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Feds Delay Start of Bonds Trial

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 27, 2009 5:30 PM CST

(Newser) – The perjury trial of baseball’s home-run king won’t begin Monday as scheduled, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, with federal prosecutors today delaying—perhaps by months—the start so they can appeal a ruling that excluded what they view as key evidence against Barry Bonds. Reports of positive steroids tests were among the ammunition tossed as hearsay; the feds say that proved Bonds, 44, lied about using steroids.

Trainer Greg Anderson has repeatedly refused to testify against client and friend Barry Bonds, left. (AP Photo)

Barry Bonds, left, arrives to enter a plea at the federal building in San Francisco on Feb. 5, 2009. (AP Photo)

Barry Bonds buttons his jacket after arriving to enter a plea at the federal building in San Francisco on Feb. 5, 2009. (AP Photo)

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