Barry Bonds is a Fraud

Is there a bigger phony on the planet than Barry Bonds? The steroid-drenched lout has reached a new low, even by his standards, by trying to blame a teammate for his failing a drug test. If I were Mark Sweeney, I'd see if I could take legal action. Failing that, I'd punch him out. What an absolute cretin this guy is.

Barry Bonds failed a test for amphetamines last season and originally blamed it on a teammate, the Daily News reported Thursday.

When first informed of the positive test, Bonds attributed it to a substance he had taken from teammate Mark Sweeney's locker, the New York City newspaper said, citing several unnamed sources.

"I have no comment on that," Bonds' agent Jeff Borris told the Daily News on Wednesday night.

"Mark was made aware of the fact that his name had been brought up," Sweeney's agent Barry Axelrod told the Daily News. "But he did not give Barry Bonds anything, and there was nothing he could have given Barry Bonds."

Bonds, who always has maintained he never has tested positive for illegal drug use, already is under investigation for lying about steroid use.

Even if you were stupid enough to buy his story, how crazy would it be to go into someone's locker, find a bottle of something mysterious and just take some not knowing what you're ingesting? It strains all credulity.