Barry Bonds headlines (real ones)

I went with HAMMERED, but I built the letters out of asteriskseseses.

 

Please, don't say anything

 

I do like that one. Haven't heard it yet.

 

Maybe, One Giant Swing

 

Like this one better. Gets that strange looking "A" out of the way.

 

Posted without comment.

 

And you're siding with them with the asterisk. Even in a column hed, it probably shouldn't be done. You wouldn't say "Jones is a killer" in a column hed, would you?

 

Not exactly equivalent, dools.

Again, simply using 756* without any explanation or context is questionable, but there are ways to incorporate an asterisk in a layout of a column/commentary.

 

I think you have to leave the asterisk out. As much suspicion as there is around Bonds, as there should be, nothing has been proven and, as a journalist, you can't interject that kind of statement.

 

Historic Homer:

Bonds Blasts Past Aaron

Alliterative, if nothing else.

 

Yes it is equivalent. They're both accusations of wrongdoing absent a conviction

 

I wouldn't be so sure. Unless the number of ethic-less SE's has grown, I think most know that putting the asterisk is adding editorial comment to a historic moment. I dislike Bonds more than most, but if I were working tonight, I wouldn't do it.