Most controversial scandals in MLB history: #3. Barry Bonds lies under oath
Barry Bonds stepped into a courtroom, raised his left hand, placed his right hand on the Bible, looked directly into the camera and openly lied.
During an investigation into whether or not Bonds knowingly used performance enhancing drugs, he told a judge and a courtroom full of jurors that he never knowingly took anything.
Yet, no matter how defiantly Bonds stood in the eye of the storm, he was proven to be a liar. For starters, in 2001, the year in which Bonds was mostly accused of using the banned substances, he smacked an all-time record 73 homers. Before and after that legendary season, Bonds never accumulated more than 49 in a single year.
Although for years, he held firm in his original notion that he never used steroids, he would later admit that he did in fact, use banned substances. Everything began falling apart the moment Conte and Bond’s former personal trainer Greg Anderson, pleaded guilty to distributing steroids.
Even with the opportunity to come clean and somewhat save face, Bonds instead choose to save face, claiming that he believed he was using flaxseed oil and arthritis cream. Ultimately, Bonds was found guilty of obstructing justice and was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years of probation and 250 hours of community service. His ultimate punishment, has come from the MLB Hall of Fame voters as they refuse to let the drug cheat into their esteemed ranks.