Gilbert Arenas Wants to Save the Bonds Ball

Not to be outdone in anything by anyone, Gilbert Arenas is now angling to get involved in the Barry Bonds ball controversy. How? He wants to take this controversial bit of memorabilia off of Marc Ecko's hands and keep it pristine. From D.C. Sports Bog:

"It's history," Gil began. "It's still history. I mean, the guy's a man before he's some big slugger. I mean, how you just going to take what this man's done for his career and, as another man, say 'Hey, you were accused of this, you allegedly did this, I want to take this away from you.' I mean, what if we took away your Ecko company?

Arenas says he'll offer $800,000, which would mean a $50,000 profit for Ecko. Plus he "really wants it," while the designer is just trying to prove a point. Oh, and he's afraid that this is a slippery slope; if, say, they made hyperbaric chambers illegal, someone might want to deface the shoes Arenas wore when he dropped 60 on the Lakers.

Also, the NBA's premier entertainer has vowed to stop himself before saying anything controversial, and instead let loose with the Vonage song. Just another day in Arenasland.

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9-28-2007 @ 4:21PM

PHZ-Sicks said...

Great man and great player. Can't wait to see him play against Lithuania.

9-28-2007 @ 4:40PM

Panger said...

I love him for this. The asterisk is wrong for Cooperstown.

9-28-2007 @ 5:32PM

B.R.V. said...

THANK YOU GILBERT ARENAS, THE ONLY QUESTION IS WILL ECKO HAVE ENOUGH CLASS TO SELL YOU THE BALL AND DO THE RIGHT THING. THE BALL BELONGS IN THE HALL OF FAME IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND NOT DEFACED BY SOME FOOLISH ASTERICK. ECKO'S MOTIVES ARE SELF SERVING AND MISGUIDED, HOW DARE HE INTERJECT HIMSELF AND TURN HISTORY INTO SOME SILLY INTERNET POPULARITY CONTEST. BARRY BONDS HAS NEVER FAILED A DRUG TEST OR HAS BEEN PROVEN GUILTY OF ANYTHING YET, ECKO WANTS TO DESTROY HISTORY BASED ON ALLEGATION AND INUENDO. IT SOUNDS LIKE HE JUST HAS A PERSONAL, DEEP SEEDED DISLIKE FOR MR. BONDS. IF HE DECIDES TO DEFACE THE BALL WITH AN ASTERICK IT WILL BE DESTROYED FOREVER, WITH HIS NAME FOREVER ATTATCHED TO BASEBALL HISTORY IN A VERY BIZARRE WAY. I THINK THAT IS HIS REAL MOTIVE. BIG THUMBS UP GILBERT, MUCH RESPECT, I APPRECIATE YOUR STEPPING UP AND TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

9-28-2007 @ 6:23PM

robert said...

get rid of that dam ball send it to space and let it burn up on reentry just like bonds

9-28-2007 @ 6:34PM

Greg said...

Hey B.R.V.,

He may not have failed a drug test, but he has admitted using performance enhancing drugs. He just maintains it was an accident. I know, I hate when I accidentally take steroids, happens all the time.

9-28-2007 @ 6:49PM

JOEY said...

ASTERICK THE BALL PERIOD! END OF STORY!

10-04-2007 @ 8:21AM

Terry said...

Arenas is an idiot just like Bonds! Let's send the ball, Arenas and Bonds into deep outer space!

9-28-2007 @ 6:56PM

danny said...

I say blow the ball up

9-28-2007 @ 7:19PM

Gary said...

Put a big ASTERISK you cant take off so everyone who visits Cooperstown sees it!

9-28-2007 @ 7:29PM

If Bonds' ball gets an asterisk, there are scores of other balls in the HOF that deserve the same branding. Pick one, pick all.

9-28-2007 @ 7:36PM

disc1doctor said...

It's mostly white people complaining about Barry Bonds! He NEVER test positive but they still HATE!They're just jealous because a Black man sits on top of another history setting sports record!! Mark Mcguire was tested positive for steriods and was laughed out of baseball!! Don't forget ignorant fools... who CREATED STERIODS in the first place??? ummhh...........

9-29-2007 @ 3:49PM

mastroauctions said...

Are you an idiot? He HAS admitted to doing ateroids, AND he failed an amphetamines test last year you dope.

9-28-2007 @ 7:41PM

Idiot. Hank Aaron is black.

I say blow Barry Bonds up and all the blind racist black men in here.

9-28-2007 @ 8:00PM

Donald Crosby said...

"N4ever failed a drug test?" Neither has Marion Jones. It would be a shame to waste all that money on designer drugs that can't be detected!

9-28-2007 @ 8:17PM

GUS said...

Marc Ecko has done what Bud Selig has been afraid to do. He has brought this issue to the forefront.
He did a great service, at his own expense mind you, to baseball fans everywhere.
To those who say this is a racist issue, I am speechless.
Hank Aaron, took so much abuse while chasing Ruth's record that it gave him ulcers, he recieved death threats and he said he didn't enjoy a minute of it.
Mr Aaron is the true home run king in baseball. All races, most importantly those of color, should gaurd his record with pride and fire.
If you truely want to protect and defend because of race, where is your loyalty to MR. Aaron? All the things he went through simply because of his race and you are willing to push him aside.
It's a shame...a dirty rotten shame.
I apologize for us all Mr. Aaron

9-28-2007 @ 9:08PM

Barabbas said...

Agent Zero, I had some respect for you as a ball player. But with this recent gesture, to purchase the home run ball, my respect for you as a person has increased exponentially!

You the Man, do the right thing!

9-28-2007 @ 9:11PM

Jon said...

It is no coincidence that part of the Ecko Unltd Brand logo is an asterisk. This is nothing more than a publicity stunt dressed up to be some crusade against pro athletes' steroid use. Marc Ecko should be ashamed of himself.

9-28-2007 @ 11:28PM

tim said...

Don't apologize to Mr. Aaron for me...........

9-29-2007 @ 12:08AM

George B Vieto said...

Gilbert buy the baseball and get rid of the that asterik on that baseball that is going to Cooperstown. The baseball Hall Of Fame has had its share of players whose character was shady.

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