A timeline in the career of Barry Bonds - USA TODAY
June 3, 1985 — Barry Bonds, son of major league All-Star Bobby Bonds, is selected by Pittsburgh with the fifth pick in the first round of amateur draft. June 4, 1986 — Bonds hits first major league home run, at Atlanta, off Craig McMurtry. The 37-year-old Bonds, who has never hit 50 homers in a season before, goes on to hit 73. Dec. 4, 2003 — Bonds testifies before a federal grand jury in San Francisco investigating the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO). 3, 2004 — The San Francisco Chronicle reports Bonds testified to the grand jury that he used a clear substance and a cream given to him by Anderson, but said he didn't know they were steroids. 18, 2005 — BALCO founder Victor Conte is sentenced to four months in prison and four months' home confinement. Anderson receives three months in prison and three months in home confinement, and BALCO vice president James Valente gets probation. 7, 2007 — Bonds hits 756th homer, at San Francisco off Washington's Mike Bacsik, breaking Hank Aaron's career record. Source: www.usatoday.com
