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Boss's Boner

Edgy DC Dec 20 2007 09:50 PM

Jonathan Papelbon said his bulldog, Boss, ate the ball from the final out of last season’s World Series. “He plays with baseballs like they are his toys,” Papelbon told The Hattiesburg (Miss.) American. “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.”

metsguyinmichigan Dec 20 2007 11:43 PM

And that's still more dignified than what happened to the 2004 ball.

Rotblatt Dec 23 2007 07:15 AM

Perhaps this is the Curse of the Bambino's Balls? Every championship ball will be shrouded in controversy until they figure out how to reverse the curse . . .