Here's my answer to my post on Barry Bonds' PR options. Option d) bench yourself and send in a pinch hitter.

Who gets the call? Liz Bonds, your wife.

Sports wives have often come to the defense of their beleagured husbands. Tanya Young Williams had a website -- myjasonwilliams.com -- for years defending her husband, former NBA star Jayson Williams. It's down now, but it was a loving defense of her husband accused in the shooting death of a limousine driver on his New Jersey estate. Williams was acquitted on some of the charges but the jury deadlocked on reckless manslaughter and retrial is likely. There are some other charges for allegedly trying to coverup the circumstances of the shooting.

When you are an unsympathetic character sometimes it is best to send in your better half. In Bonds' case its a heavy lift, but there is no prohibition against wives taking performance enhancing drugs.

Updated 11/24/2007 4:16:36 PM

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