As covered everywhere but on this website, Barry Bonds hit his kinda-record-breaking 756th career home run earlier this year, and designer Mark Ecko purchased the ball at a Sotheby's auction for three-quarters of a million dollars. Here's what Ecko had to say:
"I wanted to democratize the ball and to give the ball to the people, to give the ball to America."
What does that mean? It means you can go to Vote756.com and vote to send the motherfucker into space. The ball, that is — not Bonds. Sorry if I got your hopes up. The other choices are to send the pristine ball to Cooperstown, or brand it with an asterisk before sending it to Cooperstown. But last I checked Cooperstown wasn't in space, so fuck those choices.
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I just voted to insert that ball into some guy's ass.
Oops, wrong website.
Brand an asterisk and give it to Cooperstown
Batter it, fry it, serve it to Prince Fielder.
I voted for O.J. to steal it from a hotel room.
I second Tim's motion to let O.J. steal it. Then we brand an asterisk on O.J.'s ass and launch him into space, or Cooperstown. Doesn't matter to me, I'll never visit either of the two.
Really, who the fuck is this guy thats he's got nothing better to do with 3/4 of million dollars? We should be launching his ass into space, and stealing everything he owns.
"Ruth did it on hotdogs & Beer" they left out the third important staple; hookers.
I should brand all of my hookers with a asterik right on the ass. Would make for a good calling card wouldn't it?
@Loki
marc ecko… ecko unlimited, clothes with that big ass rhino on it. he does some good ish, i voted for space but i doubt it will go thru
How did he have $750,000? Maybe I'm passing judgement, but I assumed that all the kids wearing Ecko clothes had stolen them.
I would rather it be marked with an asterisk and then sent to cooperstown. then everyone who ever sees it will know what almost everyone thought about bonds and his 'record'.
Mark Echo doesnt care about black peoples balls
@hardaway – EXACTLY
Yamabushi, you owe me one keyboard.
The moon idea would cost taxpayers too much money. Vote for the asterisk.
Ruth did it on hot dogs and beer, zoologists do it in the wild, principals do it nine months a year, and so on.
@doogieinrichmond
Why would you brand the hookers… are you using some controlled substances to enhance your performance?
Sending this ball into space is sort of like throwing it back onto the field… you do it or your a pussy, no matter what your little bitch feelings tell you.
Throw it back! Throw it back!
Send it to Cooperstown, no asterisk. He should get some sort of recognition for being the best cheater out there. I think that branding it and sending it to Cooperstown is more of a slap in the face to Cooperstown than anything else.
Ken Caminiti did it on hookers and speedballs.
The more important question: Where can we vote to have that autograph of Shelly Duncan's put into Cooperstown?
Can I vote to put Mark Ecko in Bonds' ass?
@ues Better than Belichick?
@DatDude Ecko's going to pay for the rocket…but still, I want it in cooperstown with an asterisk.
Much better than Belichick. Bonds hasn't been 'officially' caught. And, as a sidenote, Patriot fans have officially eclipsed Yankee fans as the worst. People. EVER.
Giving the ball to America??? Mark Ecko (FUCK YEAH), coming again to save the motherfucking day, yeah!!!
@ Kickinwing: "How did he have $750,000? Maybe I'm passing judgement, but I assumed that all the kids wearing Ecko clothes had stolen them."
Do you even understand how the world of buying and selling clothing works? Or do clothes just magically appear right from the company into your wardrobe?
Moron.
Preschool, perhaps you should let those of us with a concept of sarcasm dole out the moron tags…