The Red Sox made their AL East Championship Banner a little early, and it wound up falling off a truck:

The Red Sox’ 2018 division title banner that was recovered on McGrath Highway in Somerville Monday has been returned in exchange for nothing.

A team spokeswoman told The Boston Globe‘s Travis Anderson the banner was brought into Fenway Park Wednesday afternoon. Those who delivered the lost item received no form of compensation, she said, despite the wishes of the 44-year-old Malden man who had initially located the banner.

In an interview with the Globe earlier Wednesday, Louie Iacuzzi said he had planned to return the misplaced memento that he says he accidentally stumbled upon Monday morning after spotting an unidentified object in the roadway. The return would just have to come at a cost.

The company who made the banner basically accused the finders of stealing it. (When I was growing up, finding something that fell off a truck was a euphemism for stealing.) We’ll see what happens. If the Red Sox go on another 80 year World Series drought, fans can blame the way the Red Sox treated the people who returned the banner.