Gilbert Still Wants to Save Barry's 756th

Remember how Gilbert Arenas said he wanted to save Barry Bonds' record-breaking home run ball from going into the Hall of Fame marked with an asterisk? Well, he's upping the ante ... by offering to give Marc Ecko Barry's 715th home run ball to top Babe Ruth. From Gil's blog:

I have a real big fan in Oakland who caught the 715 ball to beat Ruth. His name is Tom. Whenever we go West, he goes from city to city and travels to watch me play. He's been doing this since I came in the league. He goes to Portland, he goes to Seattle, Golden State, Lakers, Clippers ... he just drives and goes to all of them. Well Tom's brother caught the 715 ball. He said he would give me that ball for free so I could tell Marc Ecko that he can switch out No. 715 for No. 756 and he can mark up No. 715 or whatever he wants to do with that ball, as long as he gives me the 756 ball.

Apparently this Tom fella simply wants 20 pairs of Gil's new shoes in return, which makes me think he (or his brother, I guess) is getting the raw end of the deal. If that's not enough to convince Ecko, Gil also said he's willing to sit down and negotiate (presumably money, and not several thousands pairs of shoes). If he Gil was actually serious, I'm guessing he would have already initiated contact outside of a blog entry, but hey, it makes for good copy on a Monday afternoon, does it not?

Previously on FanHouse:
Gilbert Arenas Wants to Save the Bonds Ball