Red Sox pitcher offers debate star Ken Bone tickets to ALDS game

Marc Lancaster

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Ken Bone was the unquestioned winner of Sunday night's presidential debate. Now the world is opening up for him.

The red-sweatered Illinoisan immediately became Internet-famous after asking Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump about energy policy near the end of their showdown in St. Louis. That led to interviews with CNN and the New York Times, among other outlets, on Monday, along with one of the true perks of celebrity — free tickets to a game.

Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly tweeted Monday that he planned to leave Bone tickets to his team's American League Division Series game against the Cleveland Indians later in the day.

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Whether Bone — a 34-year-old coal plant employee — has become enough of a high roller to jet to Boston on a whim remains unclear. But for a day or two, at least, America is here for him like he was here for America.

 

Marc Lancaster

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Marc Lancaster joined The Sporting News in 2022 after working closely with TSN for five years as an editor for the company now known as Stats Perform. He previously worked as an editor at The Washington Times, AOL’s FanHouse.com and the old CNNSportsIllustrated.com, and as a beat writer covering the Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds, and University of Georgia football and women’s basketball. A Georgia graduate, he has been a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 2013.