OK, so there are still 16 days left in the battle to win Barry Bonds' steroids-tainted record ball from Sotheby's Auctions, but Darren Rovell notes an extremely interesting development in the sell-off: no one -- not one person -- has listed a bid yet. Matt Murphy had a chance to sell the ball for $500,000 outright, the real-world equivalent of Ebay's "But It Now" feature. It's looking more and more like Murphy should have taken the bait; with a starting bid of $100,000, and no one driving the price up at all in the first few days, Murphy could be cashing in on considerably less than half a mil. Ouch.
Sure, we all expected the Bonds ball to be held in disregard, but did anyone think it would get the toxic treatment? Plenty of people seem disgusted with Bonds, but plenty of people seem apathetic too. There's no one in the Bay Area interested? No money where the keys to the city are?

















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8-30-2007 @ 2:03AM
Earle Kruggel said...
I think the "getting no bids" is just great !! Hank Aaron is my favorite by far. Nothing phony about Hank !! They ought to give the ball to bonds and tell him to keep it................
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8-30-2007 @ 9:18AM
frank said...
The ball and record are tainted, but the numbers will be recorded, they talk of the integrity of the game, thats a joke, an owner as commissioner?? the owners all knew of the steroids, and endorsed it to fill the stands, none of them should go to the hall of fame either, its all a joke, a joke on the youth of America. Frank from Ny
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8-30-2007 @ 10:25AM
JAES said...
No one bidding for the Bond's ball? Doesn't that just break your heart? Of all the historic baseballs that have been caught in the stands, this poor bastard gets the paria of baseballs. Maybe there is something wrong with the ball. Maybe there is lotion all over it! Maybe if you rub it long enough, it will grow like Bonds' head and feet.
BONDS, TAKE THE HINT. GET OUT OF THE GAME! FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, DO THE RIGHT THING! GET OUT!
That's the difference between Bonds, Sosa, and McGuire. McGuire got out of the game before he became the embarrassment that Bonds and Sosa have become. An embarrassment to the game, their race, and this nation. What are you going for now, Bonds, Sadaharu Oh's record? You think that anyone will give a shit about that ball either?
Boycott the Big 3! Boycott MLB and NFL on 09/16/07 and the NBA on 11/04/07. Send a message to the owners to get the criminals out of the game. OUT OF OUR GAME!
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8-30-2007 @ 11:34AM
mackredditt said...
Its really sad that you white people are so racist and so small minded to deny this man Mr.Bonds his due respect because he won the record. Everyone knows that Bonds does not need any steroids to win any title,the man is just better than anybody else at what he does. There is not 1 shred of evidence that proves Mr.Bonds took steroids,because he did not.White people still have the same mentality today as they did when Jackie Robinson took over baseball 60 years ago. Your racist mind is what is still the problem today;If that ball belonged to Mark Mcguire or Babe Ruth it would be worth 5 million dollars. I bid 10 million dollars for Mr. Bonds homerun ball. God in Heaven bids 20 million for Mr. Bonds homerun record ball. 33 years and no one could break Hank Arons record.!!! The universal law says that you are innocent until proven guilty. The only guilty people are those that still find reasons to hate and lie and forget that without the black man there would be no Europe and without Europe there would be no America. You people need to learn some respect for Gods people.
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8-30-2007 @ 11:40AM
jtschmidt19 said...
Mack,
If your theory is corrent, than there would be no white bidders for the ball, but that there should be plenty of black sports collectors interested and bidding on the ball. The fact that there are NO bids at all shows that NOBODY gives a crap about Bonds.
If this was Griffey, A-Rod or another respected player--of any race--there would be interest in the ball and celebration of the record.
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8-30-2007 @ 11:43AM
jerry said...
I wouldn't give two cents for that ball! But someone will pony up for sure, it is part of history tainted or not.
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8-30-2007 @ 12:27PM
mackredditt said...
No one has made a bid for the ball because white people have tainted it with their lies and deceptions,where is the proof that he took steroids,there is none,period,grow up folks. In Europe black men and women had to teach white people how to wash and keep themselves clean because in Europe in 800 AD bathing and washing the body was not done by any of the people until the black moors came into town and civilized europe. This is in your own history books,it tells that black people civilized europe by putting in the 1st schools and colleges and teaching white people how to wash their dirty bodies.
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8-30-2007 @ 12:30PM
me64250 said...
