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On August 7, Barry Bonds - one of the most universally reviled professional athletes of our time - topped Hank Aaron's 33-year-old home-run record. For months or even years now, Bonds' breaking of this milestone has been a foregone conclusion, and even the mercenary angle surrounding the record-breaking ball was being discussed long before that fateful crack of the bat.

From the second Bonds' 756th home-run ball touched the ever-so-lucky palms of Queens, New York resident Matt Murphy, the debate began over what the ball would be worth. Many have pointed out that the truly valuable ball will be the last home run Bonds hits, as it will effectively represent the new record (until someone mercifully shatters that). Last month, our own Tom Barlow assigned a price tag of $0. But fashion mogul Marc Ecko shelled out $752,467 for the 5 ounces of cork and rubber, and it seems as though he may have dropped more than three-quarters of a million dollars out of spite alone.

While most sports collectors would encase the storied ball in plastic or save it for shipping to Cooperstown, Ecko is taking a democratic approach to his next move. Ecko has set up a website with three options:



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Yesterday Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants broke baseball's most hallowed record, the career home run mark held for the last 80+ years by only two people; Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. When the dust cleared from the scramble for the ball, Matt Murphy, a 22-year-old from Queens, New York, was holding the prize. The value of Bonds' home run ball is estimated at $400,000 and up.

The value to me: $0. He, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and the other steroid sluggers have given the grand old game a black eye that taints every player's accomplishments.

If someone is dumb enough to fork over big bucks for this tainted trophy, I'd like to offer them a selection of other treasures, such as --
  • Ken Lay's Bible
  • Floyd Landis' pee cup
  • Rosie Ruiz's running shoes
  • Uri Geller's spoon
  • Frank Abagnale's pilot wings
  • Milli Vanilli's musical charts
  • Jayson Blair's chair from the NYT
And a share in a surefire scheme I have cooking with this guy in Nigeria who has to move some money out of the country discretely.

On second thought, perhaps the ball should be given back to Mr. Steroid. Then he'd at least have one larger than a peanut.

Barry Bonds' baseball: What's it really worth? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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