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Home team catches a break with this grab

Jeff Mathis (left) was beaten to a foul ball by Sox fan Danny Vinik (right), who plucked the ball before it hit the catcher's mitt. Jeff Mathis (left) was beaten to a foul ball by Sox fan Danny Vinik (right), who plucked the ball before it hit the catcher's mitt. (BILL GREENE/GLOBE STAFF)
By Amalie Benjamin and Gordon Edes
Globe Staff / October 6, 2007

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As he stood by the entrance to the Red Sox clubhouse last night, surrounded by reporters, Danny Vinik couldn't quite comprehend what had just happened. (Full article: 1288 words)

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