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Barry Bonds said the man who bought his 756th home run ball and announced plans to let the public decide its fate is an "idiot."
Fashion designer Marc Ecko had the winning bid Saturday in the online auction for the ball that Bonds hit last month to break Hank Aaron's record of 755 home runs. The final selling price was $752,467, well above most predictions.
Ecko, 35, has set up a Web site that lets visitors vote on three options for the ball: give it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, brand it with an asterisk before sending it to Cooperstown or blast it into space.
The asterisk would suggest that Bonds's record is tainted by alleged steroid use. The Giants slugger has denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.
Bonds said Ecko could have found a better way to spend three-quarters of a million dollars.
"He's stupid. He's an idiot," Bonds said. "He spent $750,000 on the ball and that's what he's doing with it? What he's doing is stupid."
¿ GRIFFEY HURT: Reds RF Ken Griffey Jr. had to leave last night's game against the host Cubs in the eighth inning after being injured as he tried to make a throw to the infield.
With a runner at second, Griffey fielded a base hit by Derrek Lee. As he started to make a throw Griffey stopped in pain and had to underhand the ball back to the infield before falling to the ground. Griffey stayed down for several minutes and then, with trainers at his side, walked gingerly off the field.
-- From News Services
