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Here's a bad sign for the way your life is going: you have to have a provision in your contract to make sure that your employer doesn't have to pay you if you end up going to fucking jail. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wondrous life of Barry Bonds!

" Bonds' $15.8 million, one-year agreement contains a provision giving the club the right to void the deal if he is indicted, but the outfielder's agent says the language is unenforceable under baseball's collective bargaining agreement.

The unusual provision, included in the deal that was completed Monday night, is designed by the team to protect itself in case Bonds is charged in the federal government's steroids investigation. Bonds' personal trainer, Greg Anderson, is in a California federal prison because he has refused to testify whether Bonds committed perjury when he told a 2003 grand jury he never knowingly used performance-enhancing drugs.

In the contract, a list of criminal acts is spelled out in a section.

"Player acknowledges and agrees that an indictment for any criminal act under [that section] ... is proper grounds for termination of this contract," Bonds' contract states. "

To further complicate matters, OMGSports correspondents have learned that the Giants will be requiring even more provisions in any updated version of the contract. Under the new contract, Bonds' deal will be voided if he is convicted of serial child molestation, cattle mutilation, or jaywalking under the influence of prescription drugs.

In other, unrelated news, Henry Aaron spent yet another day laughing hysterically to himself and drinking champagne.

Labels: Barry Bonds, MLB, Steroids