Joe Kelly had a surprise for Tony La Russa after the former manager borrowed his glove
The Red Sox reliever took to Twitter to share what he found inside.
Lending a baseball glove to a friend is always risky business.
When it’s returned, the glove can be ripped, dirty, or broken in the wrong way.
Sometimes, though, lending a friend a glove can yield a reward worth thousands of dollars.
Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly offered his mitt Thursday to Tony La Russa, who serves as vice president and special assistant to Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. La Russa, who was catching the first pitch thrown by longtime executive and scout Roland Hemond, didn’t have a glove with him, so he figured Kelly’s would suffice.
Little did La Russa know, that seemingly innocent glove would gobble up one of his most prized possessions, one that Kelly would ultimately hold for ransom.
When Kelly looked inside the mitt, he was met with an unusual surprise. There was one of La Russa’s World Series rings, sparkling and staring back at him. It appears as though La Russa – who has three World Series rings as a manager and one Hall of Fame ring – accidentally left it inside.
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Kelly, who has a tendency to spice things up, took to Twitter on Friday to reveal what he had found. He used hashtags to share that he plans to keep the ring, then to joke (presumably) that he wants a trillion dollars in return.
