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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Giving Barry His Due


That's the title of this week's Life of Reilly, the SI column in which Rick Reilly gives his suggestions for commemorating home run 756, "a dishonest moment produced by a man who has denied using performance enhancers despite a silo of evidence to the contrary."

A few of my favorites:

  • *Get Bonds's autograph at the ballpark--on the bottom of an affidavit which reads, I set this record with the help of performance-enhancing drugs. I am a very large jerk for doing so.
  • *Call the Hall of Fame and ask which cap will appear on Bonds's head in his Cooperstown exhibit--the size 7, the size 7 1/2, or the size 8?
  • *If you're watching TV, flip to something more plausible, like MacGyver.
  • *Send rabbits' feet, four-leaf clovers, and two-headed pennies to Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr., letting them know that you're pulling for them to pass Bonds like he's a hitchhiker in an orange jumpsuit.

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