ok, so the boston red sox are in a bundle over a baseball.....THE baseball that was caught to clinch the series.....by one Doug Mientkiewicz, a fellow who had only been with the team 3 months...he has it in a vault...he has no contract with the team....the team wants the ball back......ouch.......personally, i wonder why this hadn't come up before...like the day after the series was over.....rather than just after new years.......obviously there were numerous baseballs used during the sries and during that game.....but THE ball that was caught to end the curse......well. there must be people willing to shell out considerable cash for THE baseball........akin to the holy grail.....so does the ball belong to Doug Mientkiewicz, or the boston red sox.......wisdom says that possession is 99% of the law........but then, i don't live in boston........for the record, Doug Mientkiewicz, is the one on the right...and no, i cannot spell Doug Mientkiewicz, i have it on copy and paste..........