Too The Moon Mr. Bonds*
Barry Bonds* made history, but in my opinion it’s not for hitting homeruns. Instead it’s for cheating and using what’s now referred to as performance enhancing medication. Yeah, right. Let’s skip the PC vocabulary and call it what it is — steroids. Barry Bonds*, and others in Major League Baseball who used steroids, are cheaters and should forever be remembered as cheaters. In my book the real winners are those who made it into the record book the old way. Through hard work, sweat and tears, and all the time remembering where they came from, and remembering the fans are what it’s all about.
After hitting number 756 out of the ball park many have wondered what should be done with that particular Bonds* baseball. It was sold over the weekend in a Sotheby auction for $752,467 to Marc Ecko, a hip-hop–fashion designer. Of course after the purchase, the next question was obvious; What will Ecko do with the ball?
The world now knows. On Monday of this week Ecko announced he’s going to let the world decide what should be done with the baseball. He even set up a website where people can vote on what should be done with the ball. There are three options;
- Send it to Cooperstown without an asterisk.
- Send it to Cooperstone with an asterisk.
- Launch it into space where it will never be seen again.
Rather creative if you ask me. Ecko, who collects other popular-culture items as well, including “Start Wars” memorabilia and art, said he bought the Bonds* baseball so he could have a collective experience with the public. He says he wants to democratize the process by which the fate of the ball will be decided.
As for me, I’ve already placed my vote. Let’s get rid of the baseball representing a tainted record attained by a cheater and send the thing in to outer space, boldly going where no man has gone before.
What will your vote be? Head on over to the Vote 756 website and place your vote now. Voting ends at the end of this week, and then the votes will be tallied and the fate of the Bonds* ball will be decided.
That’s Vote756.com — Just click here and place your vote now!
Just my two cents,
Dr. Rus
