Last week, Indians outfielder Brandon Moss reached a career milestone when he hit his 100th home run. Unfortunately, the ball went into his own team’s bullpen. Instead of doing the nice thing and returning it, Moss’ teammates decided to hold the ball for ransom.
Among the list of items requested from Moss were $5,000 cash and 50-gallon drum of lube. There were also numerous Apple products like iPads, an iPhone, Apple watches, and MacBook Airs. Thanks to Apple CEO Tim Cook, Moss won’t have to come up with the electronics on his own.
During Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Cook said his corporation would pick up the tab.
“It’s a shopping list for the Apple Store,” Cook said via Bloomberg. “Brandon would have had to raid an Apple Store to get that ball back. That didn’t seem quite right to us. And, so, what we’re gonna do, is we’re gonna pay the ransom.”
That’s one less thing Moss has to worry about. He gets his cherished possession and members of the Indians bullpen get what they wanted. Everyone wins.
