Boston Red Sox Ring: The Red Sox devoted more than an hour to recollect the triumphant, emotional, and unforgettable 2013 before the fourth game of the 2014 season begin.
According to the Boston Globe, 'the last time the Red Sox had been at Fenway Park, they were celebrating into the early-morning hours of Oct. 31 after beating the St. Louis Cardinals in six games and winning the World Series.
Boston Strong, the theme of the 2013 Red Sox - the entire city, really, after the Marathon bombings - was still being felt and seen. Pops conductor Keith Lockhart wore a Red Sox jersey with "617" as the number, signs outside the park honored the victims and survivors, and team staff added a single red rose to their outfits.'
The Red Sox received their 2013 World Series rings Friday afternoon as part of a stirring pregame ceremony at Fenway Park that paid tribute to the team's incredible run, the city's comeback in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings and its fallen heroes, according to ESPN Boston.
'The survivors of the Boston Marathon bombings and their relatives delivered the rings in cases from left field to a table in front of the Red Sox dugout while the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra played.
The survivors then shook hands with Red Sox executives and several players standing at the top of the dugout before taking seats on folding chairs down the first-base line. One survivor made it a point to take a selfie with David Ortiz, who famously caught one with President Obama during the team's White House visit on Thursday,' as quoted from ESPN Boston.
According to report, the roughly hour-long rite was topped by one last chapter that linked the city's political strength with its four-team athletic prowess. From left field came Red Sox legends Pedro Martinez, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek carrying World Series trophies and former Patriots Tedy Bruschi, Troy Brown and Ty Law raising Super Bowl trophies, all six of them adjoining a cart with former mayor Tom Menino riding shotgun. Former Bruins player Mark Recchi, a part of that team's 2011 Stanley Cup win, drove the cart and Leon Powe, a member of the Celtics' 2008 title team, was in the back.
