OK, everyone knows that Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron's career home run record with an August dinger off Washington's Mike Bacsik. It's pretty much the only certainty surrounding the record, with baseball talking heads debating Bonds' "cleanliness."
We're well aware that MAKE PLAYS isn't bringing anything new to the table right here, and no one cares about our opinion anyway, so let's just cut to the chase.
Fashion designer Marc Ecko today announced that he was the winning bidder for the famous ball, shelling out more than $750,000 for it -- much more than the predicted value.
But Ecko's ulterior motives may have pushed him to spend the extra dough. Finally, the fans' opinion of Bonds is going to matter in the long run.
Ecko has set up a Web site, Vote756.com, to allow fans to vote on exactly what will happen to the ball, presenting visitors with three options.
We personally like No. 2, but we're glad in general that Ecko has decided to do something cool with his purchase.
