SAN FRANCISCO — A key government witness in the Barry Bonds perjury trial testified Wednesday that he saw the home run king’s personal trainer leave Bonds’ bedroom at spring training with a syringe in 2000.
Steve Hoskins said that when he saw Bonds and his personal trainer, Greg Anderson, coming out of the master bedroom he assumed Anderson had injected the star player with steroids. He testified that he saw the two disappear into that room “once or twice” at each spring training over three consecutive years beginning in 2000.
He also told the jury of eight women and four men that, a year earlier, Bonds had ordered him to research the benefits and side effects of a steroid after the slugger had undergone elbow surgery.
Bonds, the all-time major- league leader in home runs with 762, is accused of four counts of lying to a federal grand jury and one of obstructing justice for testifying in 2003 that he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs.
Footnotes.
Toronto right- hander Brandon Morrow will start the regular season on the disabled list because of inflammation in his forearm. . . . Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson might not be ready for opening day because of a strained muscle on his right side. . . . Philadelphia pitcher Roy Oswalt was hit behind the right ear by Manny Ramirez’s line drive during a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay. X-rays were negative, and the Phillies said Oswalt might be able to make his next scheduled start. . . . The Nationals put pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 60-day disabled list as he recovers from elbow surgery last September. . . . Brad Emaus appears to be the front-runner at second base for the Mets after they optioned Justin Turner to Triple-A Buffalo.
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