If you didn't know, Barry Bonds went under the knife again on Wednesday - the third time in a year - to have a bacterial infection cleaned.  This means his recovery is halted at least until after the All-Star Game in July.

Well the Arizona Republic did a little checkup of their own, looking into the background of Bond's surgeon, Arthur Ting.   Here's some of what they found:

The complaint also accused Ting of several other violations, including prescribing "dangerous drugs and controlled substances to friends and acquaintances, particularly athletes, for whom he kept no medical records or for whom the medical records were fictitious, inadequate or inaccurate."

Ting signed an agreement with the board on Jan. 4, 2004, saying that "to avoid a costly administrative hearing," he admitted he "was negligent in his supervision of subordinates," but he denied all other allegations in the complaint.

Bonds can continue to rant and rave about the press, and a lot of times he is indeed on point.  But one thing he can't deny is that he is at fault for a lot of the allegations and criticism that comes his way. 

Sure, this doesn't mean he certainly roided.  But just like Marion Jones, there's simply too many coincidences that connect to him for the steroid allegations to be just a baseless rumor.