Papelbon's dog eats World Series ball And Papelbon was left with a common excuse for not doing one's homework to explain what happened to a historic baseball artifact.
"My dog ate it," Papelbon told the newspaper. "He plays with baseballs like they are his toys. His name is Boss. He jumped up one day on the counter and snatched it. He likes rawhide. He tore that thing to pieces.
"I'll keep what's left of it," he told the paper.
Although, to be fair, this may or may not be the Papelboner's dog: