Well, we need spend this first post of the day on the big Barry Bonds news. The New York Daily News had a huge coup, reporting that Bonds violated baseball’s amphetamine policy last season (and the tabloid had the courtesy to run one of its classic, classy headlines — “Caught Speeding” — splashed across its cover). Amphetamine violations are covered differently than steroids violations, which bring about a 50-game suspension. The first violation in this case was basically a warning. A second would have been 25 games. By itself, the news wouldn’t be that huge, but Bonds is also subject of speculation that he lied under oath about steroid use — an ugly spectacle that will play itself out in the coming months. And, in typical Bonds fashion, according to the Daily News story, the slugger blamed the speed violation on a substance taken from the locker of teammate Mark Sweeney. As George Costanza might say, the jerk store called and they’re all out of Barry Bonds. He’s just not a good human being, and it’s going to be a shame when he breaks Hank Aaron’s home run record this year.

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