$1 Million Bounty Offered for Bonds' 756 Ball

[fuser]

A Dallas auction house is putting $1 million on the table to purchase the baseball that Barry Bonds is expected to hit this season to establish a new career home run record of 756.

"We invite the lucky owner who delivers this historic baseball, as verified by Major League Baseball, to redeem it for a $1 million bounty at a Dallas news conference within 15 days of the record-breaking homer," says Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions for Heritage Auction Galleries.

Bonds is expected to break legendary Hall of Fame slugger Hank Aaron's home run total of 755 by early summer.

"The career home run record is one of the most significant milestones in American sport," says Ivy.

"It's an individual achievement that illustrates consummate skill, power and durability in our national pastime. The baseball that sets the mark could truly be considered 'priceless,' but we expect that one million dollars will be very tempting to the fan who catches that ball."

If the owner decides to let the market determine the price tag on the baseball, Heritage will waive its standard seller's fee and offer the baseball in a public auction, says Ivy.

[hockeytown]

Having caught a HR ball there not many I would part with but that is one I would give away for the money. I don't think I need to say money would be the influence on this one---it be the hitter. It is too bad Bonds does not even attempt to warm up to the fans. I respect what he can do with a baseball regardless if he cheated (which it certainly looks like he has) or not you still have to have tremendous hand eye coordination to hit the ball coming in at ya in the mid 90's not to mention when a pitcher buckles your knees with a breaking ball. At any rate given that it is Bonds I would sell the ball in a heart beat. If this was Hank Aaron chasing the record I would keep the ball.

[fuser]

i agree, i would dump it in a sec