Yan Gomes was behind the plate for the final out of the Washington Nationals’ World Series win in 2019. He managed to hold on to the ball from the final pitch, and when he spoke in a Zoom conference call with reporters back at the start of Spring Training 2.0 in July, the 33-year-old catcher said he still had it, and it was intact, in spite of pitcher Daniel Hudson’s ask that the ball be cut in half and shared since he threw the decisive pitch.
Gomes was holding strong.