What should Ecko do with Bonds' 756 ball? - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

ute4ever · 09-19-2007, 04:07 PM

This is a real poll. If you haven't heard, the man who purchased the ball has put up an internet vote at http://www.vote756.com/marcecko/.

il Padrino Ute · 09-19-2007, 05:33 PM

Too funny.

Branding an asterisk and giving it to Cooperstown would be hilarious. And, it would send Barry into fits.

That's why I voted to brand it.

ute4ever · 09-19-2007, 05:46 PM

This was a good business investment IMO. Sure Ecko spent $750k on the ball, but now his name is circulating and that voting website could use a few more sponsorships.

High risk, high yield, blah blah blah.

Venkman · 09-20-2007, 12:16 AM

what a dumbass. Do whatever the hell you want with it Ecko.

il Padrino Ute · 09-20-2007, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Venkman

what a dumbass. Do whatever the hell you want with it Ecko.

I like that he's giving fans a say in what to do with the ball. Maybe Bonds will finally get the message that he's a prick.

Surfah · 09-26-2007, 08:16 PM

Well the asterisk won. I voted for it. I was surprised that over a third of voters wanted to just have the ball delivered as is.

il Padrino Ute · 09-27-2007, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by surfah33

Well the asterisk won. I voted for it. I was surprised that over a third of voters wanted to just have the ball delivered as is.

I think those that voted to have the ball delivered as is are those who believe that despite taking steroids, Bonds still had to hit the ball. That is understandable to me, though I voted for the astrisk.

The best part of the story is that Ecko seems to have gotten under Bonds' skin.

mpfunk · 10-04-2007, 01:21 AM

Ecko is a grandstanding dickhead for all of this. He is just trying to get publicity for himself by doing this whole thing.

The reason people are outraged is because Barry Bonds is a jerk. No one wants historic balls hit by the cartoon character known as Mark McGwire to have an asterisk attached to them. We simply don't know the effect of the steroids that Barry Bonds did, because pitchers were all roided up as well.

I'm glad that Gilbert Arenas called Ecko out on his blog and offered to buy the ball. Hopefully Ecko will sell the ball to Arenas.

So why aren't people calling for all of Clemens memorabilia to be branded. He is a steroid user too and he is a bigger jerk than Bonds.

RockyBalboa · 10-04-2007, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by mpfunk

Ecko is a grandstanding dickhead for all of this. He is just trying to get publicity for himself by doing this whole thing.

The reason people are outraged is because Barry Bonds is a jerk. No one wants historic balls hit by the cartoon character known as Mark McGwire to have an asterisk attached to them. We simply don't know the effect of the steroids that Barry Bonds did, because pitchers were all roided up as well.

I'm glad that Gilbert Arenas called Ecko out on his blog and offered to buy the ball. Hopefully Ecko will sell the ball to Arenas.

So why aren't people calling for all of Clemens memorabilia to be branded. He is a steroid user too and he is a bigger jerk than Bonds.

I'm truly amazed at how much you are wrong about things all of the time.

I can't think of anyone who is consistently wrong about well...pretty much everything, than you are.

I really can't.

mpfunk · 10-04-2007, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

I'm truly amazed at how much you are wrong about things all of the time.

I can't think of anyone who is consistently wrong about well...pretty much everything, than you are.

I really can't.

So why single out Bonds? Shouldn't we doing the same things to all the Clemens memorabilia? Also MLB at best turned a blind to steroids or at best endorsed steroids (and I think it is closer to the later), so there is a lot of culpability on this issue from MLB as well. In fact maybe we should find a way to put an asterisk on the entire Hall of Fame.

View Poll Results: What should happen to 756?
Give it to Cooperstown as-is	3	20.00%
Brandish it with an asterisk	12	80.00%
Send it into outer space	0	0%
Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

09-19-2007, 04:07 PM	#1
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	What should Ecko do with Bonds' 756 ball? This is a real poll. If you haven't heard, the man who purchased the ball has put up an internet vote at http://www.vote756.com/marcecko/.

09-19-2007, 05:33 PM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Too funny. Branding an asterisk and giving it to Cooperstown would be hilarious. And, it would send Barry into fits. That's why I voted to brand it. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

09-26-2007, 08:16 PM	#6
Surfah Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: F'burg, VA Posts: 3,211	Well the asterisk won. I voted for it. I was surprised that over a third of voters wanted to just have the ball delivered as is. __________________ Ernie Johnson: "Auburn is a pretty good school. To graduate from there I suppose you really need to work hard and put forth maximum effort." Charles Barkley: "20 pts and 10 rebounds will get you through also!"

09-19-2007, 05:46 PM	#3
ute4ever I must not tell lies Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 5,103	This was a good business investment IMO. Sure Ecko spent $750k on the ball, but now his name is circulating and that voting website could use a few more sponsorships. High risk, high yield, blah blah blah.

09-20-2007, 12:16 AM	#4
Venkman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Jordan, UT Posts: 1,799	what a dumbass. Do whatever the hell you want with it Ecko.

10-04-2007, 01:21 AM	#8
mpfunk Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,619	Ecko is a grandstanding dickhead for all of this. He is just trying to get publicity for himself by doing this whole thing. The reason people are outraged is because Barry Bonds is a jerk. No one wants historic balls hit by the cartoon character known as Mark McGwire to have an asterisk attached to them. We simply don't know the effect of the steroids that Barry Bonds did, because pitchers were all roided up as well. I'm glad that Gilbert Arenas called Ecko out on his blog and offered to buy the ball. Hopefully Ecko will sell the ball to Arenas. So why aren't people calling for all of Clemens memorabilia to be branded. He is a steroid user too and he is a bigger jerk than Bonds.