UPDATE: One Year Reprieve on Hidden Ball Trick?



According to a report tonight on Boston Dirt Dogs, Doug Mientkiewicz has agreed to loan the World Series victory baseball to the Red Sox for one year. It is unclear whether Mientkiewicz is receiving compensation, or whether he is simply being charitable . . . for a year. However, he acknowledges that he and the team have "worked something out," which seems to imply that funds exchanged hands.



Whether or not he is being paid for the loaner, Mientkiewicz is now downplaying the whole affair. In fact, the way he sees it, he's really been holding onto the ball for the sake of Sox fans, and absolutely not for personal aggrandizement or for profit: "The fact that I had it was just so we could keep it and give it to the fans and let them see it."



Yeah Doug, that makes a lot of sense: you've kept the ball away from the team as the team has been traveling around New England for the past month to celebrate the World Series trophy with fans because . . . you wanted to let the fans see it. What?

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