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IN THE LAST TEN
YEARS, BOSTON
SPORTS FANS
HAVE GROWN
ACCUSTOMED TO
CHAMPIONSHIP
TROPHY TOURS...
SIX TITLES IN
THEIR FOUR
MAJOR SPORTS,
OFTEN
PROMPTING ME
TO QUESTION
WHY I AM A
PHILADELPHIA
SPORTS FAN..
BACK IN
FEBRUARY, THE
RED SOX LAST
THREE WORLD
SERIES TROPHIES
MADE THEIR WAY
INTO OUR
REGION.. THE
MOST RECENT
2013 PIECE OF
HARDWARE WAS
THE TALK OF THE
TOWN THEN,
BUT THIS
AFTERNOON,
FANS GRAVITATED
TOWARDS A VERY
RARE PIECE OF
BASEBALL
HISTORY...
ALONGSIDE THE
2004, 2007, AND
2013 TROPHY
WAS THE 1912
BOSTON RED SOX
CHAMPIONSHIP
TROPHY... PRIOR
TO THE START OF
THE LAKE
MONSTERS GAME,
FANS LINED UP TO
TAKE PICTURES
WITH STERLING
SILVER CUP...THE
1912 RED SOX
HAVE A SPECIAL
CONNECTION TO
VERMONT AND
CENTENNIAL
FIELD.. FORMER
UNIVERSITY OF
VERMONT
BASEBALL
PLAYERS LARRY
GARDNER AND
RAY COLLINS
WERE MEMBERS
OF THE WORLD
SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM... FOR THE
BASEBALL FANS,
AND EVEN THE
PLAYERS AND
MANAGERS THAT
CALL CENTENNIAL
FIELD THEIR
HOME TODAY, IT
WAS A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY TO
BE UP CLOSE AND
PERSONAL...
MAYBE THOSE
TROPHIES GAVE
THE RED SOX
SINGLE "A"
LOWELL
SPINNERS A
LITTLE EXTRA
MOTIVATION IN
THEIR SERIES
RUBBER GAME
WITH THE LAKE
MONSTERS..
Diving grab by
FRANKLIN
GUZMAN robs
RYAN HUCK to hold
on to a three run
lead..
Top of the 9th..
DAVID SOPILKA
punches one to the
infield gap, scores
MIKE MEYERS
from third for the
insurance run.. 7-3
Spinners..
Last licks for the
Lake Monsters..
HUCK at the plate
again, drives one
into center field..
KYLE WHEELER
will reach home
from second.. Back
to a three run lead..
Next batter is
BRETT
VERTIGAN... The
rally caps are on..
He drives one into
right center... The
sac fly cuts it within
2 after SCOTT
MASIK sprints 90
feet... We've got a
ball game again..
Down to their last
out... And DAYTON
ALEXANDER gets
caught swinging..
VERMONT LOSES
THEIR 5TH GAME
IN THE LAST 6
OUTINGS.. THEY
CONTINUE THEIR
HOMESTAND WITH
TRI CITY ON