Marc Ecko and the $750,000 Bad Idea
12 Comments Published by travis September 18th, 2007 in Sports, Uncategorized. Share ThisMarc Ecko, the man behind the Ecko line of overly baggy shirts featuring rhinos and other random graffiti crap, purchased the Barry Bonds record-breaking home run ball for $750,000. He appeared on the Today show yesterday to inform the world what he was planning on doing with the ball.
Fashion designer Marc Ecko is allowing Internet users to vote to either give the ball to the Hall of Fame, brand it with an asterisk before sending it to the Cooperstown (N.Y.) museum or place it in a rocket ship and launch it into space.
Pardon me for injecting my own opinion into the matter, but if you blast the ball into space, you should be trampled by a fucking rhino. Sending a baseball into outer space isn’t eliminating the record, or destroying Bonds, or giving me back the last year of my life I spent listening to shit about the record — it is a waste of a badass rocket ship and a perfectly good baseball (that commemorates one of baseball’s biggest records).
The ball should goto Cooperstown untouched as a part of MLB history and to not give Marc Ecko any more publicity. It would probably be more appropriate to brand the ball with the asterisk and send it to the hall of fame to not only recognize the actual record, but also recognize the the non-stop controversy that came with it (true or un-true). Then again, the asterisk would officially write in the record books that Bonds is a cheat and put Marc Ecko’s name in history of Major League Baseball, where it does not belong.
Vote. [Vote756.com]
Public to decide fate of 756th home run ball [Reuters]
wow. u seem to have a very strong opinion on the subject. looks like voting was a good idea.
So excuse me for being ignorant, but I absolutely REVILE baseball. What’s the controversy that would require an asterisk?
I’m just amazed that he only had to pay $750,000 for it. Seems like it should have gone for more.
Rat Bastard,
Barry Bonds is amidst in controversy whether or not the home run record should be recognized because of speculation about using steroids around the time of 2000 to 2003 when he had a trainer who was later indicted and charged with giving steroids to athletes. Bonds hit a decent chunk of homeruns during this time that counts towards the 756 HR record.
It’s not been confirmed whether Bonds actually received any steroids, but the asterisk represents a star on the record that many people should be included in this official records.
Ecko has always been a bs-er and a rable-rouser.
Put this in the same category as the fuck-a-pig-and-eat-it story.
Frankly, Ecko is a genius. Ecko has convinced thousands of people, including us, to talk about his “Ecko line of overly baggy shirts featuring rhinos and other random graffiti crap.” Pretty good advertising scheme if you ask me.
I’d personally fork over $750,000 to see Banksy kick Ecko squarely in the sack.
People know the difference between someone who is famous and someone who buys famous.
oh plz. dont start with Banksy shit here.. Banksy has whole team of Lawyers, PR firms and imagemakers working on his fame around the clock.
I think you’ve got D. Trump and Bansky confused.
Baksy’s lawyer firm – http://www.fsilaw.com/
PR firm – http://www.meenakhera.com/
http://www.lazinc.com/ – gallery, art sales managment group
Steve Lazarides – Banksy’s manager.
Who’s confused?
Start with Banksy. I like his stuff.
On topic: Where’s the ‘I don’t give a shit’ option?
This is an email I wrote to Ecko.
You are disgrace to history. The man has never been found guilty of taking steroids and you have the nerve to accuse him of it. That ball is history and you are destroying it. Your not supposed to mess with history and I would have expected more from a guy who I thought was somewhat intelligent. You proved that wrong. I am creating a website to decide how you should be remembered and allowing the public to vote.
1. Did Mark buy the ball because he had the means to?
2. Did Mark buy the ball because he cares what the public thinks?
3. Did Mark use buying the ball, as a way to advertise for his company?