Red Sox nation represented in Wareham
Red Sox fans came out in droves to Wareham Town Hall Thursday evening to catch a glimpse and take a photo with the 2013 World Series trophy.
Wareham fans of all ages came out in the winter cold to celebrate the boys of summer and their third championship in the last ten years.
"They were born into a good decade for Boston sports," lifelong Red Sox fan Danny Minkle said of his two sons, Danny and Brandon.
Danny, his oldest, was born in 2001, the year the Patriots won their first Super Bowl and said he can remember the Red Sox championship in 2004 as well.
"We saw the trophy at the parade, it was cool," Danny said, speaking about the Red Sox duck boat parade through Boston this past Nov. 2. But he was even more excited to see the trophy up close for the first time.
After being on display in Plymouth and Halifax earlier in the day, the trophy made its way to Wareham at 4:30 p.m.
Lashawn Streater, whose official title with the Red Sox is Fenway Ambassador, said the trophy travels year round and can spend as much as 14 hours a day alternating between traveling and being on display.
"They didn't even get a chance to engrave Red Sox on the back of the trophy yet because it's been on the road so much," he said.
The Commissioner's Trophy was redesigned in 2000 and a new one is produced every year. Since then, three teams have won the trophy twice, but the Red Sox are the only team to own three trophies- even if their name is only on two.
15-year-old Red Sox fan Jacob Hupp said he watched every World Series going back to 2004 and when he was younger watched every Red Sox game during the season.
"He would fall asleep watching the games late at night," Esther Hupp said about her son's dedication.
While the selectmen's meeting room in town hall was packed with fans, one resident said it was nothing like when the trophy came to town in 2004. She said the line went down the stairs, out the building and almost wrapped around the middle school.
Waiting 86 years can have that effect on people.
While older Red Sox fans might remember the team by the single word "cursed," the current crop of fans only know them as "champions."