Bonds: Hall a no go if ball has asterisk (will boycott Cooperstown, maybe)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_bonds_hall_of_fame;_ylt=AjrxG0PLHcnyRlqjDJgPs ^ | 11/2/7 | MIKE FITZPATRICK, AP Baseball Writer

[advertising guy]

I no more said that than Adam’s housecat
And I do not like those who assume the words I WROTE

how long has Bonds been suspected of illegal
drug use ?

days ? hours ? or years ?

years of course........did baseball do anything to stop his career ? No......why ?.....

if the Giants had made the World Series this year
would Bonds have played............YES

If the Giants had won the series and Bonds had hit two
homers would the WS have an asterick on it ? NO

[Trajan88]

now that’s a FAT head.

[Eric Blair 2084]

I sort of agree with you and was being sarcastic. Read what I wrote and get back to me.

[glorgau]

For eternity fathers will be explaining to their sons and daughters that Bonds was a cheater. Cool.

Sort of like kids asking "What's a Lewinski"?

[advertising guy]

done............after supper....lol

[glorgau]

And this years Gary Hart Stupidity Award goes to...

He's also getting the Ty Cobb Personality Award...

[advertising guy]

sittin here w/ my better three quarters...lol

Now I see the Bonds /ethiopean thing

also remember what owners / managers / and players saw YEARS before the problem was ever know to the public

we are reacting to the players, not the same quilty enablers

[Eric Blair 2084]

But what about the chilruns?

These players are their role models.

[wagglebee]

I have a feeling that if Bonds manages to get inducted into the Hall of Fame that there will be a whole bunch of future inductees who will refuse the honor.

[ReignOfError]

"There's no such thing as an asterisk in baseball."

Yeah, tell that to Roger (61*) Maris.

[advertising guy]

still gotta play the game to appreciate her....kids I mean

once a kid gets over bein ascared at the plate or a line drive at 1000 mph.....heros change.

The next generations of boys become men of great baseball

The game it’self ain’t tainted

[daviscupper]

Exactly!

[Eric Blair 2084]

Is that a Casey Stengel quote?

[advertising guy]

nah, I pulled it out my butt in all the passion

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"Matt Murphy, a 21-year-old student and construction supervisor from New York, emerged from a scuffle holding the ball. He said he decided to sell it because he couldn't afford to pay the taxes required to keep it."

Excuse my ignorance, but what the heck kinda taxes do you have to pay on a baseball that you catch in the stands?

[highball]

what the heck kinda taxes do you have to pay on a baseball that you catch in the stands?

He would have to pay tax on its presumptive worth. Just as if you found a million dollars lying in the street and nobody claimed it, you'd have to pay taxes on that million.

Most of the time we don't hear about this because the people who catch record baseballs can't wait to sell them. This is the first one I can remember who would rather have kept the ball than cash out.

[Red Badger]

I don’t think this will be a problem now.........

[Doomonyou]

I don’t think this will be a problem now.........

Mr. Bonds is in some deep kimchi.

The only way he gets in the hall is if he buys a ticket.

[Red Badger]

From what I’ve read in the past, I get the idea that he was not a “people” person.................

[Doomonyou]

I get the idea that he was not a “people” person.................

Being a long time Giants fan, I can say you're dead on! He's a surly moody bastard to the media after every game, unless he hit a couple homers, then he's a great interview.