You’ve heard by now that famous hipster fashion dude Mark Ecko* bought the Bonds 756 ball, yes? And that Ecko is holding a poll to determine the fate of the ball? The choices: 1) Give it to Cooperstown. 2) Brand it with an asterisk. 3) Shoot it into space.
A space shot is intriguing, but I’d like a few more options. What say you? Get to it: the most creative entry that doesn’t include insertion into a bodily orifice wins an official El Lefty Malo Root Beer Cozy hand-knitted by my 92–year-old grandma.
* Maker of one of the most comfy pairs of shoes I’ve ever worn.
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PM UPDATE: Time for my fourth Challenge to the Giants: Pitch Scott Munter in every game the rest of the year. As you might know, Munter is one of my least favorite Giants. He has one pitch, a sinker, that often doesn’t sink, and he’s stunk nearly every game he’s pitched since his call-up. But the Giants don’t seem convinced. If the team needs to make absolutely sure that he sucks before removing him from the 40–man roster this winter, fine. Let him pitch in the next 12 games and prove it incontrovertibly so.
Previous challenge: win four of six from L.A. and make them memorable. That one is working out well, as the Giants took two of three from L.A. last weekend, and both wins were classics, to be known from here on out as the Ortmeier Walk-Off and the Durham Pinch-Homer games.
