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MLB Chief Weighs Pardon for Pete Rose

Matt Cantor — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:42:43 CDT

Pete Rose may yet have a shot at baseball’s Hall of Fame: Commissioner Bud Selig is weighing ending Rose’s lifetime ban for gambling on the sport, the New York Daily News reports. Hank Aaron, whose opinion counts heavily with Selig, told reporters over the weekend he’d like to see Rose...

Aaron: Let Bonds Keep Record

Kevin Spak — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:45:02 CST

Maybe you think Bud Selig ought to void Barry Bonds’ chemically-bolstered home run record, but Hank Aaron does not. “I just don’t see how you really can do a thing like that,” the former, and just maybe future, home-run king told Terence Moore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It belongs to...

Bonds: It's Ball* or Me* in HOF

Katherine Thompson — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:10:27 CDT

Barry Bonds won't show up for his own induction if the Baseball Hall of Fame exhibits his record-breaking No. 756 ball with an asterisk, he said in a TV interview last night. "There's no such thing as an asterisk in baseball," the slugger complained, arguing that people shouldn't be allowed...

Bonds' 756 Ball Headed to Hall*

Kevin Spak — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:08:13 CDT

Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run ball will be branded with the asterisk many fans think his record deserves. Fans decided the ball's fate after fashion designer Marc Ecko bought the ball for $752,467, and put it up for vote. The asterisk won out over sending the ball to...

Bonds' #756 Ball Fetches $752K

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:25:05 CDT

Barry Bonds beat expectations again, as his record-breaking ball sold for well above industry estimates. Bonds’ 756th homerun ball netted $752,467, while the ball that helped him tie Hank Aaron’s career record sold for $186,750. Some naysayers thought Bonds’ steroid scandal and sharp personality would dampen demand, the...

Bonds Plans to Check Out After 2008 Season

Joseph Fasano — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:51:09 CDT

Baseball's controversial new home run king will likely pack it in after the 2008 season. Barry Bonds, who passed Hank Aaron's mark of 755 career home runs last week, said he hopes to keep slugging only one more year and try to reach his remaining goals--3,000 hits and a...

Bush Gets a Line on Bonds

Heather McPherson — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:14:37 CDT

Barry Bonds took 21 years to set the career home run record, so the half-day delay in President Bush's congratulatory phone call probably seems like the blink of an eye. The call went out from the White House this afternoon, the Chicago Tribune reports, and Tony Snow attributed the delay...

Rookie Upton Dazzles in AZ Loss

Jesse Andrews — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:49:04 CDT

In his first home game, soon-to-be-20 Justin Upton tripled, homered, and doubled, before narrowly grounding out in the 9th to miss the cycle. All told, he had three of the four hits against a resurgent Tom Gorzelanny, the young Pirates ace who had stumbled in his last three outings but...

756*

Greg Atwan — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:23:31 CDT

Barry Bonds became Major League Baseball's all-time leading home run hitter last night, brushing aside Hank Aaron's vaunted record with a 435-foot solo shot to right center in the bottom of the 5th. Bonds 756th came off a 3-2 pitch from Nats starter Mike Bacsik—whose father denied Aaron his...