Well, I guess that headline would be misleading, considering Gilbert hasn’t quite come to Barry’s rescue just yet. But he wants to. At least that’s what he told DC Sports Bog (& Grill) man Dan Steinberg. Apparently Gil’s incensed by Marc Ecko’s plan to brand the 756 ball with an asterisk and send it to the Hall and wants to buy the ball from Ecko. Gil’s reason:

“It’s history,” Gil began. “It’s still history. I mean, the guy’s a man before he’s some big slugger. I mean, how you just going to take what this man’s done for his career and, as another man, say ‘Hey, you were accused of this, you allegedly did this, I want to take this away from you.’ I mean, what if we took away your Ecko company?
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Gil said that he would be willing to pay $800,000 for the ball.
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“If the Hall wants it, I’ll give it to the Hall, unmarked. If not, I’ll keep it. I’ll give it to Barry’s son. I don’t know, or at least do something positive with it, auction it off, build something, build some homes for the homeless, I don’t know. Do something positive.

They’re you have it. Gilbertology at its finest. While I side with Gilbert on almost every topic, this is one where I have to disagree with the man. Seriously, your head would have to be stuck pretty far up your ass to not believe Barry’s record is tainted. And as far as I’m concerned, a red flags goes up every time I hear someone defend Bonds. Are they doing so because they’ve used performance-enhancers before and they’re trying to justify the practice? Or maybe Gilbert’s just a really good guy — so I’d like to think.

(via Shoals at FanHouse; image courtesy Deadspin who also interviewed Agent Zero on Friday, take a look)

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Hey look, if you’re an elite player and the coach screwed the team by putting someone in the lineup who was inferior to you, then the coach is the idiot. And if you call him out on his crap, then that’s OK. What’s not cool, is apologizing for ripping into your coach after he made an idiotic decision that cost the team. What’s even worse than that, is apologizing on a Myspace blog, which is exactly what the now infamous Hope Solo did (allegedly):

I have felt compelled to clear the air regarding many of my postgame comments on Thursday night. I am not proud or happy the way things have come out. Although I stand strong in everything I said, the true disheartening moment for me was realizing it could look as though I was taking a direct shot at my own teamate. I would never throw such a low blow. Never. Many of this goes way beyond anyone’s understanding, and is simply hard to justify.
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For those who despise me, well, I can only hope that in due time you can find the understanding needed to forgive me.

Is this really her? Are you serious? She really thinks people would waste their time despising her? Don’t we all have better things to do? Oh yeah, and two words for you, Hope: Spell Check. I can’t be too certain it’s her, but if she chose a Myspace blog entry as her outlet to the world, well, then I’m not so sure I want to be part of the new day in age. People who use blogs to get a point across are losers.

Chest Bump to Ballhype

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If you’re somewhat of a college football fan, you might be familiar with the name Willie Williams. No, you wouldn’t know him for anything he’s done on the field. You might know him however, for his antics off the field. For instance, he was recruited but never played for Miami because of the trouble he caused on a recruiting visit. He wound up going to West LA JC, and nobody else would take a chance on the man arrested 11 times during high school. Except for the bastion of academia, Louisville. And the Cardinals have been burned:

Louisville police arrested the 6-3, 230-pound Williams after he was stopped for driving a car with the music playing too loudly, said Louisville police spokesman Phil Russell.

A detective searched the car and found Williams trying to hide a small amount of marijuana, Russell said.

“He basically had the marijuana in his mouth,” said Russell, who would not release the identities of the others in the car because they were not arrested.

Right, because hiding a drug that does not emit an odor in a body cavity that does not open frequently is a brilliant plan. What more would you expect out of this guy? Did Louisville really think the story would end any other way? Now, all I need is someone to explain to me how testing positive for weed could equate to a positive situation for another football player.

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Considering I’ve established this site as an emerging hotbed of mascot melees, I’m quite surprised I missed the brouhaha between the James Madison mascot and the Coastal Carolina mascot. For starters, we had the Orioles bird and the Devil Rays Raymond dancing off, then the Oregon Duck kicked the Houston Cougars’ ass, and I thought things ended with the Chiefs mascot belly-flopped on a streaking fan. I guess I was wrong. Via the DC Sports Bog (& Grill), and I’m not going to even try and explain which mascot belongs to which school; that would only ruin the fun:

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Mike Vick could have reduced his sentence with pot? [100% Injury Rate]

Conference poon sites popping up everywhere [Mister Irrelevant]

Longhorns partake in choreographed in-game dances [Awful Announcing]

What’s gotten into Hilary Duff’s chest?? [Popoholic]

Wade Phillips and Jerry Jones meet at a bathroom stall [BDD at KSK]

Overzealous Cubs fans now have some gear to sport [Foul Balls]

Dodger management is to blame [Obscure Sports Quarterly]

Chad Johnson’s touchdown dances are now sponsored [FanIQ]

Kristin Bell rocking the bikini, lovely [Egotastic!]

U.S. women’s soccer coach makes a major gaffe [Epic Carnival]

Hockey starts Saturday? Who knew? [Signal to Noise]

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It’s one thing to scream for a guy’s head when he’s not performing. But it’s a complete other thing to actually go into week four of the football season with Brian Griese as your quarterback. So now that the reports are out there, I must ask: Bears fans, is this really what you wanted to see?

Rex may have been equally gross as he was bad, but still, can he be worse than Brian Griese? It’s a mess in Chicago. How far can a defense take a team? I guess we’ll find out, because it sure won’t be that offense carrying the squad.

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