Dodgers News: Austin Barnes Reveals Hilarious Story Of Keeping World Series Baseball

The 2020 World Series Championship gets revisited by Austin Barnes for its final moment

Ryan Menzie | Nov 12, 2022

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The Dodgers didn't end the 2022 season on top, but it doesn't mean all is lost as it was just two seasons ago the Dodgers won the World Series. The final pitch thrown out by Julio Urias ended with a triumphant yell into the sky by Urias and Austin Barnes being on the receiving end of the pitch.

Barnes, being the smart man he is, keeps the ball and forever places it in the Dodgers' immortality. Since Barnes caught the ball he kept it for some time.

Well, some time surely passed and for the longest time, the Dodgers organization didn't get the ball back. It wasn't until recent fans discovered the extent of why the organization never got the ball back (via Doug McKain).

"I had the ball for awhile. The Dodgers were calling. I knew they were calling for the ball so I didn't answer the phone for a couple months. I just had it at my house and they started getting pretty mad so I gave it back to the Dodgers. I think it's somewhere around here in an exhibit or something."

The moment will remain in the hearts of Dodgers fans until the end of time as the Dodgers victory came during such a pinnacle moment in history, COVID-19.

This only furthers the notion of how great of a moment it truly was with Barnes being right in the middle of it all.

Thankfully the ball is finally back where it belongs and is something fans and players will get a chance to see for many years.

Published Nov 12, 2022

RYAN MENZIE

Ryan Menzie | Lead Contributor Ryan is an LA Native who has grown up praising the greatest athletes LA has had to offer. A love for sports ranging between basketball, football, volleyball and golf, a future Sports Management Masters graduate, and being engulfed into organized sports since seven years old, the passion and love for sports never ends for Ryan. If the words he writes don't paint the full picture of his true fandom, he will find more ways than one to tell the story and be more than willing to open up a nice LA sports debate with you. Favorite Player: Mookie Betts Favorite Moment: 2020 World Series. The Lakers won the NBA title and the Dodgers secured the World Series only a couple of months later. During such a rough time with COVID-19 and such a bleak look at how sports has tried to overcome the circumstances, it was a relief to see the night sky lit up for many nights and a makeshift parade in LA when it seemed like we needed it the most.