Greg Anderson, former personal trainer for Barry Bonds, found his youth baseball league coaching privileges suspended due to concerned parents questioning why the former steroids dealer is on the field coaching kids.

Up until recently, Anderson had been involved as an assistant coach with the Capitol Electric team in the Burlingame Youth Baseball Association in the San Francisco Bay Area.

However, a parent filed a complaint about his involvement in the BALCO scandal, thereby casting doubt on the league’s judgment which ultimately led to his exclusion from the field.

Convicted of dealing steroids, Anderson is purported to have supplied home run champion Barry Bonds and other major league players with performance enhancing drugs.

During the Bonds trial, Anderson refused to testify on the stand about the major league slugger’s steroid usage. The court, unimpressed with his resistance, rewarded Anderson with three weeks in jail.

Up until the present season, league president Mike Brunicardi said that there had been no complaints about Anderson but in light of the recent situation, he will be prohibited from being out on the field during games.

“Anderson is free to register as a coach next season, but will have to undergo a background check like other volunteers.”

While it’s unlikely we’d see him dealing steroids to 12-year olds, Anderson has a lot of past mistakes to account for. If he chooses to register as a coach, there will be some explaining on his part when his background report comes back.

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