Fashion Designer Marc Ecko who shelled out $750K for the Barry Bonds baseball that broke Hank Aaron’s home run record has decided to let the public decide on the fate of this piece of baseball memorabilia. Marc has put up a website and is allowing visitors to vote on the fate of the baseball. The choices are :

A) Bestow It - Give it to the Cooperstown Hall of Fame with the full rights to the ball belonging to the Hall of Fame.

B) Brand It - Burn an asterisk onto the ball with a branding iron, adding a permanent footnote to the record and then send it to Cooperstown.

C) Banish It - Put the ball on a rocket ship and launch it into orbit, a moon shot for the ages, Out of sight, outof mind.

As of my vote today, there were 3,521,020 votes on the website. You have to submit and email address to get the results of the poll. All in all, for over 3 million visitors and all the publicity Marc Ecko has has on national television, I’d say the $750K price tag was on helluva a great viral marketing concept on hispart.

If you want to vote, visit http://www.vote756.com

or click on the banner below

Even more interesting is this piece of Bonds memorabilia for sale at MLB.com. Seems they need to update their sales pitch because it’s been a while since Barry was #2 on the list.

San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds Autographed Grey Jersey Barry Bonds, who is #2 on the career home runs lists, has autographed this grey jersey. Each jersey is certified by Bonds.

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