BONDS NOT BOTHERED BY PAPARAZZI DURING BOOKING: The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE believes that Barry Bonds is getting to like Oakland. He’s already been in talks with the A’s about joining their team. And his federal booking session in the East Bay went over very well:

When Bonds showed up outside the federal courthouse in Oakland last Thursday, there was no surge of cameras or mass of microphones thrust at the slugger.According to a source, Bonds, his attorney, and his security chief “walked right in through the front door” without any hassles. It could be because it was raining. And it could be that the courthouse had been closed to the public earlier in the day.

Bonds came in, was booked, fingerprinted, and posed for a mug shot the day before he plead not guilty to perjury and obstruction of justice charges in the BALCO scandal.As with any typical government appointment, some of the machinery wasn’t working, and Bonds had to wait around for a while. But Barry didn’t seem to mind, as he was said to be “completely cooperative, and wasn’t complaining.”

Will he be his same sweet self when the trial gets started?