Kiss it goodbye: Hall won't accept Bonds 756 ball

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Bonds record breaking ball not HOF bound.
Published 7/1/2008 by Billy Krumb at Clubhouse Cancer
... Some prissy little fashion designer named Marc Ecko has reneged on his promise to donate Barry Bonds’ 756th home run ball to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY. ...

UPDATE: Bonds record breaking ball now HOF bound.
Published 7/2/2008 by Billy Krumb at Clubhouse Cancer
... “The owner’s previous commitment to unconditionally donate the baseball has changed to a loan. As a result, the Hall of Fame will not be able to accept the baseball,” HOF spokesman Brad Horn said late Tuesday. ...

Sweeney "Forward Slash" Ball Also Headed To HOF
Published 7/2/2008 by Steve Sax (noreply@blogger.com) at Sons of Steve Garvey
... Hot off the news of Barry Bonds' "asterisk" ball finally becoming donated to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Fred Comstock has announced that he will be donating Mark Sweeney's "forward slash" ball to the Hall of Fame as well. ...

Even with asterisk, Bonds ball makes into the Hall
Published 7/2/2008 by Tony Baldwin at Inside The Ballpark - Baseball Humor Blog
... Should the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown really have a baseball with an asterisk branded on it in its collection? Probably not. However, the Hall has chosen to accept a donation from Mark Ecko and the Barry Bonds baseball, which broke the MLB record for career home runs, now has a place that all fans can see it. The question now… will Bonds ever be inducted into the Hall of Fame or will it just be his record breaking baseball resting alone? ...

Bonds Ball to Make it to the Hall - Good Call?
Published 7/3/2008 by BSBuzz@gmail.com (Boston Sports Buzz) at Boston Sports Buzz - Red Sox Patriots Celtics Bruins MLB NFL NBA NHL Baseball Football Basketball...
... After a great deal of debate that was matched only by the amount of controversy surrounding the actual breaking of Hank Aaron's previous record of 755 career home runs, Barry Bonds' 756th career home run ball will finally be entered into the Baseball Hall of Fame. ...

Blog Kiosk 7/6/2008
Published 7/6/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (ernest) at Blue Heaven
... Barry Bonds homerun ball #756 that was branded with an asterisk by designer Ecko has finally made it into the Hall of Fame. ESPN has the full background story of the negotiations between the Hall and Ecko. ...