COOPERSTOWN, NY -  The National

Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has taken possession of the baseball hit by Barry Bonds for his 756^th career home run Tuesday night, after the owner of the baseball, Marc Ecko, had the artifact delivered by private vehicle at approximately 7:45 p.m. A letter from Mr. Ecko stating his intention to unconditionally donate the baseball to the Museum accompanied the baseball, which was hit by Barry Bonds for his 756^th career home run on August 7, 2007, at

San Francisco . “As we previously stated today, we are very happy to receive the baseball as a donation, and not as a loan, as previously declared by Mr. Ecko. We look forward to adding this ball to our permanent collections here in

The baseball will be displayed in

Cooperstown following the Museum’s documentation process.

For more information, go to www.baseballhalloffame.org.