By Allan Lengel

One time baseball slugger Barry Bonds was sentenced Friday in San Francisco federal court to 30 days of house arrest, two years probation and a $4,000 fine for his obstruction of justice conviction in 2003 tied to his testimony to a grand jury probing illegal steroid use, CNN reported.

The network reported that Bond was to remain free pending his appeal.

CNN reported that fed prosecutors had recommended in a sentencing memo that Bonds, 47, serve 15 months in prison.

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