Md. governor wants Mass. counterpart to pony up lobsters after Patriots lose NFL playoff game

Gov. O’Malley to Gov. Patrick: Pony up the lobster

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — It was lobsters versus crabcakes in Sunday’s NFL playoff game, and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says he wants his lobsters.

O’Malley and fellow Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick of Masschusetts had a friendly wager over the outcome of the playoff game between the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots, which the Ravens won 33-14 on Sunday.

O’Malley promised Maryland crabcakes if the Ravens fell to the Patriots in the first-round playoff game. Patrick pledged lobsters if his team lost.

In a YouTube video urging Patrick to honor the “gentlemanly bet,” O’Malley put on a fake Boston accent and said, “Hey Deval, send down the lob-stah.”