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Major League Baseball has decided to mark those Barry Bonds baseballs after all. Bob DuPuy, Baseball's chief operating officer, said the matter had not been brought to his attention until he saw an ESPN.com story, written by Darren Rovell, in which MLB spokesman Pat Courtney was quoted as saying there was no reason to mark the balls because Ruth's 714 home runs were no longer "the record." "I was surprised when I saw Darren's [story], to be honest with you," DuPuy said. "And I was surprised we weren't doing it. I asked why. Nobody had a reason. So I said, 'We should be doing it.' " Asked how he would respond to critics who accused MLB of flip-flopping on this decision because of public pressure, DuPuy replied: "You can tell them they're full of crap, and you can quote me on that." |