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Just wanted to take a few moments to congratulate Ken Griffey Jr. on the impending trade to the Chicago White Sox. He’s had many hard injury filled losing seasons in his career, and now he can finally finish it with a legitimate playoff contender.

Between hitting his 600th career home run and being shipped to Chicago, I’d say 2008 hasn’t been that bad of a year for Griff. If the Oakland A’s don’t make the postseason, I’ll be rooting for Ozzie and Ken.

About ten months ago I wrote about Marc Ecko threatening to deface Barry Bonds’ record breaking home run ball. Ecko ran a poll on his website in which visitors had the option of branding the ball with an asterisk, sending it into outer space, or simply sending it to Cooperstown.

Ultimately, it was decided that the ball would be branded with an asterisk and submitted to the baseball hall of fame. I’m not mad at Ecko branding the ball, he paid over $700,000 for it and should be able to do whatever he wants with it. However, I think it’s an outrage that the Hall Of Fame would actually accept the defaced object.

The last twenty years arent referred to as “The Steroid Era” for no reason, as more facts come out it’s becoming painfully clear that a staggering number of athletes used performance enhancing drugs. Accepting this baseball unfairly singles out Barry Bonds for a reasonably common practice, and it sends a message that memorabilia in the hall of fame is no longer sacred.

I almost want to buy a prestigious Babe Ruth jersey, wipe my ass with it, and send it to Cooperstown. They have to accept it right? All bets are off.