Barry Bonds Bypasses Bail Bonds--For the Moment

Authored by John W Lillpop

US Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced on Thursday that Barry Bonds would not be indicted that day.

However, Ryan also stated 'We're not finished yet,' in an ominous warning that no doubt has the Giants' slugger pacing the floors of his mansion.

Although given Bonds' extraordinary wealth, one can safely assume hired staff does his pacing for him.

This legal limbo that has entangled Bonds sets up the following scenario:

Spring, 2012. Five years have passed since Commissioner Bud Selig ended the career of Barry Bonds after the slugger was indicted for perjury and tax evasion.

This is the first year in which Bonds is eligible for induction into the baseball Hall of Fame.

Sportswriters are debating whether or not Bonds' conviction on those federal charges should prevent him from entering baseball's highly coveted museum of greatness.

Bonds'single-season and career home run records have been asterisked by Commissioner Selig, but admission to the Hall of Fame has been left in the hands of sports writers.

Meanwhile, in Leavenworth, Kansas, The Prison Dawg's clean-up hitter and single-term home run leader, sits anxiously beside his cell phone, in Cell 25.

Barry Bonds, Prisoner Number *****, hopes his reputation as a media-friendly, warm and congenial superstar will carry him over the top, and into Cooperstown on the first ballot.

Bonds grows edgy as that 'Big Call from The Hall' does not come through.

At days end, Bonds must confront the brutal truth: He will NOT be in the Hall of Fame, at least not this year. His only hope is to wish for better luck next year.

Meanwhile, he will just have to sit on his asterisk for another year in federal prison.