...

A court ruled that San Francisco Giants legend Barry Bonds will not go to prison for obstruction of justice conviction from a grand jury appearance eight years ago. Instead, Bonds was sentenced to house arrest for 30 days, as well as two years of house arrest and 250 hours of community service. He was also given a $4,000 fine. Prosecutors had attempted to get Bonds in prison for...

2001: Several hours before a midnight deadline, Barry Bonds accepts the Giants’ offer of salary arbitration. San Francisco’s decision to go to arbitration avoids a bidding war for their franchise player, and the 2001 season’s National League MVP award winner will be likely worth at least $20 million for one year of service. 1936: The Braves purchase Eddie Mayo...

You're going to be hearing/seeing/reading plenty about Barry Bonds today...and, honestly, there isn't much more to add.Here's the skinny.First, the home run kind was handed a sentence of 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service.  Then, the sentence was delayed the sentence pending an appeal that is likely to take a year or more.Silent...

There's more beneath the surface, writes Harold Friend.

Last week I wrote an article about where the strike zone actually is for pitchers. Based on research by Baseball Prospectus I concluded that the strike zone is determined partially by the rules and partially by the pitcher. I wrote: “Pitchers face something more complicated than a static box determined by the plate and the height of the batter. If a pitcher can hit the catcher’s...

A federal judge on Friday sentenced Barry Bonds to two years of probation, 30 days of home confinement and 250 hours of community service for his obstruction of justice conviction, FOX News Channel reported. The largest federal criminal investigation into sports doping began more than nine years ago with a tax agent digging through the trash of the now notorious Bay Area Laboratory...

The Barry Bonds saga is finally over. The stigmatized slugger received thirty days of house arrest, two years probation and 250 hours of community service in court today. Bonds, who was guilty of obstruction of justice from his 2003 grand jury testimony on his trainer Greg Anderson, was facing many months behind bars. The Bonds story – whether you like him or not – has spiraled...

On Friday, Barry Bonds - who has been pretty quiet in retirment - was sentenced (finally) in his role in the BALCO saga. However, he was on trial in federal court in San Francisco for allegedly lying about his steroid use. Frankly, I even forgot his case was still on-going. After all the federal money used on his case, years of investigation and probably paperwork numbering thousands...