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LeftyBurnz
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You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball.
#7420441 - 09/17/07 04:57 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i love it. Marc Ecko is a fucking genius. is bonds hall of fame material? is he a cheater? or should this record be forgotten??
you decide.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7420627 - 09/17/07 05:33 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Brand that sunna bitch.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7420718 - 09/17/07 05:51 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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This is fucking awesome.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
#7420837 - 09/17/07 06:22 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i know. i couldnt believe it. Marc Ecko has earned my respect. anyone who would spend 3/4 of a million dollars to make a statement like this is awesome. the best thing is he isnt doing it because he believes it should be asterisked, but he wants to let the people decide.
i voted to asterisk it.
i thought sending it into space was a little ridiculous. because it should not be forgotten. this should be something that he never lives down. how pissed off do you think bond will be if that ball gets the asterisk?? i would love to see him the day it happens
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7420889 - 09/17/07 06:36 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh yeah, I'm sure Bonds is fucking heated right now. 
This is definitely a big fuck you to the establishment by letting the people decide what is to be done with the ball. He's stirring the pot and it is very fucking cool. I was just reading that he did publicly state that he voted for the ball to be asterisked but that his vote does not hold any more weight than the next guy.
So by the end of the week we'll see what the public has decided on the matter. I'm surprised there is nothing about this on MLB.com yet considering it's all over the internet, including sportsillustrated.com. They're probably baffled about this whole situation.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
#7420945 - 09/17/07 06:54 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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haha. yeah im sure they dont know what to say. would you? either you have to agree with bonds, or the people, or shut the hell up.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7421108 - 09/17/07 07:45 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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That's fucking awesome!
Brand it, then shoot it into space.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: Pat Bateman, VP]
#7421531 - 09/17/07 09:28 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Who is this man that bought the ball?
Vote-Asterisk
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7421533 - 09/17/07 09:28 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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The thing about Bonds, and I have followed him closely his whole career, is that he doesn't give a damn if they brand the ball, I can hear him now....
'They may brand it, but they wouldn't vote to get rid of it. See, they hate me, but they NEED me."
I say get rid of it on that premise. Trust me on this one. Launching it will piss him off MUCH more.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7421541 - 09/17/07 09:32 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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There is no way that branding the with an asterisk won't chap his asshole a bit. Nobody could just dismiss something like that. Even Bonds. The guy doing this rocks.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: robbyberto]
#7421572 - 09/17/07 09:42 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh yeah, but he knows that most of the population hate him. He knows we're jealous of him and his talent, money, looks, record. But we NEED him. And his stuff.
No argument that it will chap him, but why let the poster-boy for all that was/is wrong with sports ever be given a chance to see it?? He doesn't care what we think, it's ALL about him.
Personally I envision Mark taking donations to launch the ball, stream the launch to the web, maybe rraffle off tickets to see who gets to push the botton.... ya' feel me here? Make it an event to launch the bastard. Maybe a big ol' picnic, beer festival before hand to celebrate. We could all wear T-Shirts and that say, "We love you barry" and send pictures to him.
He made a disgusting spectacle of us and the game. We should do the same in the name of sport. And great beer.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7421607 - 09/17/07 09:57 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I can't believe they didn't say anything about Mark Ecko winning it when they talked about how much it went for.
Unlesssssss This is bullshit!
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: jewunit]
#7421613 - 09/17/07 09:58 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
#7422650 - 09/18/07 07:55 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I just wonder what Cooperstown would do if they got the ball with the asterisk on it...loyalty to the fans who voted and display it as is or loyalty to the player and not shame him by putting it on display with the asterisk
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7423010 - 09/18/07 10:30 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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BRAND IT!
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: breakableweed]
#7423016 - 09/18/07 10:31 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i voted A.
i can only hope for a day when athletes are not just allowed to use performance enhancing drugs, but encouraged to do so.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: breakableweed]
#7424960 - 09/18/07 06:25 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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breakableweed said: I just wonder what Cooperstown would do if they got the ball with the asterisk on it...loyalty to the fans who voted and display it as is or loyalty to the player and not shame him by putting it on display with the asterisk
The hall of fame belongs to the fans, not the players. Brand it and then let the politicians squirm. Before they put it in. He should auction the rights to the branding too.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7433187 - 09/20/07 04:16 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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They now have some banners up on the results page that you can tag up on websites and forums:
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
#7435153 - 09/21/07 02:31 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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We need to vote to launch it into space the next time Hail Boppe (or whatever) comes. That way it can go to heaven like those one folks did back in the 90's.
I am SO right about this.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: LeftyBurnz]
#7454602 - 09/26/07 06:36 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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47% Brand It
34% Bestow It
19% Banish It
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Lets see if he really goes through with it.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: THE KRAT BARON]
#7455646 - 09/26/07 12:46 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'm for giving it to the hall of fame as is. I don't like Bonds as much as anyone, but this is an important piece of baseball history regardless of how Bonds achieved it. It's more important than steroids. It's not a huge deal to me, but I don't think that it should be asterisked.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: Deadmaker]
#7456085 - 09/26/07 03:16 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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killme said: I'm for giving it to the hall of fame as is. I don't like Bonds as much as anyone, but this is an important piece of baseball history regardless of how Bonds achieved it. It's more important than steroids. It's not a huge deal to me, but I don't think that it should be asterisked.
I don't think it's an important piece of baseball history. It's kind of silly to covet that particular ball over the other 755. Every one of them contributed the same increment towards the total. Sports museums are full of that kind of stuff though.
I think the asterisk is symbolic of a newly increased awareness toward corruption and cheating in sports. Hopefully it will remind us that playing a fair game is much more important than tallies and records. The asterisk makes the ball more significant historically, IMO.
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: WhiskeyClone]
#7456668 - 09/26/07 05:28 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Well, i was hoping for outer space, but with that package, the ball got the astrisk, which is what matters.
Nicely said WC
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Re: You decide what happens to bonds record setting ball. [Re: whattheheck]
#7457329 - 09/26/07 07:55 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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i voted to launch it into space as well.
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