Saturday, November 2nd, I was able to attend the Red Sox World Series Parade. When I was living in Iowa, I never thought I would be able to attend anything like this in Boston. Now that I'm living in Connecticut, it was less far-fetched.
The parade was great, and I'm really glad we were able to attend. My boyfriend and I left our apartment at 6:30 AM, arrived in Cambridge at 8:30 to meet his friend, and were in position in front of the Four Seasons Hotel on Boylston at 9:15.
We had a great spot for the parade. Instead of describing it to you, I thought I would share the photos I took on Saturday. Enjoy!
View down Boylston Street from where we were standing
Photo of my boyfriend and me before the parade
Boston Police Officers to start the parade
A Beard on the Duck Boat
The owners Duck Boat
Owners Tom Werner (with the World Series Trophy) and John Henry
General Manager, Ben Cherington
Manager, John Farrell
Jacoby Ellsbury (on Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia, John McDonald, and Jack McCormick's Duck Boat)
Dustin Pedroia's "Floating Head" on the Duck Boat
Pitching Coach Juan Nieves
Mike Napoli with the World Series Trophy (on Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli, Andrew Miller, and Rick Jameyson's Duck Boat)
Jarrod Saltalamacchia (on Salty and Ryan Dempster's Duck Boat)
View down Boylston Street mid-parade
Felix Doubront (on Franklin Morales, Ryan Lavarnway, Brandon Workman and Felix Doubront's Duck Boat)
Dropkick Murphys
Wally with The Dropkick Murphy
Wally and The Dropkick Murphy's
Wally and The Dropkick Murphy's
Daniel Nava and John Lackey (on Daniel Nava, Clay Buchholz, John Lackey, and Matt Thornton's Duck Boat)
Daniel Nava and John Lackey (on Daniel Nava, Clay Buchholz, John Lackey, and Matt Thornton's Duck Boat)
LL Bean Shoe
Dennis Eckersley and Don Orsillo from NESN
Old Timer's Duck Boat
Jon Lester (on Michael Egan, Jon Lester, and Jake Peavy's Duck Boat)
Mike Carp and Xander Bogaerts (on Xander Bogaerts, Stephen Drew, Mike Carp, and Pookie Jackson's Duck Boat) Side Note: Team Aruba was behind us promoting travel to Aruba, and they were very energetic!
David Ross (on Dr. Peter Asnis, Will Middlebrooks, David Ross, Jim Rowe, and Dr. Larry Ronan's Duck Boat)
Shane Victorino next to the MVP Trophy... his head is cut off in the photo (David Ortiz-not on float, Quintin Berry, and Shane Victorino's Duck Boat)
Victorino was dancing when the parade stopped for a moment
Craig Breslow and Junichi Tazawa (on Koji Uehara, Craig Breslow, Andrew Bailey, and Junichi Tazawa's Duck Boat)
David Ortiz (in the red hoodie sweatshirt) got his own float!
What a night! That's really all I can say. Last night, the Boston Red Sox became World Series Champions by beating the Cardinals 6-1. For the first time since 1918, the Red Sox won the World Series at home, at Fenway Park. Such an incredible night for this amazing team!
I'm really excited to say that I'm planning on attending the Duck Boat parade on Saturday morning in Boston. My boyfriend and I had discussed it a couple times prior to last night's win. We were keeping our fingers crossed that the parade would be Saturday, as we wouldn't be able to make it Friday or Sunday. Lucky for us, they've announced the parade is scheduled for 10:00 AM Saturday.
David Ortiz deservingly won the MVP, hitting .688 (2nd highest in average in World Series history), hit 2 home runs, 6 RBIs, and was walked 8 times. If there wasn't Ortiz, who knows what would've happened to this team.
Honestly, I would say Ortiz is the MVP of the season, and I'll get into that more tomorrow when I do my end of the season awards. It started in April when Ortiz took the microphone and made his infamous speech. Here's the clip again:
Ortiz kept this mentality going all season. In his MVP speech, he made sure to dedicate the World Series to the Boston marathon victims and the City of Boston. Here's his MVP speech:
John Lackey won the clinching game, becoming the first player in his history to win two World Series clinching games (his first was with the Angels in 2002 as a Rookie). Lackey, who Red Sox fans loathed for years (that may be a bit strong, but you get the point), won this game for the Red Sox, and the Red Sox fans made sure to show their appreciation. I thought it was a touching moment when Lackey tipped his cap at the crowd, a crowd that had ridiculed and booed him in during his tenure with the Red Sox.
This offseason, the Red Sox went out and got what they thought would not only bring the fans back to Fenway, but bring a championship back to Boston. They brought in John Farrell, having to trade to an division rival for the manager they knew could do the job and knew this team.
The Red Sox brought in David Ross, Jonny Gomes, Shane Victorino, Ryan Dempster, Mike Napoli, and Stephen Drew, who all contributed in huge ways to this World Series winning team. It's still seems surreal that this team has gone from worst to first.
As mentioned, I'll post my postseason awards for the blog. Until then, please enjoy the photos, videos, and tweets from last night! What a way to end a season!
