OK, so BALCO chemist Patrick Arnold appeared on the HBO show Costas Now and said he thought Barry Bonds and Gary Sheffield took performance-enhancers. Barry did not take to that accusation kindly, calling Bob Costas a midget who didn't know jack about baseball. In an awesome turn of events, Bob Costas responded to Barry's insults. And now finally, as directed by Barry M. Bloom, we have come to find that Barry Bonds has clarified his opinion of Costas on his site:    Yesterday, I was asked about my thoughts about Bob Costas. My reaction stemmed from my feelings about Costas' statements during a broadcast. The comment I made about him was off-the-cuff and my problem with Costas is not with his height, but with his irresponsible journalism. If my choice of words offended anyone, that was not my intent. I have consistently said that reporters talk about "third party" conversations without having specific first-hand knowledge of what they are reporting. It is irresponsible and many get away with it day after day. Costas stated that what I am doing on the field is "inauthentic" and he made some really strong accusations about me. To quote him, "he would have been a first ballot Hall of Famer even before he started juicing. And I'm not in the category of those who say suspected juicer, I live on this planet I've seen what I've seen, I know what I know."    I take great offense to those statements, especially coming from someone who is supposed to have journalistic integrity and not make blanket reckless accusations.

    Barry Bonds

Doesn't sound at all like a member of Bonds' legal/p.r. team wrote that, does it?! Gotta love that. Now, if Bonds' journal entry read like this, then I might change my opinion. Either way, as PostmanR said, this rules. B