Remember how the ball used for the final out of the World Series mysteriously went missing?
Jason Varitek quite obviously
put it in his pocket before celebrating but later said he'd give it back to the team ... and then
later revealed he gave it to
Jonathan Papelbon, instead. Paps more or less confirmed it but
never officially 'fessed up ... until now. And if the Red Sox still want it back? Well, it's a little too late. From the
Hattiesburg American (via
Defensive Indifference):
"My dog ate it," said Papelbon, who has a home in the Canebrake subdivision.
"He plays with baseballs like they are his toys. His name is Boss. He jumped up one day on the counter and snatched it. He likes rawhide. He tore that thing to pieces. Nobody knows that. I'll keep what's left of it."
"Nobody knows that" ... until you tell the story to a reporter. I'm not sure I'd believe it coming from any other player (
maybe Manny Ramirez, although he'd be more likely to simply throw the ball out forgetting what it was or where it came from), but coming from Papelbon? Yep, this sounds about right.
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