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Article: THANK YOU!; Sox fans bask in championship glow at Busch Stadium
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- October 28, 2004
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The Patriot Ledger
ST. LOUIS
They hung around well past midnight, hundreds of Red Sox fans
chanting, "Let's go, Red Sox," "Thank you, Red Sox," "Red Sox
Nation," and, finally, "Thank you, Theo." And they weren't alone.
As they shouted from the Busch Stadium boxes behind the Red Sox
dugout, many of the Sox players who were the target of their
affection joined them on the field - waving, slapping high-fives and
even hugging. At one point, Pedro Martinez took the coveted trophy
and ran toward left field, which was a feat in itself, because in the
bedlam that was their clubhouse, covered with plastic and dripping
with champagne, Tim Wakefield had clutched that trophy so hard that
he wouldn't let ...