Maybe Barry Bonds Should Buy The Ball Back Just To, You Know, Keep Up Appearances . . .
Because apparently no one else will:
Posted: September 5th, 2007 | Filed under: Insert Muted Trumpet's Sad Wah-Wah HereOnline bidders didn’t storm the bases to scoop up Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run ball last week.
Bidding for the historic ball opened at $100,000 on August 29 at
scpauctions.com Auctioneers said they expect the ball to be worth as much as $500,000 — but as of late last week, there were no takers.Queens College student Matt Murphy, 21, caught the historic ball while on vacation in San Francisco last month. Murphy said he was forced to offer the ball at the online auction after he was slapped with a huge tax bill following his lucky catch.
