N.Y. Daily News: New York Times bashes Barry Bonds, then runs slugger’s memorabilia ad

Sweet...dying newspaper wars! Hopefully, even The New York Sporting Whip will get involved!

The New York Times’ policy on Barry Bonds: Don’t asterisk, don’t tell.

The Times paddled the steroid-tainted baseball slugger on its editorial page Friday, then peddled baseballs signed by the home-run king for $399 a pop in another section of the paper.

“Say it ain’t so, Roger, and Barry, and ...” read the editorial-page headline about the Mitchell Report. The piece demeaned Bonds and dozens of his major-league colleagues as part of “a win-at-all-costs drug culture.”

A few sections away, Times readers were offered a chance to purchase memorabilia celebrating Bonds’ juicy past: an autographed baseball, advertised in the Escapes section and available through the paper’s Web site.

“Barry Bonds has hit No. 756 and is the new home run champion!” read a Web site pitch for the signed ball. “Perfect for any baseball fan, executive or collector.”