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Major League Baseball, Giants staying away from steroids issue and Bonds trial.

The government announced Friday its intention to appeal pretrial rulings that would keep out significant pieces of evidence, bringing Barry Bonds' perjury trial to a screeching halt.

The story that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 2003, as reported Saturday by Sports Illustrated, likely wouldn't have come to light had the BALCO scandal not erupted that fall.

As the Barry Bonds perjury case continues to move toward a March jury trial, the judge on Monday dismissed three of the 15 counts but left intact the bulk of the government's charges against the former Giants slugger.

ESPN investigative reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada examines what Sen. George Mitchell's report on steroids in baseball has to say about BALCO, Barry Bonds and what the San Francisco Giants knew and when they knew it.