Bonds says he'll boycott the HOF...

[HollywoodLeo]

...if they display his HR ball with the asterisk.

ESPN - Bonds will boycott Hall of Fame if ball has asterisk - MLB

NEW YORK -- Barry Bonds would boycott Cooperstown if the Hall of Fame displays his record-breaking home run ball with an asterisk.
Bonds

That includes skipping his potential induction ceremony.
"I won't go. I won't be part of it," Bonds said in an interview with MSNBC that aired Thursday night. "You can call me, but I won't be there."
The ball Bonds hit for home run No. 756 this season will be branded with an asterisk and sent to the Hall. Fashion designer Marc Ecko bought the ball in an online auction and set up a Web site for fans to vote on its fate. In late September, he announced fans voted to send the ball to Cooperstown with an asterisk.
Of course, the asterisk suggests Bonds' record is tainted by alleged steroid use. The slugger has denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. Fans brought signs with asterisks to ballparks this season as he neared Hank Aaron's career home run mark.
Bonds has called Ecko "an idiot."

[DirtyKash]

Dumbass.

He's only giving people what they want.

[HollywoodLeo]

good riddance.

[love_that_reefer]

How can you blame him?

[Halladay_is_God]

good riddance.

I 2nd that

[HollywoodLeo]

How can you blame him?

What are they supposed to do, though?

Not display a vital piece of baseball history?

It's not Cooperstown's fault the guy who caught the ball chose to brand it with an asterisk.

Besides, as DK plagiarized, Bonds is only giving his critics exactly what they want by doing that.

[browntown653]

That way when he doesn't get in on the first ballot, he can say reporters knew he was boycotting.

[love_that_reefer]

Listen Bonds will get in on a first ballot. What are they supposed to do? Exactly that, display the ball. What is Bonds going to do? Exactly what he said, not take any part of it. Would you honestly go if your one prized piece of memorabilia is vandalized? His career is sure to be done so who gives a **** about his critics. He doesn't so why should anyone else? I can't blame him for not wanting to go. This is in five years so he will have a chance to think about it.

[browntown653]

I was joking, but I still don't think he will get on the first ballot.

And as much as I hate to say this, the ball shouldn't go into Cooperstown with an asterisk on it. I have my opinions and they are very strong, but let people form their own opinions.

[Lance324]

This could have all been prevented had Bonds purchased the baseball himself. It's not like he doesn't have the money. Bonds has tainted his career enough himself without the need of the asterisk on the baseball. I really don't care what Bonds does, so long as I don't have to hear about him anymore. I wish that he, Curt Schilling, and Roger Clemens would just go away so that we can all enjoy baseball without them competing to be the center of attention. Then Arod can be the sole holder of that job.

[HollywoodLeo]

Listen Bonds will get in on a first ballot. What are they supposed to do? Exactly that, display the ball. What is Bonds going to do? Exactly what he said, not take any part of it. Would you honestly go if your one prized piece of memorabilia is vandalized? His career is sure to be done so who gives a **** about his critics. He doesn't so why should anyone else? I can't blame him for not wanting to go. This is in five years so he will have a chance to think about it.

If it were me I wouldn't let a silly thing like my pride stop me from being enshrined in baseball immortality.

And, no, I don't blame him for being a bit perturbed about it, but I figured I should point out that it's not, exactly, Cooperstown's fault.

And, since it isn't, why boycott them?

[A'sDiehard]

*yawn*