<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> NEW YORK, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Slugger Barry Bonds said he would refuse induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame if his record home run ball branded with an asterisk goes on display in the Cooperstown shrine.</p> Dogged by speculation that his pursuit of baseball's all-time home run mark was fuelled by performance-enhancing drugs, Bonds defended his record in an interview on MSNBC on Thursday, repeating again that he had nothing to hide.</p> The ball Bonds hit on Aug. 7 for his record-breaking 756th home run was purchased for $750,000 by fashion designer Marc Ecko and branded with an asterisk before being shipped to the Hall of Fame. The asterisk represents the belief held by many fans that Bonds may not have spoken truthfully when denying steroid use.</p> "I will never be in the Hall of Fame, never," Bonds told NBC reporter Jim Gray in an interview on MSNBC's Countdown. "I won't go. I won't be part of it, I won't be there, you can call me but I won't be there.</p> "I don't think you can put an asterisk in the game of baseball and I don't think that the Hall of Fame can accept an asterisk in their Hall of Fame.</p> "You can't, you cannot give people the freedom, the right to alter history, you can't do it. There's no such thing as an asterisk in baseball."</p> Ecko said more than 10 million people had voted in an online ballot to determine the record-breaking ball's fate.</p> Bonds, seven-times National League MVP, left the door open for a change of heart but his chances of gaining entry into Cooperstown could hinge on the results of an ongoing grand jury investigation into whether he committed perjury while testifying in the BALCO scandal.</p> "That's my emotions now, that's how I feel now," said Bonds. "When I decide to retire five years from now we'll see where they are at that moment. We'll see where they are at that time and maybe I'll reconsider."</div></p> Source: Yahoo Sports</p>
They played parts during Countdown last night as Olbermann interviewed Jim Gray about it. The entire interview will be on Countdown tonight.</p>
They had some good suggestions on how to solve this problem on the Dan Patrick Show today.</p> Option A - Place the ball in the HOF with the asterik facing the bottom of the display. This way people have to bend over to get a look at it and it makes it more interactive.</p> Option B - Have the ball rotate at various times of the day. People who don't like Bonds can view the ball when the asterik is on display, and people who like Bonds can view the ball when the asterik is hidden.</p> </p>
