Barry Bonds*

Talk about a true fan of the game, in a last ditch effort to perserve the integity of the game the man who bought Barry Bond's record setting homerun ball is willing to donote the ball to the Baseball Hall of Fame to go on display as long as he first engraves an asterik into the ball. Obviously this gesture would solely be meant as a dig at Bonds and perpetuates the idea that because he allegedly used steroids then he should have an asterik next to his name in the record books. I must applaud this move. It takes guts to come out with a statement like that, and this mans comments havent fallen on deaf ears. Even Bonds was compelled to comment saying in a recent interview that he would boycott his own induction ceremony into the Baseball Hall of Fame if they displayed his ball with an engraved asterik. This man speaks for millions of us who cannot be heard and vilify Bonds and other cheaters for jeaperdizing the integrity of America's pasttime. His bravery and brash comments are something to be admired. Somebody needed to say something, after all, Babe Ruth made his records on hotdogs and beer not "the cream" and "the clear".