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Number 756 Gets Asterisksized!

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by LastRow

On the heels of Barry Bonds’s swan song in San Francisco the jury has reached a verdict…Guilty as charged! And as we know, the public never lies! So what were the charges? Well besides tax evasion and having monogamous relationships now the ball Barry Bonds hit for his record-breaking 756th home run will be branded with an asterisk and sent to the Baseball Hall of Fame, its owner said Wednesday. Fashion designer Marc Ecko, who bought the ball in an online auction, set up a Web site for fans to vote on the ball's fate. So I’m guessing Marc Ecko is no longer "an idiot" by himself anymore, right? For now he’s in good company with everybody that voted for "the asterisk".

See Barry, once again you’re the village "idiot" here Balco Boy! An "idiot" would’ve voted to send the ball into space, (the third choice…Or the "C" option if you will) that has "idiot" written all over it! Or perhaps an "idiot" might tend to believe you when you have denied ever "knowingly" using performance-enhancing drugs. Yeah, that’s a classic example of an "idiot"! I wonder if Hank Aaron got in on some of the action? Stuffing the ballot box?

Hall of Fame president Dale Petroskey, also interviewed on the show, said accepting the ball did not mean the Hall endorses the viewpoint that Barry Bonds used drugs. Although, just a guess here…I’m thinking they’re very thankful of Marc and all the voters out there who voted on this. Now they can retain their squeaky clean persona and point fingers back at the voters! Claiming they had nothing to do with it! Sort of like when a "happily" married fellow visits a strip club with his bachelor friend(s)…He sits there just pounding down the beverages not making like Pacman Jones and showering poll huggers with jack, because he has a ball-n-chain at home. However, when his boy pays for him to have some lovie, lovie…Touchy, touchy, well then it’s okay! Why? Because it came from an outside source! Same goes for the amigos at Cooperstown…An outside source helped the situation out immensely! "We're happy to get it," Dale said later. Of course you are! And we all know we can turn down some good loving from a pole hugger when it’s on our boys! No way Jose…Why, we would be "an idiot" for doing that!!

Gosh…What a tough week for Barry! First the Giants announced Friday they will part with Bonds after this season, the seven-time NL MVP's 15th in San Francisco and 22nd in the majors. And now his 756th home run ball will be branded with an asterisk. What’s next…Greg Anderson will start chirping like a prison canary, from where? Oh yeah, prison and sell you out? Oh well, if you still want to continue you’re little song and dance about not being Balco Spokesperson, that’s on you! Although just remember, Pete Rose played this little game before too…And well, it’s a game not worth playing! You lose every time! And by the public asterisksizing your ball, well you’re the one who keeps looking like the "idiot"!

Vote in the latest Pick’em Poll which asks about them "Free Falling Goose Eggs?" This poll was inspired by Tom Petty and his collection of Heartbreakers. We can’t guarantee no hearts will be broken voting in this poll…However, it will be a lot more enjoyable then watching Wrecks Grossman try yet again to impersonate a starting quarterback in the NFL!


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Afjumpman08Waterboy
800 days ago
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uh...what exactly are you talking about? This is probably one of the most confusing articles I've ever read.
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JuTMSY4Legend
800 days ago
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Mark Ecko is branding the ball w/ an asterisk...

Bonds called ecko an idiot...

Bond cheated...what are you confused by in this article...main points and current news?
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LastRowAll-American
800 days ago
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And now we understand why you my friend are a soccer kid!!
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Afjumpman08Waterboy
800 days ago
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The point isn't confusing, the fact is that this is just a random collection of thoughts on why the average Barry critic hates Bonds. Seriously, there is no value to anything here; you're basically thinking out loud. You also might want to consult Curt Schilling about your the "charges" that Bonds has been faced with. Without proof, everything is just speculation, no matter how justified it might seem.
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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer
800 days ago
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Asterisk – n. A device used to declare an event to be less noteworthy by making it more noteworthy.
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Agent0Red-Shirting
800 days ago
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ECKO IS AN IDIOT!
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LastRowAll-American
800 days ago
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Wow, when did Barry become an AGM member?
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TylersaltAll-Star
800 days ago
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I think the Dugout's representation of Bud Selig put it best:


LicenseToPills: oh no whatever will we do, the ball is scarred forever

bud_is_wiser: /shrug

Turn it around backwards in its display case? Seems pretty obvious to me. You probably should have branded both sides of the ball, dude.
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DwalbertVarsity Captain
800 days ago
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thats what I thought exactly when they said everything about this. Marc Ecko (while making some decent shit) is a moron for putting the asterix in a place that doesn't apparently interfere with the MLB's markings on the ball. Additionally, like the MLB HOF gives a fuck whether or not the ball has markings on it.. It is baseball history regardless and will be kept in a case as such.
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Gav76Div-I Stud
800 days ago
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Hmmm... Who's the bigger idiot? Now that truly is a great mystery of our time. Love the comparison to Pete Rose. Stay on the ship as it goes down Barry, eventually your name will get dropped in a book and then Congress will have something to do again.
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BOMBERSDiv-I Stud
800 days ago
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Putting an asterisk on the ball is completely stupid.
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Rockymount7Red-Shirting
800 days ago
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Ecko should do whatever it is he wants to do to the damn ball and give it to Barry!
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Agent0Red-Shirting
800 days ago
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This is a ridicule! The ball should be in the hall of fame with no asterisks no seringes no NOTHING!
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Anonymous Fanatic #1
634 days ago
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