Honestly, my dog ate the World Series ball

[Chip R]

If Paps was smart, he'd be selling his dog's turds on ebay. You just know there are Red Sox fans crazy enough to buy them.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

[cumberlandreds]

If you believe that one I have some prime swampland I would like to sell you. Is it possible? Yes. Likely? no. He probably has it in a safety deposit box somewhere ready for his grandkids to inherit someday.

[blumj]

Originally Posted by cumberlandreds

If you believe that one I have some prime swampland I would like to sell you. Is it possible? Yes. Likely? no. He probably has it in a safety deposit box somewhere ready for his grandkids to inherit someday.

I have a pet theory. Varitek gave it to Lester(like he should have) but says he gave it to Paps, and the rest is just Paps having a little fun with the media.

[M2]

Originally Posted by blumj

I have a pet theory. Varitek gave it to Lester(like he should have) but says he gave it to Paps, and the rest is just Paps having a little fun with the media.

Could be. Though I think it would be doubly cool to have a chewed up ball in Cooperstown. It would become the stuff of legend.

Anyway, I don't get why the players can't keep the ball. I understand why the 2004 ball, commemorating the end of the 86-year skid, was important, but not every game-winning ball represents that momentous an occasion. Do they have the game-winning ball from the last out of the 1990 series? That's a big deal moment for me, but I could care less about seeing the ball. I'd rather see the MRI of Eric Davis' lacerated kidney or his airfare bill back to Cincinnati.

[cincinnati chili]

Originally Posted by M2

Could be. Though I think it would be doubly cool to have a chewed up ball in Cooperstown. It would become the stuff of legend.

Anyway, I don't get why the players can't keep the ball. I understand why the 2004 ball, commemorating the end of the 86-year skid, was important, but not every game-winning ball represents that momentous an occasion. Do they have the game-winning ball from the last out of the 1990 series? That's a big deal moment for me, but I could care less about seeing the ball. I'd rather see the MRI of Eric Davis' lacerated kidney or his airfare bill back to Cincinnati.

I don't get the memorabilia appeal either. It's just stuff. I feel the same way about non-sports "stuff."

When my band played Cleveland, we stopped at the R/R Hall of Fame. It's kinda neat, but I got bored looking at famous people's guitars and drums. The most interesting things to me were Paul Simon's letters to Garfunkel as a teenager at summer camp. Like Davis' "lacerated kidney MRI," those things seem more real to me.