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Saw bits and pieces of the victory parade on TV. Papelbon did his dance and used a broom as an air guitar (and also
used it to “row” the duck boat/platform he was on,
especially during the playing of “Dirty Water”). A crowd
that could well surpass the ‘04 celebration (ironically
enough I think it also took place on Oct 30, a Saturday
in ‘04). Many chants of “Re-sign Lowell”, “Yankees Suck”,
etc.

Today’s Herald mentioned that Papelbon was actually ill
during game 4 (”undisclosed illness”) but made it through
(I thought I heard something about “he threw up on the
plane” but I was half listening at the time). He
seemed in good spirits today though.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was October 30, 2004... My husband and I were there among the crazy crowds. It was on a Saturday. The weather wasn't so nice, it was cold and rainy (not a downpour though). We had a blast... wish we could have been there today, but not enough notice for us to get out of work. Hubby is actually at a conference in NYC right now.

I saw the whole thing today on NESN and on the WCVB Channel 5 Boston live stream (Channel 5 did a better job than NESN). Papelbon was hilarious as usual... glad he finally put on the kilt, given to him earlier today by the Dropkick Murphys (it has his #58 sewn on it).

I don't know of Papelbon was ill during game 4, but I'm pretty sure he was throwing up on the plane (confirmed by Pap and Big Papi) because he was so hung over from the World Series celebration. LOL

Manny being interviewed live by Channel 5 now... Manny says he would like to "retire as a Red Sox". He'd like to see his retired number hanging with the others over right field at Fenway. "If not, hey, man... life goes on."