Baseball's Trio of Tiresome Stars make some noise.

They're at it again. First up we have Barry Bonds. "Game of Shadows" is the name of the book being produced by San Francisco Chronicle writers Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams which states that Bonds took the following steroids knowingly Winstrol, Deca-Durabolin, Insulin, Testosterone decanoate, Human growth hormones, Norbolethone, Trenbolone, Clomid, These are the substances and steroids Bonds is alleged to have injected or ingested. You can read the full story here http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/phil_taylor/03/08/hot.button/index.html

When asked at the Giants' Scottsdale facility if he was aware of the contents of "Game of Shadows," Bonds said, "Nope. I won't even look at it. For what? I won't even look at it. There's no need to."

I couldn't agree more. Ever since his grand jury testimony was leaked last year was there really any doubt that Bonds had used steroids? There wasn't in my mind. Some writers are calling on Bud Selig to start a huge investigation into this. Why? That's my question. There was no rule in place at the time when Bonds took these steroids. Therefore he broke no rules. I don't want Bonds to break Hank Aaron's record and I'm pretty sure he's not going to anyway. Bonds reputation is trashed so just let him retire. People seem to forget that in Jim Bouton's great book Ball Four he says if there were a pill that would make you a great player but would take a year off your life most players would probably take it. People want their players to be passionate and to win at all costs but they don't want to know about the underside of it. People will be complaining late this season about all the 2-1 games this season as players try to play a whole season without amphetamines. Cheating has and will always be a part of baseball. Let Bonds walk away from baseball in disgrace. Let him watch as he doesn't make the Hall of Fame. Just stop talking about it.

In other news Roger Clemens told USAToday that he has decided to retire. Unless he decides to play. You can the story here:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2359276&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines

This isn't news. This is exactly what he has said since the World Series. I'm sick of it. I respect Roger Clemens and his career. He is the greatest pitcher of my life. But stop this sideshow. Just make up your mind already. Even when he was playing in Boston I didn't like Roger Clemens. He was great but he was also a pain in the ass. His statements about wanting to play closer to home then signing with Toronto, which last time I checked wasn't closer to Texas then Boston. His wanting to go into the Hall of Fame as a Yankee because he was pissed that Dan Duquette thought he wasn't worth a five or six year deal. Well Roger should look at his stats the last two years of his career in Boston. He went 20-18 with ERAs of 4.18 and 3.63. He wasn't worth a huge deal. If anything it was the kick in the ass that Duquette gave him that pushed his career to new heights.

Finally David Wells bashs Bud Selig you can read the story here:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2359283

Wells was pissed off that Selig made Yankees owner George Steinbrenner remove a sign that was apologizing to fans for some players missing spring training games to play in the World Baseball Classic.

"Bud Selig needs to resign. That's what he needs to do," Wells said in a story published in Wednesday's editions of the Hartford Courant. "He needs to resign and bring someone in who's capable of communicating with the players association and the owners, as well as the players, because there's so much hatred against Bud right now. It's a joke. Nobody likes him."

I don't like Bud Selig but who cares. Why is Wells commenting on what Selig is making the Yankees do anyway? Wells is good pitcher and I'm glad he stayed with the Red Sox but please shut the hell up.

Congrats Team Canada for their 8-6 victory over the USA today in WBC. Great catch by Adam Stern in the eighth inning to save the game for Canada. Great game. So was this afternoons 11 inning game between Panama and Cuba. Cuba won 8-6.