TFD: Who hasn't thought steroids were really flaxseed oil and arthritis cream?

Good times.

March 22, 2011 at 10:30PM

If you didn't care a lick about the Barry Bonds trial, maybe this will get your attention. From the AP:

Barry Bonds admits using steroids during his baseball career, his lawyer told a jury Tuesday. The catch is that Bonds' personal trainer misled him into believing he was taking flaxseed oil and arthritis cream.

"I know that doesn't make a great story," Allen Ruby said during his opening statement at the home run leader's perjury trial. "But that's what happened."

Assistant U.S. Attorney Matt Parrella called such claims "ridiculous and unbelievable" and portrayed Bonds as a liar during his first chance to present the government's position.

See, he was taking all this oil and cream, and next thing he knew he was getting huge muscles and hitting all these home runs. None of it added up, but hey! Chicks dig the long ball!

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