The 756 asterisk, now on actual baseball cards

We're all aware that the 756 ball that Bonds hit is eventually going to get branded, you know, once Marc Ecko decides to stop using it as a gimmick to sell his crappy clothes.

But now that asterisk is starting to turn up in other places as well.

Upper Deck is now taking shots at Bonds - who just so happens to be a Topps spokesman. Upper Deck recently released their annual "sweet spot autographs" line which sells for $100+ per pack, but each pack contains the signature of one current baseball star on a cowhide insert card. They usually look like this.

But I'm guessing you know what appeared on the 756 card.


Yep, one huge asterisk.

So far, three collectors have found an asterisk card. One of the asterisk cards sold Monday night on eBay for $955 after drawing 41 bids. A second card appeared and was bought immediately for $1200. There's one more left up on eBay, should you be much wealthier than I am.

Upper Deck claims that these cards weren't intended for distribution, which naturally begs the question: "Then why did you make them?"

At this point though, it doesn't really seem to matter anyway. If Bonds is ultimately found guilty of perjury, or gets named in the Mitchell Report, I wouldn't be surprised to see the public just cut to the chase and tattoo an asterisk onto his head.

-WCK

It seems like Matt Murphy is going to sell #756

Matt Murphy, the 21-year-old Mets fan who caught #756, seems to have returned from Australia with different aspirations than when he left. Because he's now hawking everything he has in existence from that fateful night on eBay.

Murphy has yet to announce whether he will sell #756 - he's supposed to do that today at 2pm PST at MoMo's restaurant here in SF - but he's already got his ketchup stained Jose Reyes jersey up on eBay, as you can see below. And he says he hasn't cleaned it. Nice.


And for the collector who wants everything, you can also bid on his sweat filled Mets cap.

The starting bid for both items is $100. Only one person has bid so far on the jersey and no one has bid on the cap. Surprising, since Murphy appears to be the model of cleanliness. Anyway, the lack of bids is pretty bad, considering eBay indicates the items went up on August 15th.

I don't think I'd be going out on a limb by saying I fully expect Murphy to sell the ball now and take full advantage of the horrors of capitalism. That ball will likely pull in a bit more than the jersey and cap.

-WCK