In an article for the San Francisco Chronicle, Barry Bonds ripped Marc Ecko, the man who purchased Bonds’ 756 home run ball, for creating an Internet poll asking the public if he should give the ball to the Baseball Hall of Fame, brand it with an asterisk or blast it into space.
“He’s stupid. He’s an idiot,” Bonds said. “He spent $750,000 on the ball and that’s what he’s doing with it? What he’s doing is stupid.”
Financially, Bonds is right. Why would you spend $750,000 on a piece of memorabilia that you’re only going to dispose of? On the other hand, the only reason why he’s reacting this way is because what Ecko is doing is completely eating away at Bonds. He craves the attention and all he cares about is being known as the best baseball player to have ever lived. What Ecko is essentially doing is giving the middle finger to the record Bonds cherishes more than his own children.
It’s quite a dignified statement against Bonds and steroid use if you ask me.
The key word here is “owner”. Stupid? Idiot? Where does Bonds get off calling someone else stupid? Ecko has the right to do anything he wants with the ball that he owns. And he is leaving it up to the general population to decide. I hope this bothers the hell out of Bonds.
As for me, I voted to send it into space, where it belongs !!!!!!!!!!!!!