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Sox fan pays $30K for Wiffle Ball game with Big Papi

By Darren Rovell
ESPN.com

Saturday, May 6, 2006

Drew Sawyer spends his days managing investments, but it was at night that the Boston Red Sox fan made what he thinks is one the greatest buys of his career: A game of Wiffle Ball with Red Sox slugger David Ortiz. The price? $30,000. "I evaluated it as being priceless," Sawyer said. "So we got a steal." Sawyer said he wasn't planning on bidding on the auction item, but he and his buddies got caught up in the bidding frenzy. "When it was over, my wife was a little bit shocked," he said. Sawy ...

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