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:

Winning, Losing and How to Play the Game

So I'm not an armchair athlete like a lot of folks, but even I get bored with the commentary nowadays.

We have two landmark home-run numbers on our minds this week - Barry Bonds is two away from being tied with Hank Aaron and Alex Rodriguez (who is the poster-boy for the term "Diva") is one away from 500. If he hits his 500th tonight, he'll be the first player to hit 500 homers before his 32nd birthday.

We've also had the disgrace that is the Philadelphia Phillies reach the nadir of accomplishment by becoming the first team in sports history to have lost 10,000 games. Pathetic.

August is right around the corner, which means football season is on its merry way. . .between that and the Yankees' better prospects for making the playoffs, I'd better get a new hobby.

In Retrospect. . .

. . . my first post seems entirely inappropriate in light of what was to happen that day.

However, regardless of the tragedy involved, I stand by my assessment of the pitching staff. It needs gutting.

Trade A-Rod, Release Sheffield and Gut the Pitching Staff!

The guys at work and I were discussing what was wrong with this year's Yankee team and it came back to PITCHING.

We agree that we have the Offense. Especially with the younger players like Melky Cabrera, Robinson Cano, Nick Green, Aaron Guiel and Andy Phillips who came in when Sheffield and Matsui were injured.

We agree that Giambi is falling apart and that The Unit's off-season surgery will determine whether or not he's worth his pricetag when Spring Training comes around.

And, lastly, we love Joe Torre and want to see him end his contract with dignity, even if we don't agree with or are confused by many of his decisions leading up to this postseason . . . I mean, Gary Sheffield at First Base????

It kind of makes you wonder if the Skipper is losing his touch, despite the winningest record in the American League. This season was ugly; we can only pray that next year gets real pretty real fast.

Kim Jones Knowingly Refers To Johnny Damon's DNA, Hand

She seems excited by all this.

Chu-Chu Rocket Commercial

The Japanese are insane. Period.

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