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October 29, 2007
BOSTON -- About 1,000 fans are lining Yawkey Way, batting around beach balls, as they await the return of the World Series champion Red Sox, who bat around the Rockies in a quick four-game sweep.
Media at the scene are hearing the team's flight might have been slightly delayed. The team was due to land at Logan Airport about 3:30 p.m.
A Direct TV blimp is floating overhead.
On Van Ness Street, next to the 95-year-old stadium, fans say the white Escalade parked on the street belongs to David Ortiz. The minivan nearby is probably the one driven by Curt Schilling’s wife.
Among the crowd, wearing a red Sox cap and a green jersey is Greg Martakos, from Salem, N.H.
Martakos, a police officer in Hooksett, said he watched the game last night while he was working the overnight shift at the dispatch center.
After work – at 8:30 a.m. – he drove straight to Fenway.
Martakos had tickets to Game Six, but now, of course, there won’t be a Game Six.
He doesn’t say, directly, that he wanted Boston to lose just so he could see a game, but, he doesn’t flat out deny that he’s torn.
He admits, he said, he’s a little greedy.
“I wish I went to the game,” he said, “but this is just as great.”
But if this isn't enough, he can come back tomorrow at noon for the Boston Red Sox World Series victory parade.
-- projo.com staff writers Michael P. McKinney and Brandie Jefferson, with reports from Journal staff writer Meaghan Wims
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