Mitchell Report Backlash: a Black vs. White thing?

Mitchell Report

Anyone who knows the national sports scene, knows Dan Le Batard. He is a writer for the Miami Herald and is on PTI when one of those guys needs a break. So, I am sitting here working the all-night study session for Calculus II, and I put on his show today in the background. Dan sat down with Bob Ryan from the Boston Globe - and together they made a great point.

Yeah, yeah - by now, anyone who has ever even read the sports page while crapping, has looked at the Mitchell Report, but the question remains…what now? Bob and Dan asked, what about Clemens and whether the media with go after him like Bonds? The media crucified Barry Bonds (we’ll all concede, he is black guy), and there was mild attack on the leak that Roger Clemens (white dude…agreed) was on the list but not a lot of press. Is there a double standard or is it just the Barry has been a douche to the media? Read More »

Barry Bonds Record Home Run Ball*

Barry Bonds

The public has spoken! Last week Barry Bonds called Marc Ecko an “idiot” for letting the fans decide the fate of his 756th home run ball. Well, we did decide and now the $700,000 baseball artifact will be shipped to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY with a big old asterisk branded on it!

Like many baseball-loving Americans I think Bonds, and not Ecko, should feel like the real idiot here. He broke one of the most coveted records in sports while cheating and now we will forever make note of that. You can’t beat that with a bat.

Marc Ecko Asks the Fans to Decide Fate of Barry Bonds’ #756 Home Run Ball

Marc Ecko Barry Bonds 756

When a baseball legend breaks a historic record it’s standard for the memorabilia to go into private collection or more appropriately be donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Here, like priceless works of art, the piece of memorabilia will be kept in clean room like conditions in order to maintain the integrity and value while showcasing it to the public. Read More »