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3 Million Man March

Yes, I was in Boston for the Red Sox victory parade on Saturday, and it was an experience I won't soon forget. A few notes:

- I took the Acela up Friday night, and at least two thirds of the people on the train- as it was leaving New York- were wearing Red Sox stuff.

- I got to the corner of Tremont Street on Boston Common a few minutes after the parade had already passed, but my friends and I later ran all the way to the Charles River esplanade and caught a bit of the parade's marine portion. I was especially entertained by Ricky Gutierrez, Adam Hyzdu, and the rest of the guys on the "Left Off the Postseason Roster" duckboat.

- Lots of great signs. The Jeter/golf one got all the attention, but my favorite was a cartoon someone drew of Babe Ruth having sex with a goat, which read "F-ck the Curse." As the guy pivoted around to let someone take a picture, he screamed out, "Manny touched my sign, man!"

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- As I discussed with Jordan last night, those Sox players can look forward to getting laid by the women of Boston at a clip unprecedented by any group of men in any city in history, with the possible exception of New York City firemen in the few months after 9/11. We're talking boy-band ass.
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- Along those same lines, anyone catch that photo in SI of a couple of the Sox nonchalantly playing cards in the clubhouse, as a nude Manny Ramirez lurked in the background?

- At any rate, I'm glad I was able to be in a city I love for one of its greatest moments ever. I even walked from the North End to Harvard on Saturday afternoon, just to bask in the atmosphere.

- And yes, the Patriots lost on Sunday. But really, did anyone care?

Posted by Stephen Silver at November 1, 2004 07:01 PM