Barry Bonds Enraged Prosecutors by Not Being Intimidated or Subservient

William Rhoden of the New York Times presented some interesting ideas about Barry Bonds in a column a little more than one year ago.

Rhoden posits that America, despite having a president whose father was black, is not comfortable with powerful, prominent black men that do not conform. Bonds, the greatest player of his era, plays by his own rules, which forced the media to resentfully follow those rules.

Lawyer Allen Ruby told the jury at Bonds’ federal trial that one reason Bonds was being tried was because he was Barry Bonds.

Bonds attitude has been...

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