(OT) Marc Ecko & Barry Bonds' 756 homerun ball..

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:13 pm

I'm not a baseball fan so I voted to have it launched into space.

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SAN FRANCISCO - Barry Bonds said the man who bought his 756th home run ball and announced plans to let the public decide its fate is an “idiot.”

Fashion designer Marc Ecko had the winning bid Saturday in the online auction for the ball that Bonds hit last month to break Hank Aaron’s record of 755 home runs. The final selling price was $752,467, well above most predictions.

Ecko, 35, has set up a Web site that lets visitors vote on three options for the ball: give it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, brand it with an asterisk before sending it to Cooperstown or blast it into space on a rocket ship.

The asterisk would suggest that Bonds’ record is tainted by alleged steroid use. The Giants slugger has denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.

“All of those options don’t weigh anything,” Bonds told the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday night in Phoenix. “In baseball, that number (756) stands.” Bonds said Ecko could have found a better way to spend three-quarters of a million dollars. “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.”

Ecko did not directly respond to Bonds’ comments Wednesday, but said in a statement he would make Bonds a custom T-shirt that says, “Marc Ecko paid $752,467 for my ball, and all I got was this ’stupid’ T-shirt.”’

Ecko plans to announce what he will do with No. 756 after voting ends Sept. 25.

Ben Padnos, the California entrepreneur who submitted the $186,750 winning bid on Bonds’ record-tying 755th home run ball, said Tuesday he also plans to have the public vote on what to do with it.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20874500/
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http://www.vote756.com/marcecko/

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:17 pm

Tag it

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:18 pm

that's worth $750k of advertising right there.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:20 pm

Yeah, that too

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:24 pm

Tone Deft wrote:that's worth $750k of advertising right there.

money well spent, I should think? I bet you he'll be peddling shirts while we vote, non?

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:29 pm

The cash should go to the Barry Bonds Steroid Fund..

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:29 pm

Its Mark's ball now, why would Bonds even give a shit what he does with it. I'm voting for the T-Shirt

Bonds is just one of many pro athletes that uses "performance enhancing" drugs anyways. If I could I would vote for both the asterisk and the T-Shirt.

Mark's clothes are always great. I just don't like the price, except when I find something good in the CLEARANCE section at Macy's.

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:36 pm

suburbanbather wrote:

Mark's clothes are always great. I just don't like the price, except when I find something good in the CLEARANCE section at Macy's.

Arundel Mills mall homes. There's an Ecko store there. It's were I get pretty much all my gear. Sometimes its pricey but if you look you can find some pretty good deals also. Last time I was there I bought 4 nice heavy duty t-shirts for $10 a pop.

Nogi · Post by **Nogi** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:37 pm

smutek wrote:I'm not a baseball fan so I voted to have it launched into space.

+1. Where available, this is the best course of action for a great many problems.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:46 pm

Machinate wrote:
Tone Deft wrote:that's worth $750k of advertising right there.
money well spent, I should think? I bet you he'll be peddling shirts while we vote, non?

He's got himself nearly 10,000,000 new email address to spam.

suburbanbather · Post by **suburbanbather** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:47 pm

smutek wrote:
suburbanbather wrote:

Mark's clothes are always great. I just don't like the price, except when I find something good in the CLEARANCE section at Macy's.
Arundel Mills mall homes. There's an Ecko store there. It's were I get pretty much all my gear. Sometimes its pricey but if you look you can find some pretty good deals also. Last time I was there I bought 4 nice heavy duty t-shirts for $10 a pop.

Is it one of those outlet malls? Every designer/company has their own store and most of the product has a very minor defect? Those are great, but you really have to take a close look at what your buying. Thanx Smutek, I will check it out.

waybeyondz · Post by **waybeyondz** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:18 pm

the fact that we're discussing where to buy ecko's clothes on a forum about music software is proof that the ball purchase was money well spent....

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:22 pm

waybeyondz wrote:the fact that we're discussing where to buy ecko's clothes on a forum about music software is proof that the ball purchase was money well spent....

Maybe. But I've already been buying his gear for years. Have to admit I'm a bit of a label whore. I wear vans on my feet and everything else is Ecko. Actually, it's all I buy to be honest, at least till I start making my own shirts in my garage.

(OT) Marc Ecko & Barry Bonds' 756 homerun ball..

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