When Barry Bonds hit home run No. 762 at Coors Field on Sept. 5, 2007, notorious ballhawk Jake Frazier was in perfect position to grab it. As it's looking more and more like that will be Bonds' last homer ever, the ball is quite a prize; it's estimated that it could go for $1 million when it's put up for auction next week. But Frazier — who has more than 25 game home run balls, including three from Bonds — did not get this one. Witness his explanation:

Frazier had an excuse for his failure: "I'm always stoned to the bone during games. I'd been smoking big weed about 10 minutes before that (expletive) guy hit that ball, so they had a little advantage on me."

Let that be a lesson, kids. When smoking big weed, better to time it for when Lance Neikro and Dan Ortmeyer are due up.

So who ended up with the ball? Jameson Sutton of Boulder, who did not come forward until Thursday, for some reason, after having kept it in his closet. He got the ball after having it glance off of his glove (Manny Ramirez nods knowingly), and beating the 240-pound Frazier in a scramble for the prize.

And finally, the baseball gods got one right. Turns out that Sutton's dad has cancer, and the family is kind of struggling. Way to go, Barry! One of your steroid-tainted moon shots is actually doing some good.

Bonds' Homer No. 762 A Bizarre Mystery [Yahoo Sports]

(Yes. It's weed day at Deadspin.)

3:15 PM on Fri Mar 14 2008
By Rick
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crazyjoedavola at 03:30 PM on 03/14/08
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Today is 3/14 not 4/20. But its weed day on Deadspin!
Illegal Immigrant at 03:31 PM on 03/14/08
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"Stoned to the Bone" is actually my favorite sexual position
MattinglysSideburns at 03:31 PM on 03/14/08
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I didn't know Sandra Bernhard smoked weed.
Gourmet Spud at 03:32 PM on 03/14/08
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He has caught 25 home runs? I haven't seen a ballhound that prolific since...
Hernandez-is-the-Mandez at 03:32 PM on 03/14/08
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A choke/cough fit in that thin Denver air could be potentially fatal.
Weed Against Speed at 03:32 PM on 03/14/08
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Big Weed = Buds the size of X-Mas Trees?
The Fan’s Attic at 03:33 PM on 03/14/08
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Sutton's pops should ask Frazier for some of that big weed.
Hextall454 at 03:33 PM on 03/14/08
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Patrick Marleau can't bare to watch.
The Fan’s Attic at 03:34 PM on 03/14/08
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@Weed Against Speed: Seems like you should be answering that question, Weed Against Speed.
Hextall454 at 03:34 PM on 03/14/08
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@Weed Against Speed: No, it's when HBO and Showtime collaborate.
blackheartededitor at 03:34 PM on 03/14/08
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I was going to catch that baseball worth millions of dollars...

But then I got hiiiiiigh
Dany Heatley Speedwagon at 03:34 PM on 03/14/08
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@Illegal Immigrant: Boner Stabone is actually my favorite Growing Pains character.
hockalees at 03:34 PM on 03/14/08
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I was gonna catch that fly ball until I got high
S' gonna sell it for a million bucks but then I got high
now I'm still an Ace Ventura-lookin' douche and I know why
Because I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high
The Teufel Shuffle at 03:36 PM on 03/14/08
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God, Vanilla Ice looks like shit.
Signal to Noise at 03:36 PM on 03/14/08
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@blackheartededitor: @hockalees: +1
Matt Sussman at 03:37 PM on 03/14/08
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Potpadour
crazyjoedavola at 03:37 PM on 03/14/08
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I think a pants party in the left field bleachers at Coors might be in order. If they have that all you can eat deal, super double bonus.
McCroskey at 03:38 PM on 03/14/08
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Scot Pollard likes the weed? No!
Weed Against Speed at 03:39 PM on 03/14/08
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@The Fan's Attic aka Client No. 11: I have never heard of big weed...or maybe I have - I'm not sure.
Doyle McPoyle at 03:39 PM on 03/14/08
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If the guy who actually caught it was from Boulder, being high is no excuse...I guaran-damn-tee you Boulder-dude turned to his friend before the home run and said we're not low!!
the earl of weaver at 03:39 PM on 03/14/08
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SO he sparked up just 10 minutes before Barry knocked one out? AT&T Park is pretty lax on their smoking policies.
Jefferson Short Bus at 03:39 PM on 03/14/08
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@Gourmet Spud: Bruce Vilanch.
EddieRebel at 03:40 PM on 03/14/08
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Smokin Jake Frazier
DAGOTRON at 03:41 PM on 03/14/08
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That picture's totally going up on his MySpace...
Jefferson Short Bus at 03:42 PM on 03/14/08
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@hockalees: Ba-da-da-da-dah...
Matt_T at 03:42 PM on 03/14/08
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Sabean obviously had been smoking with Frazier when he gave Zito that contract.
Phony Gwynn at 03:42 PM on 03/14/08
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@crazyjoedavola: Rocky Mountain Oysters?
Jefferson Short Bus at 03:43 PM on 03/14/08
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/fills in the "Post to see comments" square on his Deadspin Bingo card
blastitbiggs at 03:43 PM on 03/14/08
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He zigged when he should have zagged
Peter Cavan at 03:44 PM on 03/14/08
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If that's a faux-hawk, I think he's doing it wrong.
sassydeerrun at 03:45 PM on 03/14/08
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Johnny Bravo has really let himself go.
Paul Zuvella at 03:45 PM on 03/14/08
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I have heard that some folks like to mix Big Weed with some Big Tobacco
Rickey_Fitts at 03:46 PM on 03/14/08
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I think its very appropriate, that on the weekend before St. Patrick's Day, a guy named Jameson gets soc lucky. I'll raise a glass or two to his dad this weekend.
Gourmet Spud at 03:46 PM on 03/14/08
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@Jefferson Short Bus:

