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Hold the asterisk, please
November 2, 2007When Barry Bonds eventually takes his rightful place into Cooperstown, there may be a nasty little surprise waiting on him.
Marc Ecko, who purchased Bonds' 756th home run ball for $752,467 chose to place an asterisk on the ball after fans voted, via a special website, on its fate
Bonds said Thursday that he would boycott his induction if the Hall accepted the ball in its current condition -- and personally, I don't blame him.
As protests, or more specifically publicity stunts, go, this was a weak one and simply lacks the significance to have such a long-lasting effect.
The more we find out about BALCO and steroids themselves, the harder it is to narrow the focus of our disgust on one particular person, much less just one sport.
I haven't seen the ball and have no idea what kind of ink the asterisk is composed of. But, if it's not permanent ink, why not just wipe it off?
If it is permanent, then why not just turn it around?
There are a lot of easy answers to this rather silly problem -- hopefully the people at Cooperstown will see that too.
Posted by Stephen Smith at 11:29 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