No bids, no problem.. The ball will probably go back to Mr. Bonds, where it belongs & not in some collector's hands. (Black, White, Asian, Latino, etc) Mr. Bonds achievement in some people's small minds is tainted, but his superior hand & eye coordination has made him the most feared hitter in baseball history! No amount of performance enhancing drugs can make you hit a baseball for a home run. If you took one of those blatant users of steroids, the World Wrestling Federation, or whatever they are calling themselves today, a bat & told them to try to hit a homerun, me thinks they could'nt. Save your poisonious comments for Roger Clemens who has all but avoided the steroid issue, but we all know better........ A message to Mr. Bonds, "Keep doing your thing for as long as you can".
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8-30-2007 @ 12:33PM
Denise said...
WHO WANTS A STEROIDAL BALL?
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8-30-2007 @ 12:37PM
DK said...
It's so sad you have to pull out the race card Mack. Disregard the fact that others have stated their admiration for Hank Aaron. You, sir, are the racist, as is anyone that uses the race card to cover up illegalities.
I mean, is it ok that Michael Vick was killing dogs? Maybe it's ok that OJ murdered his wife? Let's face it, no matter of color, those actions are not acceptable, nor is someone that breaks records unfairly, like Bonds.
Your comments are immature and ignorant, and I'd suggest you find a culture that best suits you and your beliefs. If you must view everything as color, then you are the racist, and perhaps should look at heading to a county/continent that best suits your colored views.
Adios.
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8-30-2007 @ 12:46PM
Eddie Cerino said...
Race is not a issue in why many of us are not interested in bonds record. He is a admitted liar and cheat in the game of life , so my guess is he also cheats in a game. How could any top tier player say he does not know what drugs that is putting in his body.
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8-30-2007 @ 12:46PM
OhHenry said...
Thank you DK.
I don't understand how one black man beating another black man's record by cheating, can be a thing of admiration to the black community. Hank Aaron was a class act. He actually did experience racism as he persued Babe Ruth's record. If the black community needs heroes I think he is a great one.
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8-30-2007 @ 1:29PM
mackredditt said...
No one has made a bid for the ball because white people have tainted it with their lies and deceptions. Where is the proof? Innocent until proven guilty. Barry Bonds record is as clear as glass and it is the best record there is and he has never taken steroids. God knows the truth.
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8-30-2007 @ 2:05PM
mackredditt said...
Prove Barry Bonds took steroids. Proof!! Proof!! Proof!! His own trainer is still sitting in Jail after 6 months and he still says Bonds never took steroids and yet some idiots keep trying to make him say he did. Gestapo Mafia Nazis Idiots
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8-30-2007 @ 2:57PM
tony said...
If I am playing cards and an opponent lays down the ace of spades I am not playing the card. I am aknowledging the card on the table.
Mack did not play the race card. He simply pointed out the card on the table.
Bonds is ostracized for a. Being African-American b. Not being a media puppet.
The guy is the best home run hitter EVER. He also was, in his prime, an amazing outfielder and great base stealer.
Give the guy some credit. And recognize the cards on the table`
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8-30-2007 @ 5:37PM
BUD said...
HEY MACKREDDITT yourethe reason the N----- word is still used you say it all, youre type with the race card, go climb in a tree.
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8-30-2007 @ 6:17PM
Kevin said...
First of all Barry Bonds may actually be the greatest hitter to ever play the game, notice I said may because you just don't know what his #'s would be without performance enhancing drugs. Also I don't believe this is a race issue or McGuire would be in the hall of fame. Lastly to everyone that says they want proof HE HIMSELF told a federal grand jury that he "unknowingly used performance enhancing drugs". If thats not proof I don't know what is. I have always liked Barry Bonds, and I loved watching him break that record , but facts are facts. Besides 60-70% of the pitchers he faced probably took them as well.
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8-30-2007 @ 6:24PM
BRIAN said...
Black or white ! It doesn't matter, the game is tainted with drugs today! It was more exciting when Hank did it !!....
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9-01-2007 @ 5:06PM
mackredditt said...
If bonds said he unknowingly took enhancements that means he did not know what it was if he took it,he did not say he took drugs he said "if he took enhancement drugs he did not know he was taking drugs,in other words he did not take it knowing what it is or with the intention to improve his proformance meaning someone else gave him drugs without his knowledge of knowing what it was. No steroids have ever been found in Mr. Bonds body. Bonds would never do that because he never had to, if Bonds took drugs than someone else gave it to him without his knowledge,because he does not use drugs. Thats what he meant by his statement he did not knowingly take drugs,in other words someone slipped him a micky underhandedly with the malicous intent to hurt his reputation. No drugs have ever been found in his body. How many times was the drug given to him to take without him knowing what it was. Not one trace of evidence is here about this; his body is clean. Willie Mays and Bobby Bonds are the only enhancements that he has used,their coaching has made him the Best player in the came,not drugs.
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9-01-2007 @ 10:48AM
mhlime said...
Update: currently there are 7 bids - highest bid $177,156 http://301url.com/Bonds756
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