The Fate of Bonds' 756th Home Run Ball

Fashion designer Mark Ecko purchased it and then he let the public decide what to do with it.

It'll be going to Cooperstown, but not before being branded with an asterisk.

It's been a long, strange trip to get there, but the public will be able to see it.

And, if it turns out that Barry used steroids, as many fans believe he did (er, does), the asterisk will make it that much more appropriate.

Prepare for an Awesomely Bad 80's Reference. . .

Few people watched the 1980's sitcom Charles in Charge with the devotion I did when I was younger. I even enjoyed watching the syndicated reruns until Willie Ames became a born-again Christian and turned his back on the tidy little royalty check that syndication ad nauseum would provide for him.

With Scott Baio on TV on VH1's Scott Baio is 40 and Single. . . and a recent Low Concept column online in Slate, this seemed like the perfect time to break out my massive trivial knowledge and random-recall by referencing the episode from the first season (you know, the one where the family had two sons and a daughter) where the elder son was developing his business concept "greeting cards for difficult occasions" . . . well, Low Concept has a few of their own.

Since this is a sports blog, and I rarely have anything productive to add, this is my contribution today: