But...2 wrongs still don't make it right...

"...Lawyers for Barry Bonds plan to sue over steroids book 'Game of Shadows': Attorneys say transcripts obtained illegally so profits should go to charity."


Analysis: Experts call lawsuit a longshot

Bond's lawyers plan to use California's Unfair Competition Law, Business and Professions Code section 17200, to prevent authors Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams and their publishers from profiting from the book.

"The theory is if one person is able to market something by committing an unlawful act, that puts others who act lawfully at an unfair disadvantage," he said. "I'm sympathetic to the reporters ... but he does have an angle."

Herein lies an irony: Bond's lawyers actually are pretty sharp. I don't know if they really know how sharp they are. Let The Stevo break it down forya and maybe you'll see where The Stevo is goin' with this.

Let's apply California's Unfair Competition Law NOT to Bond's suit against The S.F. Chronicle, and the authors's of the book. Let's say instead, that Bond's lawyers decided to sue Major League Baseball and Bud Selig and Donald Fehr and The Player's Union instead, using the same law. Here we go...

The one person in this case falls under the umbrella of Major League Baseball. The powers that be in that arena marketed something, THE LONG BALL. And they did it by ignoring the steroid use....It's Bizness....Major League Baseball, allowed an unlawful act, Steroids, to be used for their own personal profit. Obviously when Mcguire and Sosa were chasing Maris in 1998 by employing unlawful methods, steroids, Bond's, who was acting lawfully , by all accounts at the time, was put at an unfair disadvantage thus forcing him to employ the very same unlawful methods his competitors were allowed to use to achieve their lofty status, celebrity, and monetary gain...A good case could be made for Barry simply playing by the rules the System allowed.

The Stevo thinks that both scenarios are a stretch, but there are also people that think Bond's lawyers might be onto something with the current suit against The Chronicle and the author's of the book...
If that's the case, go for the jugular, Barry...Bud and his boys...they started this shit...

But that don't mean that yer exonorated, Barroid...yer still an asshole and donatin' the spoils to a needy cause ain't nuthin' but a typical, self-serving gesture designed to enhance yer asshole image inna positive way...We're on toya dickwad...This game needs a real hero...


UPDATE: • Judge rejects' Bonds bid against book writers, publishers