This story appeared in the Aug. 8, 2015 issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. To subscribe to the magazine, click here.
Throughout the night of Nov. 2, 2013, witnesses reported sightings of an unusual creature roaming the streets of Boston. Blurry snapshots, posted to social media, revealed it to have a thick, bare torso and a hirsute face. It appeared notably friendly, eager to share what seemed to be its central form of subsistence: beer and cinnamon-flavored whisky.
"Yeah, that was when the Fireball kick was in," says the creature, who goes by the name Mike Napoli.