A few hours after the indictment against Barry Bonds was announced, his close friend and “trainer” Greg Anderson, who was accused of furnishing illegal substances to Bonds and spent more than a year in federal prison on a contempt of court citation, was ordered released. His lawyer said he walked without ever having cooperated with federal investigators. But a NY Times story noted that Anderson might still be charged with obstruction of justice or criminal contempt.

Meanwhile, sportswriters and others began registering their reactions.

• White House spokesman Tony Fratto: “The president is very disappointed to hear this. As this case is now in the criminal justice system, we will refrain from any further specific comments about it. But clearly this is a sad day for baseball.”
• Anonymous Giants “team official”: “Nobody’s walking around dancing on his grave,” said one team official. “But there are some people very happy that he’s not ours to deal with right now.”
• SJ Mercury News’s Ann Killion: Giants got rid of him just in time.

• SJ Mercury News’s Tim Kawakami: Bonds’ hubris made him dare the gov’t to charge him.
• NBC’s Mike Celizic: Indictment means Bonds’ baseball career is over, and he will have to wait a while to enter the Hall of Fame, but will get in eventually.
• SF Chronicle’s Ray Ratto: The feds wouldn’t risk a high-profile prosecution unless they were sure they could get a conviction, as was a different U.S. Attorney’s office handled the case of the football player accused on dog fighting charges.
• The NY Times’ George Vescey: Bonds could have avoided this by doing what other players did: tell just enough of the truth.

Previously:
Bonds: No asterisk, or I’ll boycott Hall of Fame
Liveblogging Bonds’ last game
Bonds breaks home run record
After sweep by L.A., Bonds drops F-bomb
Looking to the post-Bonds era
As spring training starts, Bonds signs final contract
Bonds blames teammate for having taken amphetamines
Bonds has surgery following 2006 season