"Baseball" is a spoof of the steroids scandal.

But in all the news reports of baseball's steroids scandal, Bonds has failed to pass the smell test.

"There's too much risk in signing an athlete who might end up in the middle of a steroids scandal," he said.

Bonds has led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal.

Selig's cross to bear is this ever-widening steroids scandal.

Bonds's role in the steroids scandal could be determined as he starts taking aim at Hank Aaron's record of 755 home runs.

He has never been linked to a steroids scandal.

But Sheffield repeatedly found himself linked to the steroids scandal that engulfed the sport.

This is a devastating study of Barry Bonds, baseball's steroids scandal and the wider culture of drugs in international sports.

Now the current commissioner, Bud Selig, is confronted with the growing steroids scandal that threatens the integrity of some of baseball's marquee players.