by Tony the Tiger Hayes

SAN FRANCISCO–Former San Francisco Giant outfielder Barry Bonds had his obstruction of justice charge dropped today in U.S. Federal Court. Bonds was convicted for the obstruction charge when he was asked by federal prosecutors if he used performance enhancing drugs.

Bonds replied telling prosecutors that he was the child of a celebrity (former Giant outfielder Bobby Bonds was his father) he never answered the question if he used PEDs or not and the jury said Bonds in the 2013 trial that he was being evasive in not answering the prosecutor’s question and he was found guilty of obstruction of justice.

Bonds was on track to get his obstruction charge dropped using a bevy of lawyers and spending maybe millions fighting to get his obstruction charge overturned. According to one of the jurors who convicted Bonds, Jessica Wolfram said today that after spending weeks on the jury and listening to mountains of evidence from lawyers from both sides hash it out to have the one and only charge of obstruction get dropped Wolfram said the effort to even have the trial was “just a waste of money, all a waste, all for nothing.”

How the judge arrived at dropping the conviction charge was not clear but it only can be assumed that Bonds attorneys worked vigorously on getting the last remaining charge dropped after the trial cost upwards to $6 million. Legal experts said that after a jury rules on a verdict it is often difficult to get it reversed and it must have been Bonds legal team who worked on getting the charge dropped for the last two years.

Bonds had to spend a great sum of money on legal fees in order to get the obstruction charge dropped. The federal government had been after Bonds since the subject of his steroid use was investigated. Bonds was never convicted for perjury when asked about his steroid use. Bonds only would say he used a cream and a clear product that was laced with steroids and that he had no idea it contained steroids.

In a statement Bonds said on Wednesday after the obstruction charge was dropped, “Today’s news was something that I longed hope for.I am humbled and thankful for the outcome as well as the opportunity our judicial system affords to all individuals to seek justice.”

Bonds no doubt will try and find work in baseball and has showed interest in working with the Giants. He had been a hitting instructor in spring training in 2014. He had been persona non grata amongst other baseball teams who would not hire him for any team positions. With his lone felony charge dropped he feels now that he has been vindicated and that he will seek work in MLB.

“This has been a long and strenuous period of my life, I very much look forward to moving beyond it. I will do so without any ill will towards anyone. I am excited about what the future holds for me as I embark on the next chapter.” said Bonds. Bonds also might campaign for his bid as baseball’s all time home run king with 762 career home runs to try and get elected into the Hall of Fame.

Tony the Tiger is a talk show host for Sportstalk radio at http://www.sportsradioservice.com