A reader asked me to help with this awhile back and I completely forgot until now. Please help him ID this autographed ball. The bottom one is Paul Assenmacher, but who is the top one?

Also, don’t forget to listen to the most recent episode of The Pitch. We know this: The 2008 postseason won’t be a non-competitive month of sweeps.

The Pitch hosts Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage provide their breakdown of how the Red Sox lost their grip on the ALCS with questionable pitching management and misguided decisions in extra innings at Tampa Bay. And the discussion moves to Los Angeles, as well, where the Dodgers crushed Phillies lefty Jamie Moyer early in Game 3 to climb back into the series with power and bench-clearing anger.

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