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Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
Looks like another case of the sports media twisting things around and painting Bonds in a negative light to influence people's perceptions. And as expected, not many outlets are running the followup or corrections to their previous misrepresentation of the facts.
The much ballyhooed "refusal" by Barry to sign the homerun ball, apparently never happened. Carlos Oliveras, the fan who caught the ball, appeared on ESPN's Cold Pizza today and said he wanted to clarify that despite many reports, Bonds never refused to sign the ball. In fact, he said that he was more concerned with getting his picture with Bonds and got caught up in the moment and wasn't concerned with getting the ball signed. He said that in the meeting with Bonds after the news conference, he didn't ask him to sign the ball, only about taking a picture with him. Once again, when he met with Bonds after the news conference, he asked for a pitcure, and Barry obliged. He didn't ask for an autograph, thus Barry didn't refuse. He also concluded with saying Bonds was a great person, and a great guy, and he was thrilled with the experience of meeting him. But then again, that isn't what many in the sports media want you to believe, so they just run with the story of the big bad wolf refusing to sign the ball, despite the actual truth running to the contrary. Years from now, many folks will remember the story as Barry "refusing to sign the guys ball", instead of remembering the actual truth behind the events. Funny how it works, a misrepresented story is front page news across the wire when it paints him negatively, but when the clarification comes out, it isn't in sports media's interest to divulge it. |
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
Did he sign #712? What about #711?
Who cares? IMO, only #'s 755, 756, and his possible last homerun ball should be worth money. |
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
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Did he sign #712? What about #711? Who cares? IMO, only #'s 755, 756, and his possible last homerun ball should be worth money. [/ QUOTE ] I agree about it not being a big deal whether he signed or not. I just found it interesting that practically every major sports media outlet reported within hours after the event that he explicitly refused to sign the ball at the fan's request, but yet we learn from the fan himself a few days later that it wasn't anything like that. The media blatantly splashes fabrications about him in the headlines, then the truth finally unveils itself. Makes you wonder what other lies the media has pulled over the eyes of everyone regarding Bonds. |
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
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[ QUOTE ] Did he sign #712? What about #711? Who cares? IMO, only #'s 755, 756, and his possible last homerun ball should be worth money. [/ QUOTE ] I agree about it not being a big deal whether he signed or not. I just found it interesting that practically every major sports media outlet reported within hours after the event that he explicitly refused to sign the ball at the fan's request, but yet we learn from the fan himself a few days later that it wasn't anything like that. The media blatantly splashes fabrications about him in the headlines, then the truth finally unveils itself. Makes you wonder what other lies the media has pulled over the eyes of everyone regarding Bonds. [/ QUOTE ] ESPN gets bonus points. They hype the story up...then the get the guy to come onto THEIR network and explain things. Things that ESPN helped perpetuate. I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ESPN. |
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
tl; dr
BUT.. who really cares? Players refuse autographs all the time. BYW, why is 713 any more special than 712, or 711, 710, etc. other than it being one more? |
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
610 radio in Philadelphia is playing the clip from the press conference where the fan clearly asks "Will you sign the ball for me?"
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
That's a problem with all media (generally), not just the sports media.
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
Some journalism professor somewhere is going to use this to make a point, to each of his classes for the next twenty years, about the overzealous nature of the media, especially in this day and age where it is more important to report (and provide opinions of) news quickly than accurately (or intelligently).
"Class, remember a story from 2006 about when baseball player Barry Bonds hit a historic homerun, then refused to sign the ball for the serviceman who caught it?" "Yes, sir, I remember that story vividly. What a jerk." "How many of you remember the story from two days later that the fan said he never asked for the autograph, and that the media got it all wrong?" (crickets) |
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
Here is what I read:
Reporters asked Barry if he would sign the ball, if asked. He said no. The fan, who was in the press audience, asked, "Will you sign the ball?" Barry Bonds smirked and didn't say anything. What part of that is inaccurate? |
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Re: Fan clarifies reports on Bonds \"refusal to sign ball\"....
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Reporters asked Barry if he would sign the ball, if asked. He said no. [/ QUOTE ] Link to the video or audio of that? Or just a reporters "word" that Barry said no? Despite the fact that the fan himself has already clarified that those same reporters "misrepresented the facts." Funny how they have video and audio of the entire conference, the meeting afterwards, and just about everything in between, but magically and mysteriously the one thing that didn't make it onto any tape is Bonds big bad refusal by saying "no". Because it just didn't happen, that's why. |
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