Dan Gould Posted July 2, 2008 Report Share Posted July 2, 2008 Great news! According to MLB.com, the ball is in the possession of the Hall of Fame. The odyssey surrounding the ball hit by Barry Bonds for his record-breaking 756th homer last Aug. 7 at AT&T Park took another twist on Tuesday. It landed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame at 7:45 p.m. ET, replete with an asterisk cut out of the leather above the Major League Baseball imprint. And despite conflicting information issued by the Hall earlier in the day, the ball is now in possession of the red-bricked museum on Main Street in Cooperstown, N.Y., courtesy of designer Marc Ecko. It will be placed on display after the usual documentation process. "As we previously stated today, we are very happy to receive the baseball as a donation, and not as a loan, as previously declared by Mr. Ecko. We look forward to adding this ball to our permanent collections here in Cooperstown," Brad Horn, senior director for communications and education, said. And now, the Hall can do what they said they would do: Feature the "record breaking" ball in a display discussing the steroid era. Sometime in 2009, they can update the display to include the result of Bonds' perjury trial. And then, Barroid can decide whether or not to do what he threatened: boycott any HoF induction ceremony if the ball is on display with the asterisk. Is that not a win-win for darn near everybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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