Undying Loyalty

Since it is Softball Season for Chaminade, I thought it would be appropriate to blog about everything that is going on with baseball. No, I am not talking about Spring Training and its almost time to start buying peanuts in the bleachers, or heckling at the opposing team, or even the smell of the fresh cut grass, I am talking Barry Bonds and his personal trainer who is keeping his mouth shut. "Greg Anderson, one-time youth baseball teammate of, personal trainer to, forever silent soldier for and likely legal savior of Barry Lamar Bonds." I read this in a Yahoo Sports report about how Greg Anderson won’t talk, won’t testify and won’t cooperate with authorities in a case about Barry Bonds. Anderson has done more than a year in prison for refusing to testify against his long time friend.
This article has caught my attention because Federal prosecutors have won about 95% of their cases due to the rush of the witnessess to cooperate to lessen their penalty or so they can get off the hook. This man, Mr. Anderson, has gone in and out of jail, has been on house arrest and he still hasn't cracked. I would say that he is being more than a good friend to Barry Bonds. Maybe he really does take the word friendship to heart, or maybe he knows if Bonds gets off, then that could mean big bucks for Mr. Anderson for keeping quiet. And just to throw this in, Barry Bonds isn't that popular with fans, media, or anybody really, but no matter what people think of him or even Mr. Anderson, the level of loyalty here is something to behold. Right or wrong, I look at the loyalty to the friendship that Mr. Anderson has towards Barry Bonds and am in awe of it. When it comes down to it, jail did not break him, house arrest did not break him, and the Feds still haven't broke him, it truly is an undying loyalty.