Barry Bonds says he's 'proud' of friend McGwire's decisions

[madinmaryland]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Home run king Barry Bonds said he is "proud" of slugger Mark McGwire for returning to baseball as the St. Louis Cardinals' hitting coach and for admitting his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

"I have a really good friendship with Mark McGwire. I'm proud of him," Bonds said Sunday. "We've had a great relationship throughout our entire lives and throughout our career. I'm proud of what he did. I'm happy for him."

While Bonds didn't rule out also going into coaching one day, his six-minute session with the media was stopped after the question about McGwire.

In January, McGwire ended more than a decade of denials and evasion and finally acknowledged he used steroids and human growth hormone during his career, including in 1998 when he hit 70 home runs and broke the single-season record.

Bonds, who topped that mark when he hit 73 homers in 2001, has long denied ever knowingly using steroids or performance-enhancers in his pursuit of the career home run record -- arguably the most prized record in all of American sports.

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/04/11/bonds.mcgwire.ap/index.html

Too funny!

:popcorn:

[trumad]

1. Uh dude

first.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=215x143802

[madinmaryland]

2. Some things are worth a duplicate!

:D