09-09-2014, 05:23 PM
The end of that story is as sweet as the beginning:
(The reporter) presented Ryan with two baseballs - one from each announcer - Remy and Don Orsillo.
"That's called 'paying it forward,'" Striewski told Ryan.
"I saw people do it before," Ryan said. "I thought it was a nice thing and it's good to make people happy."
The Red Sox also gave Ryan a bag of treats, including a bracelet. Ryan gave that to his new friend as well.