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Fan gets Bonds' 713th ball, photo -- but no autograph
Sports Illustrated ^
| 5/8/06
| AP
Posted on 05/08/2006 8:59:56 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: Cagey
To: All
When Carlos Oliveras asked if Barry Bonds would sign the ball from his 713th home run, Bonds smirked and said nothing.
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To: MotleyGirl70
The guy was a Bonds fan? I didn't think they existed outside San Fransicko.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:05:37 AM PDT
by
CaliPhant
To: MotleyGirl70
When Carlos Oliveras asked if Barry Bonds would sign the ball from his 713th home run, Bonds smirked and said nothing. Can anyone imagine the Babe reacting that way to a fan? Not a chance.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:07:52 AM PDT
by
Skooz
(Chastity prays for me, piety sings...Modesty hides my thighs in her wings...)
To: CaliPhant
These are bad days for baseball...I'm surprised they are really going to allow Bonds to go through with breaking the records.
This like the 1919 Black Sox scandal.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:09:05 AM PDT
by
Wristpin
("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
To: MotleyGirl70
Snub an active duty serviceman, what a class act Bonds is.
</sarc>
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:11:00 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: MotleyGirl70
Oliveras, an Airman 1st Class who lives on McGuire Air Force Base in Fort Dix, N.J., paid $20 for his seatBonds is a pric* but consider it an investment
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:22:43 AM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(When it hits the fan, it may not be evenly distributed.)
To: MotleyGirl70
Mister Class and Quality strikes again.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:22:45 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(A thread without a comment on immigration is not complete)
To: thoughtomator
The only difference between Barry Bonds and a 250lb. sack of steroid-injected horse manure is the sack. He should be banned from baseball like Pete Rose was/is. He is pure poison to the sport, and to the fans.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:26:57 AM PDT
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: MotleyGirl70
How does marking the ball work?
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:28:33 AM PDT
by
TBP
To: MotleyGirl70
Nothing new for Bonds -- he's as bitter a guy as I've ever seen in sports.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:33:03 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
The kid had to sign a waiver so Bonds could have him appear on his ESPN show, but Barry can't sign the kid's ball.
That tells you everything you need to know about the guy.
Sadly, I must admit I've been awaiting the end of his career due to a Mark McGuire like knee breakdown.
713 isn't worth anything unless it doesn't lead to 714 and 715.
There is still only one Babe Ruth and one Hammerin Hank.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:39:30 AM PDT
by
romanesq
(.)
To: MotleyGirl70
I heard this morning that Bonds was booed by the Philly crowd when he hit this one. Well deserved, I'd say.
I also read that the Philly fans booed when the Jumbotron had a live telecast of a guy proposing marriage to his girlfriend. And once, during an Eagles game, the Philadelphia fans booed Santa Clause!
Santa didn't deserve the boos, and maybe the engaged couple didn't either but Bonds should be booed wherever he goes.
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:40:48 AM PDT
by
Cagey
(Doesn't play well with others)
To: MotleyGirl70
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posted on
05/08/2006 9:49:13 AM PDT
by
Lucky9teen
(Ask not what the government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.)
To: MotleyGirl70
If I caught #714 or #715 I would throw it back on the field ala Wrigley fans.
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posted on
05/08/2006 10:33:50 AM PDT
by
fnord
(497 1/2 feet of rope ... I just carry it)
To: TBP
''Possibly significant'' balls are stamped with an invisible fluorescent ink, which is changed as to the composition of the ink and the pattern of the stamp with each such ball. Theoretically, one of these balls could be counterfeited, but it would be an enormously difficult undertaking.
For one thing, the would-be counterfeiter would have to have either A) the ball in question, or B) the league specs on the ink and stamp design for the ball in question. The latter is very closely guarded, you can be quite sure.
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posted on
05/08/2006 11:27:29 AM PDT
by
SAJ
(b)
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To: tiggs
but you gotta understand this "Santa" was drunk and skinny.Skinny yes, but sober!
I think you'll enjoy this story:
World's toughest fans
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posted on
05/08/2006 2:13:33 PM PDT
by
Cagey
(Doesn't play well with others)
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