The Forecast: A Less Moody Spring in Scottsdale
Spring training will shortly come for the SF Giants. It's just that Barry Bonds won't be there for most of it. Arthroscopic knee surgery apparently. The Giants expect him to be ready for opening day.
By the way, Giants' trainer Stan Conte had a big fat no comment on the surgery. Which reminds me, could he have a more unfortunate last name? Prior to the BALCO scandal, I don't know that I had run across any Contes in my lifetime. Then the BALCO scandal broke, and every time I head the name "Conte" it was in conjunction with BALCO founder and general slimeball Victor Conte. Sadly, for the longest time, I thought the Giants' trainer was somehow a part of that Conte clan. Apparently not. I wonder if Stan Conte's business card reads "No, not THAT Conte."
(sportsfrog as userid and password gets you to the Washington Post article)