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Rugged Elegance: San Francisco: Giant Barry Bonds Tells 660 Home Run Catcher, Larry Ellison
by dmv at 2:57 pm EDT, Apr 15, 2004

] The difference between God and Larry Ellison is that on
] Monday afternoon and again last night, Ellison caught
] Barry Bonds' historic 660th and his 661st home run.

Right. Because Larry Ellison needed giveaways from the Giants.

Amusing, though, that he got them by camping in the cove in a kayak. He's pretty intense, whatever you think of him.

RE: Rugged Elegance: San Francisco: Giant Barry Bonds Tells 660 Home Run Catcher, Larry Ellison
by djcatnip at 1:39 pm EDT, Apr 16, 2004

dmv wrote:
] ] The difference between God and Larry Ellison is that on
] ] Monday afternoon and again last night, Ellison caught
] ] Barry Bonds' historic 660th and his 661st home run.
]
] Right. Because Larry Ellison needed giveaways from the
] Giants.
]
] Amusing, though, that he got them by camping in the cove in a
] kayak. He's pretty intense, whatever you think of him.

:) Not the same Larry Ellison you're thinking of. There was in interview with the man who retrieved the balls from the bay on NPR yesterday or the day before. Caught is really not a very good description, because they didn't catch them, as cool as it seems to be as an imagined visual.. it was more like a bunch of doods in boats all paddling like lunatics towards where the ball had landed. :)

RE: Rugged Elegance: San Francisco: Giant Barry Bonds Tells 660 Home Run Catcher, Larry Ellison
by Neoteric at 2:22 pm EDT, Apr 16, 2004

I heard this story on NPR. And while Mr Ellison is infact a software developer from the bay area he is infact *not* the same Larry "Oracle is god" Ellison. See the story at:

http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=1837720

--timball

Rugged Elegance: San Francisco: Giant Barry Bonds Tells 660 Home Run Catcher, Larry Ellison
by k at 3:37 pm EDT, Apr 15, 2004

] The difference between God and Larry Ellison is that on
] Monday afternoon and again last night, Ellison caught
] Barry Bonds' historic 660th and his 661st home run.

Right. Because Larry Ellison needed giveaways from the Giants.

Amusing, though, that he got them by camping in the cove in a kayak. He's pretty intense, whatever you think of him.

[ Er, may not be the guy you're thinking of... this dude was a random sales manager, not a billionaire.

Interestingly, it may not be a particular boon to have acquired that baseball... there are some pretty crazy laws regarding valuation and the tax implications could be pretty devastating for a regular guy. There were all kinds of shenanigans resulting from a ball back during the McGuire/Sosa shootout... almost ended in total ruin for the guy. It's all fun and games until you catch a ball worth a million dollars and then get smacked with a few hundred grand in taxes. -k]