Sox Get Ball for One Year

New Ballgame Baby! Henry Lays the Hammer Down

BREAKING BALL NEWS: SERIES BALL COMING BACK TO BOSTON

Minky Gives Ball Back to Sox "For One Year"

"We have reached an arrangement with the Red Sox
but we will wait for them to disclose the details."
-- Jodi "Pants" Mientkiewicz to Gordon Edes

"There was never a fight, there was never words exchanged. It was very cordial, and we worked something out. I want the fans to see it, and that's what both the Red Sox and I agreed on. They waited a long time to see that ball and to live it. The fact that I had it was just so we could keep it and give it to the fans and let them see it. I didn't expect all of this with the ball. Sometimes in life you think you're doing the right thing and it doesn't turn out that way. That's kind of what happened here. I didn't think it was going to come out to this. Like I said, I gave Derek Lowe the Game 7 ball from the ALCS, and no one seems to want that one. There were never any hard feelings about it, though, with me and the front office. The whole thing, when the article came out, was blown way out of proportion. It made it sound like we were fighting for the ball. In order to be a fight, the other side has to not want to give something up and that's not my point. They never asked for it. When they asked for it, they got it. They're coming to get it and now it's over and done with." -- New York Met Doug Mientkiewicz

Jodi Expected to Make Official Announcement Soon
Doug Busy Signing "Last Out" Series Balls for eBay

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Boston Globe:

Sox can't hold A's at bay > Wrist lands Lowrie on DL > Nomar recalls time with Red Sox fondly > Mark Fidrych killed in truck accident on farm > Sifting through the Rocket's debris > Mazz: Clearing ahead

Boston Herald:

Lester, Red Sox go quietly > Fidrych one of a kind > Lowrie joins Julio Lugo on disabled list > Red Sox hitters believe runs will come > Dustin Pedroia all good with hometown > How bad was loss for Yanks? So bad, Nick Swisher was mound star of the night

ProJo:

Lester bombed in Oakland; Sox now 2-5 for 2009 > Lowrie goes on DL, and Sox are suddenly short at shortstop > Could it be 1996 all over again for the Red Sox? > Red Sox mourn and remember Mark Fidrych, Harry Kalas > Red Wings 5, PawSox 3: PawSox lose game, and pitcher Devern Hansack

Hartford Courant:

Rays lift banners before Carlos Pena hits slam, drives in 6 runs in 15-5 rout of Yankees > Disabled Mets fans say stadium subway station strikes out on accessibility > Cardinals GM meets with 3B Troy Glaus to discuss steroid report > Rays place catcher Shawn Riggans on 15-day disabled list with shoulder injury > NY Mets fans pay top dollar for home opener in new park _ especially fans in Madoff seats
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