Snicker.

[kz_blogorambling]

Onion Sports headline: MLB To Place Asterisk, Pound Sign, Exclamation Point, Letter 'F' Next To Bonds' Name In Record Books

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[democritus.livejournal.com]

::whoosh::

[mauvaise.livejournal.com]

I didn't get it either. But I sent the "headline" to a friend of mine who is a major baseball fanatic telling him I knew he'd find it amusing even if I didn't entirely get it. This was his explanation:

A "tainted" record is one that's listed in the official MLB record
books, but it has an * next to it. The only one I know of is Roger
Maris' (Yankees) 1961 record of 61 HRs in one season. Babe Ruth had
the original mark of 60, but he did it during a 154-game schedule.
Maris played when the schedule was 162 games like today, and he hit
#61 (I think) in the last game of the year. So, he set a new
single-season mark but it took him more games, hence the *. Most
people have always regarded that as bullshit, but what can you do.

Bonds, asshole that he is, should get an * when he moves into 2nd
place, because it's a tainted number, and worse than what they
originally thought Maris' was. Since he's such an asshole, this:

MLB To Place Asterisk, Pound Sign, Exclamation
Point, Letter 'F' Next To Bonds' Name

would turn out something like this:

F#*! Barry Bonds

[democritus.livejournal.com]

oh! Haha! Thank you!

[jeevmon.livejournal.com]

Onion Sports is pretty good, but Sports Pickle will get ya where it hurts:

http://sportspickle.com/features/volume5/2006-0524-michigan.html

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

That's awesome. My coworker will probably pee her pants when she sees that.

[blanx73.livejournal.com]

Oh, my god. That was funny.

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

Hey, you.... do you know if we can use an ATM as a "currency exchange?" I mean, I know there will be a fee, but can I put in my ATM card from an American bank and get Canadian $$ dispensed on my account?

[blanx73.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it will. I was able to get Bahamian $$$ in the Bahamas.

Might place a call to your bank before going, tho. Where'd you decide on?

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

We're going to go to Point Pelee. It's just closer which makes it easier. Plus we can canoe in the marshes there, apparently.

[blanx73.livejournal.com]

Canoeing in the marshes is really, really fun. What's cool is to go all the way across the marsh, to the other side, where the other beach is. Kinda neat over there- esp. if you bring a lunch.

[crankyasanoldma.livejournal.com]

We've only been canoeing once but it was great. That was on the Huron, and I hated having to portage the Canoe over Argo dam. The rest was loads of fun, however.

I gotta remember to pack a small cooler.

[blanx73.livejournal.com]

Pelee is a nice place to do it, because inside the point, in the marsh, the water's very calm, despite what it's doing in the lake.

[jamespolk.livejournal.com]

I've never had a problem doing so. You'll get slammed on conversion fees as you supposed.

[davew0071.livejournal.com]

I heard some fans in a rival city were encouraged to bring Sharpies to the stadium, so if Bonds hit #715, they could write "CHEATER" on it and throw it back.

I found that notion hysterical. The ball would belong in the Hall of Fame Museum, but it would have "CHEATER" scrawled on it.

[anyamartinez.livejournal.com]

Brilliant. Couldn't happpen to a better asshole.