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Sox Trophy Tour Coming to Pittsfield

By Tammy Daniels - March 06, 2008
iBerkshires Staff

2004 World Series Trophy
PITTSFIELD – When the Red Sox finally broke their 86-year-old drought to win the World Series in 2004, their faithful fans were rewarded with a close-up view of the long-awaited trophy.

The 2004 World Series trophy appeared in nearly every city, town and hamlet in the Bay State in the months following the historic victory. Thousands turned out to see it and to have their pictures taken with the symbol of victory - no doubt a few thinking it could be generations before such an event could happen again.

Well it did, or at least the victory happened again as the Red Sox went on to capture the Series again last fall.

But where was the grand tour for the trophy? Didn't happen.

Instead, it was decided to bring both trophies - 2004 and 2007 - to three select cities.

On Thursday, Mayor James M. Ruberto, Sen. Benjamin B. Downing, D-Pittsfield, and Rep. Christopher N. Speranzo, D-Pittsfield, announced that Pittsfield was one of those cities.


This reporter gets her Yankees son to pose with the 2004 trophy.
The trophies will visit the scene of baseball's birth on Sunday, March 9, from 10 to 4 p.m. at Taconic High School at 96 Valentine Road.

"We are proud to be one of the three communities to have the Red Sox in Pittsfield, 'The Garden of Eden of Baseball,' with the World Series trophies," said Ruberto in a statement released late Thursday evening. "I hope that all Red Sox fans can make it to Taconic on Sunday to take pictures and be a part of baseball history."

The other two towns to host the trophies are Athol and Shrewsbury.

Residents from throughout Berkshire, Hamden, Hampshire and Franklin counties are encouraged to come to Pittsfield to view the two trophies and have their pictures taken with them.

Who knows when you'll see them again.
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