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Barry Bonds blasts ball-buyer's blatant bashing of broken benchmark.
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SF Chronicle: Bonds’ Ecko: ‘stupid’
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Bonds calls Ecko stupid, agreement ensues
Construda — Barry Bonds spoke some choice words on Tuesday for Mark Ecko, the fashion designer who bought the slugger's record-setting 756 home run ball. "He's stupid. He's an idiot," Bonds said. "He spent $750,000 on the ball and that's what he's doing with it? What he's doing is stupid." Ecko set up a Webpage for voters to decide what to do with the baseball. The options are to send it to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY; brand the ball with an asterisk then send it to Cooperstown; or send it into space as symbolism for "out of sight, out of mind." I agree with Bonds. While the clothes designer may have the $750,000 to burn without second thought, what's troubling is that he's trying to democratize this debate when there are more factors involved than just steroids. Ecko claims on ...

Barry Bonds on Marc Ecko: 'He's an Idiot'
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Barry Bonds on Marc Ecko: "He's Stupid. He's An Idiot."
FanIQ Blog — ... Bonds' Ecko: 'stupid' (SF GATE)

Barry Bonds and I: total agreement
Morning Buzz — ... . S.F. Chronicle got this from the man about the ball being auctioned and possibly being ...

Ecko : I’ve Got A XXXL Tee For Barry
Can't Stop The Bleeding — ... On Tuesday, Bonds labeled Ecko as “stupid” and “an idiot” for his voting scheme. ...

Our bestest buddy and big toe, Barry Bonds, goes roid rage over 756 ball
Steroid Nation — ... Sounds like Barry Bonds became enraged over Marc Ecko's Internet vote on whether to asterisk or asteroid the home run #756 ball.  From the SF Chronicle: ...

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Barry Bonds on Marc Ecko: 'He's an Idiot'
sports.aol.com 9/19/2007 — Filed under: Giants , NL West , MLB Fans , San Francisco , Featured Stories , The Word As we told you about earlier on FanHouse , designer Marc Ecko bought the ball Barry Bonds hit #756 with for $750,000. Now he's put up a survey at Vote756.com ...