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Sox Fans Sit Pretty After Sweep

Posted Oct 29, 07 12:58 PM CDT in Business,  Sports 

(Newser) – When the Red Sox won the World Series last night, some fans rioted. Others relaxed in suddenly free furniture. Roughly 30,000 took advantage of a local retailer's spring promotion, which promised rebates if the Sox won it all. Don’t worry about the company's bottom line, the Herald says—an insurance policy will cover the bill.

Meanwhile, 37 people were arrested after last night’s celebrations in Boston of the sweep-clinching victory in Denver turned violent, with fans flipping over cars and starting fires. Over a thousand police swarmed the streets around Fenway Park, stamping out drunken revelry. “We’ve done this before,” the police superintendent told the Globe.

Sources Boston Herald, Boston Globe

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Boston Red Sox's Jonathan Papelbon celebrates after the final out in Game 4 of the baseball World Series against the Colorado Rockies Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at Coors Field in Denver. The Red Sox won 4-3...   (Associated Press)
A policeman in riot gear surveys the crowd in front of a billboard outside Fenway Park in Boston early Monday Oct. 29, 2007, after the Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies in the baseball World Series...   (Associated Press)
Boston Red Sox fans celebrate in the street outside Fenway Park in Boston early Monday Oct. 29, 2007, after the Red Sox won the baseball World Series against the Colorado Rockies in Colorado. (AP Photo/Michael...   (Associated Press)
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Police in riot gear prepare to withdraw after finding themselves between two groups of celebrating fans in the street outside Fenway Park in Boston early Monday Oct. 29, 2007, after the Boston Red Sox...   (Associated Press)
Boston Red Sox fans celebrate in the street outside Fenway Park in Boston early Monday Oct. 29, 2007, after the Red Sox won the baseball World Series against the Colorado Rockies in Colorado. (AP Photo/Michael...   (Associated Press)
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