Bestow Brand Banish
Which would you do?
Marc Ecko is going to go down in baseball history as a great humanitarian. He has been confirmed as the purchaser of that fateful sphere of bleached, white cowhide, stitched in red that had the misfortune to make contact with the steroid loaded bat of Mr. Juicy himself. Ecko has set up a web site to allow fans to vote on the fate of the ball in question.
Which would I do? Only a true baseball fan could come up with the scenario for the fate of Bonds HR ball!
What to do?
Bestow it to Cooperstown
Brand it then hand it over to the HOF
Or shoot it into space!
I don’t mind admitting this is now a quandary for me. While I like the idea of shooting it into space, I think I also like the idea of branding the ball with an “*” and then giving it to the HOF. It does belong in the HOF. Maybe it should go there. It’s the only way Barry Bond’s a gonna git there!
I think I am going to vote to brand it. There's something beautiful, epic, and trivial about it. Yep, I vote to brand!
"...Matt Murphy, a 21-year-old student and construction supervisor from New York, emerged from a scrum with the ball on Aug. 7. He decided to sell it, he said, because he couldn't afford the tax bill that would result from holding onto the ball.
Some tax experts said Murphy would have owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes based on a reasonable estimate of the ball's value even if he had never sold it. He may also have faced capital gains taxes as the ball gained value.
"This either makes him a lunatic or a genius, one of those two," Murphy said when told of Ecko's actions. "I'm leaning toward genius."
Murphy said he planned to vote to send the ball to Cooperstown.
Ecko himself said he voted to brand the ball with an asterisk, a reference to the belief of some Bonds detractors that the Giants slugger's record is tainted by his alleged use of performance-enhancing substances. Bonds has denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.
Ecko said what really interests him is seeing what happens when an "American Idol" approach comes together with a serious public debate over drugs in sports.
"My vote really doesn't matter," said Ecko, who identifies himself as a New York Yankees fan. "The American public will tell us what to do with it."..."
Some tax experts said Murphy would have owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes based on a reasonable estimate of the ball's value even if he had never sold it. He may also have faced capital gains taxes as the ball gained value.
"This either makes him a lunatic or a genius, one of those two," Murphy said when told of Ecko's actions. "I'm leaning toward genius."
Murphy said he planned to vote to send the ball to Cooperstown.
Ecko himself said he voted to brand the ball with an asterisk, a reference to the belief of some Bonds detractors that the Giants slugger's record is tainted by his alleged use of performance-enhancing substances. Bonds has denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.
Ecko said what really interests him is seeing what happens when an "American Idol" approach comes together with a serious public debate over drugs in sports.
"My vote really doesn't matter," said Ecko, who identifies himself as a New York Yankees fan. "The American public will tell us what to do with it."..."
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