Posted By:
Tim MayerIn 96 charlie hayes caught the winning ball he kept it....in 98 mariano kept his.
it is common in baseball that whomever catches the ball keeps it. If the game ends on a strikeout the catcher hands the ball to the pitcher on the mound. If this was any other team but the redsox this would be a non issue. I am unsure what the problem is. I personally think larry lucciano has no class. Most teams would have kept this as an internal manner, but the redsox handle stuff funny.
The real reason they want the ball so bad is they think they might not win another one for 80 more years. For the Braves and Yankees they would just move on and say they will get a new better one next year 