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1	Chicago Cubs	76	48	.613	C1
2	New York Mets	68	57	.544	E1
3T	Arizona	64	60	.516	W1
3T	Los Angeles Dodgers	64	60	.516	W1
5	Milwaukee	72	54	.571	C2
6	St. Louis	70	57	.551	C3
7	Philadelphia	66	58	.532	E2
8	Florida	64	61	.512	E3
9	Houston	63	62	.504	C4
10	Colorado	57	69	.452	W3
11T	Pittsburgh	56	69	.448	C5
11T	Atlanta	56	69	.448	E4
13	Cincinnati	55	70	.44	C6
14	San Francisco	53	71	.427	W4
15	San Diego	48	76	.387	W5
16	Washington	44	81	.352	E5

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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	76	47	.618	W1
2	Tampa Bay	76	48	.613	E1
3	Chicago White Sox	71	53	.573	C1
4	Boston	72	53	.576	E2
5	Minnesota	70	54	.565	C2
6	New York Yankees	66	58	.532	E3
7	Toronto	64	60	.516	E4
8	Texas	62	64	.492	W2
9	Detroit	61	64	.488	C3
10	Baltimore	60	64	.484	E5
11	Oakland	57	67	.46	W3
12	Cleveland	56	67	.455	C4
13	Kansas City	55	69	.444	C5
14	Seattle	46	78	.371	W4

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2007-09-26 07:37

by Bob Timmermann

Mark Ecko, the fashion designer who owns Barry Bonds record-setting 756th home run ball, has said that the people have spoken and they want the ball branded with an asterisk and then presented to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ecko claimed there were over 10 million votes and 47% chose the branding option.

In the linked MLB.com story, the Hall of Fame said they would be happy to accept the ball in whatever condition it arrived.

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Comments

2007-09-26 08:40:05

1. mbtn01

I'm in complete agreement with Barry Bonds: This guy is an idiot.

2007-09-26 09:19:42

2. Slikk

I thought this was a fun thing to do. Groundbreaking and a smart way to immortalize yourself. And I love the decision!

2007-09-26 09:20:31

3. be2ween

1 He may be an idiot, but the people have spoken.

He has polemical capital and he's going to use it.

2007-09-26 09:35:25

4. snydes

bonds should pull an o.j. and try to get the ball back.

2007-09-26 10:54:55

5. Ali Nagib

I actually think that this makes more sense than putting an asterisk in the "Record Book" (as if that had any practical meaning). We're talking about a museum here, and Ecko is clearly making an artistic expression, no matter how douchey some may find him. Museums and artists should generally have at least some passing respect for each other, and leave it up to the future visitors to Cooperstown to decide whether anyone involved in this whole mess should take this title away from John Edwards (not the former Senator).

http://tinyurl.com/2hr478

2007-09-26 11:38:48

6. mehmattski

Can we go back and put asterisks on the plaques of anyone suspected of using a spitball or greenies?

2007-09-26 12:54:48

7. Ali Nagib

6 - I didn't make this clear before, but I think that the distinction between "The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum" being two different things is important. The Plaque Gallery, representing the players that have been inducted, is separate from the rest of the museum, which is about representing all of baseball history, of which this entire episode is clearly a part. Barry Bonds's plaque shouldn't have an asterisk, but if the ball happens to have one when they get their hands on it, it just adds to the historical context, which is what museums are all about.

2007-09-26 12:57:18

8. Suffering Bruin

I don't know Mark Ecko. I've never heard of Mark Ecko before today.

I would like to buy Mark Ecko a very expensive drink. He is articulating my sentiments exactly. During this entire steroid crisis--and a crisis it was--every aspect of the game failed the fans; administration, players, players union, press, you name it. All got failing grades.

The worst thing you can do to a work of art is deface it. It's an awful sign of disrespect and in this case entirely appropriate. When my son and I go to Cooperstown one day, he'll ask me about the mark and I'll be happy to answer. I only hope baseball has the courage to make sure the mark is as prominently displayed as the ball. My favorite baseball author, Bill James, said we need to forgive. Noble as that may be, there is no reason to forget, particularly when so many seem to want to ignore the whole thing even happened. The ball will remind us forever about this despicable time and what better place for it to be than in the game's most hallowed ground.

History is the most interesting thing about baseball; it's still what it has over the other sports. It needs to own this history. We all do.

2007-09-26 14:06:46

9. Raf

4 Thanks for the laugh.

8 You've never heard of him? No "urbanwear" where you live?

2007-09-26 15:05:07

10. Suffering Bruin

9 When I asked my students to define a work or situation as tragic, they said "Mr. Landon is tragically unhip!"

It was to laugh.

2007-09-26 17:07:01

11. grandcosmo

>>>>He may be an idiot, but the people have spoken.

Then the people are idiots.

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