Lucifer
06-26-2007, 09:11 AM
As he gets closer to the all-time home run record, Barry Bonds now apparently is in a giving mood.
This is not a big issue. The Hall of Fame has never made it a big issue. They've always been respectful and there's no reason for them not to be now. We haven't even talked face-to-face about it yet.
Barry Bonds, in interview with MLB.com
Bonds, who said in May he wasn't committed to donating to the Baseball Hall of Fame any equipment or game-worn items from his pursuit of Hank Aaron's home run record, changed his stance in an interview with MLB.com.
"All I want is the shoes, the bat, the jersey and the pants, and they can have everything else," Bonds told the Web site. "But I don't want to jump the gun about something that hasn't happened yet. It's something that will be considered. There's nothing that won't be considered. This is not a big issue. The Hall of Fame has never made it a big issue. They've always been respectful and there's no reason for them not to be now. We haven't even talked face-to-face about it yet."
MLB.com reported that a representative from the Hall of Fame is expected to meet with Bonds this week in San Francisco to discuss donating items to the museum.
Bonds, who has 749 career home runs, is six homers shy of tying Aaron's record of 755 career home runs.
In May, Bonds had a much different stance on donating items to the Hall of Fame.
"I'm not worried about the Hall," he said at the time. "I take care of me."
Around 35,000 artifacts are shown and stored at the museum, located in Cooperstown, N.Y., and about a dozen pertain to Bonds.
There is a bat from his rookie year and cleats from him becoming the first player in the 400-homer/400-steal club. Unsolicited, he sent the bat and ball from his 2,000th hit. A batting practice bat from the 2002 World Series was the last thing Bonds provided.
The most prized items of Bonds' career, the ones that fans would really want to see, are missing -- nothing directly from Bonds to highlight his 500th home run; ditto for homers 714 and 715, when he tied and passed Babe Ruth; same for anything tied to him topping Mark McGwire's single-season total of 70.
Bonds told MLB.com that most of the artifacts from his historic career are on display at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home.
"They're in cubicle things along the wall," Bonds said. "From each home run -- the shoes, the bats, the jersey and the pants -- they just go down the row. There's spaces right there for 755 and 756. I'll look at it for a while and I'll get tired of it. Eventually they're going to probably get all that, too. I'll just tell them to paint the wall and everything can go."
From ESPN.com http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2916743
Im glad that Barry's saying he'll give some more stuff to the Hall, but I don't think there's any reason that those balls should go in there. The record setting stuff, I think he has every right to keep, even tho he didn't earn it all imo!
This is not a big issue. The Hall of Fame has never made it a big issue. They've always been respectful and there's no reason for them not to be now. We haven't even talked face-to-face about it yet.
Barry Bonds, in interview with MLB.com
Bonds, who said in May he wasn't committed to donating to the Baseball Hall of Fame any equipment or game-worn items from his pursuit of Hank Aaron's home run record, changed his stance in an interview with MLB.com.
"All I want is the shoes, the bat, the jersey and the pants, and they can have everything else," Bonds told the Web site. "But I don't want to jump the gun about something that hasn't happened yet. It's something that will be considered. There's nothing that won't be considered. This is not a big issue. The Hall of Fame has never made it a big issue. They've always been respectful and there's no reason for them not to be now. We haven't even talked face-to-face about it yet."
MLB.com reported that a representative from the Hall of Fame is expected to meet with Bonds this week in San Francisco to discuss donating items to the museum.
Bonds, who has 749 career home runs, is six homers shy of tying Aaron's record of 755 career home runs.
In May, Bonds had a much different stance on donating items to the Hall of Fame.
"I'm not worried about the Hall," he said at the time. "I take care of me."
Around 35,000 artifacts are shown and stored at the museum, located in Cooperstown, N.Y., and about a dozen pertain to Bonds.
There is a bat from his rookie year and cleats from him becoming the first player in the 400-homer/400-steal club. Unsolicited, he sent the bat and ball from his 2,000th hit. A batting practice bat from the 2002 World Series was the last thing Bonds provided.
The most prized items of Bonds' career, the ones that fans would really want to see, are missing -- nothing directly from Bonds to highlight his 500th home run; ditto for homers 714 and 715, when he tied and passed Babe Ruth; same for anything tied to him topping Mark McGwire's single-season total of 70.
Bonds told MLB.com that most of the artifacts from his historic career are on display at his Beverly Hills, Calif., home.
"They're in cubicle things along the wall," Bonds said. "From each home run -- the shoes, the bats, the jersey and the pants -- they just go down the row. There's spaces right there for 755 and 756. I'll look at it for a while and I'll get tired of it. Eventually they're going to probably get all that, too. I'll just tell them to paint the wall and everything can go."
From ESPN.com http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2916743
Im glad that Barry's saying he'll give some more stuff to the Hall, but I don't think there's any reason that those balls should go in there. The record setting stuff, I think he has every right to keep, even tho he didn't earn it all imo!