Thursday, September 20, 2007

What to do with 756?

Winston-Salem, NC -- In recent news, the fan who caught Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th homerun ball auctioned it off to clothes designer, Marc Ecko for a hair over $752,000. I'm sure you've seen the "Ecko" design on certain clothing. Ecko has set-up a website, vote756.com, which will allow the public to decide the fate of the sacred/tainted ball. Your options:
  • Bestow It: Donate the ball to the Hall-of-Fame.
  • Brand It: Burn an asterisk onto the ball with a branding iron, then send it to the Hall-of-Fame.
  • Banish It: Put the ball on a rocket ship and launch it to outer space.

A recent quote on ESPN.com from a fan read, "I don't believe that even our own universe deserves such 'space junk'."

I can just see in the year 2027 that rays in the shape of asterisks will be shining down on our planet.

My first reaction was to "brand it." The record is forever embroidered in controversy. Would the HOF accept the ball with the * on it? But now, I sort of want to see it "banished." How will they shoot it into outer space? Will it be taken in the next NASA launch and then an astronaut just drops it on his evening spacewalk stroll?

What do you think should happen to the ball?

3 comments:

JasonB said...

Geeze...just give it to Bonds

Baseball is tainted anyway. There is always cheating..gaining an edge...whatever you want to call it. I mean aside from the obvious laugh this whole ordeal gets, its really ridiculuous.

JasonB said...

BTW, how many people actually read this blog? Seems only me, you, and occasionally Katiedid and The Sabian participate in active discussion.

Unknown said...

its being branded and sent to the Hall of Fame.

they just announced the results of the poll today.