 Let's see if they can! |
 Mike Timlin emerged first... |
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 Uh oh--here comes trouble... |
 in the form of Dustin Pedroia |
 and Alex Cora! |
 Coco looks suave as ever. |
 PAPI!! |
 Artsy shot. ^_~ |
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 Josh Beckett refused to let go of Schilling until he'd emptied the bottle. |
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 Timlin: "Hey! We get T-shirts!" |
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 Blurry, but too joyful not to post. |
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 Tim Wakefield comes over to spray us. |
 Beckett had the most wonderful dopey smile. |
 This rendered me speechless for a bit. |
 He actually flung a champagne bottle into the air in a gorgeous spiral, but I was too stunned to raise the camera! |
 Papelbon looked like a crazed ballet dancer. |
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 "Ladies and gentlemen, your closer!" |
 I actually yelped when I saw Daisuke--he was adorable! |
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 Jacoby Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz take it all in. |
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 "...Rookie." |
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 Papi is getting the first and third base sides to compete in yelling for him... |
 ... unaware (maybe) that someone is sneaking up on him! |
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 Now it's Schilling's turn to pour on Jon Lester. |
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 Including a full can of cold beer down his back, inside his shirt! |
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 Tek joins the celebration late and is immediately surrounded. |
 There's a price to pay for heading home, Captain! |
 "Eh... it's my glove hand. It'll heal by February." |
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 Mischief, thy name is Bobby Kielty. |
 Buck eggs him on. |
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 Still speechless. |
 Mike Lowell calling to mind Red Auerbach's Celtics celebrations. |
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 Alex Cora: "Who is that case-headed man?" |
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 "Kiss me, you nutcase!" |
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 "OKIE DOKIE!" |
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 "Hey! Hey! Alcohol Compliance! This little kid has a beer!" |
 This really needed video, but Youk was really workin' it. |
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 Buck: "Hey! Those people are still dry!" |
 "Let's go!" |
 "And somebody save some for that pesky redhead with the camera!" Jacoby did--see below! |
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 I don't think I've ever snapped Varitek so happy! |
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 Commander Cora manning the booth! |
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 Eric Hinske gazes up. |
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 Cora puts on "Sweet Caroline." |
 "Good times never seemed so good!" |
 "SO GOOD!" |
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 "Shipping up to Boston!" |
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 Kevin Cash emerges, dripping... |
 ... and I have the feeling "Mischief" Kielty was involved. |
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 Apparently the training staff has to maintain some decorum. |
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 "Budweiser. Hmmn. I don't really want this...." |
 "Hey, there's that chick with the camera again..." (He flung it high over our heads in a beer-spraying spiral!) |
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 Cashie's not just thinking... |
 ... he and Eric Gagne have apparently spotted something very cute on the ground! |
 All together: "Awwwwwwwwwwww!" |
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 Theo! |
 Posing with Lucchino and the crew. |
 Jim Davis photo--Wake sprays us with champagne. I'm about halfway down the line. |
 Reuters photo--Oh, Jacoby, you can douse me and the camera anytime you'd like! ^_^ |