I was going to post a funny Vilanch quote here, but I don't know of any.
DennyCrane at 03:46 PM on 03/14/08
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Smokin Jake Frazier > Smokin Joe Frazier
DennyCrane at 03:48 PM on 03/14/08
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Ever see a baseball ... ON WEED?????
Jen P at 03:51 PM on 03/14/08
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@The Teufel Shuffle: That's the first thing I thought.

I came unprepared for Weed Day at Deadspin. As a former Boulderite, I hang my head in shame.
Chamomiles Davis at 03:52 PM on 03/14/08
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Smoked a thousand joints
Before I rolled you
I'll smoke a thousand more baby
Before I am through

Gonna get me some chicken
Or a piece of calzone
I'm here to tell ya, baby
That I'm stoned to the bone

S-s-s-s-stoned
S-s-s-s-stoned
S-s-s-s-stoned
Stoned to the bone
UpstateUnderdog at 03:53 PM on 03/14/08
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@DennyCrane: don't you mean Tokin' Joe ?
OchentaYcinco at 03:54 PM on 03/14/08
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I put this at the end of the last thread by accident, although I guess it fits there too. Pardon the repeat post. Anyway, last month I got a call from a friend who was in Vegas. He was sitting at the bar at O'Shea's with his cousin when they overheard a large man in a Hawaiian shirt taking about the quality of his weed. Curious as to how they could possibly get in on the action, they wandered over to his end of the bar. Then they noticed his 1997 Marlins World Series ring.

In a completely related story, Darren Daulton thinks he's traveled through time.
Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah! at 03:57 PM on 03/14/08
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I've hated this guy ever since he put his finger in Pedro's peanut butter, causing Pedro to die of AIDS.
The Curse of Harold... at 04:04 PM on 03/14/08
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@sassydeerrun: +1 Huh! Do the monkey with me!
Patchy Drizzle at 04:08 PM on 03/14/08
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Fuck being envious of Billy Crystal's one at bat with the Spanks, I'm jealous of Jake Frazier getting stoned at the ball park all summer.
muggsybogues at 04:20 PM on 03/14/08
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Weed Day is a very dangerous day. And by dangerous, I mean glorious!

(Fires up Bong, ESPN simultaneously).
MenaceIISobriety at 04:20 PM on 03/14/08
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he's from Boulder? he's a filthy hippie, to be sure.
AndyReidsOtherSon at 04:23 PM on 03/14/08
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Vanilla Ice really let himself go
AndyReidsOtherSon at 04:24 PM on 03/14/08
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@The Teufel Shuffle: damn you
TheVaingloriousKeithOl... at 05:16 PM on 03/14/08
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@the earl of weaver: Most definitely. The ushers NEVER bother to say anything if a guy sparks up a bowl before a Barry Bonds at-bat. At least not if Barry and the Giants are in Colorado.

Or.... something like that.
hutchirish at 07:34 AM on 03/15/08
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@MattinglysSideburns: fucking great comment. i just spit out my coffee...