Theo Epstein sure had a good time in his return to Boston.
The Cubs' World Series trophy, on the other hand, had a painful trip.
The trophy made an appearance — along with the 2004 hardware Epstein won with the Red Sox — Epstein's charity concert last Saturday night. And while Epstein, Eddie Vedder and others rocked out to Neil Young's "Keep on Rockin' in the Free World," the trophies went for a ride — as instructed by Epstein, it should be noted. They crowd surfed, to be specific.
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Awesome.
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Well, according to the Boston Globe, all that crowd surfing had a detrimental effect, as a few of the flags adorning the trophy got snapped off.
All was well by weekend's end, as repairs were quickly made prior to Sunday's game.
But in true rock n roll fashion, things got a little wild.
Let's be honest, though. Way worse things have probably happened to the Stanley Cup, right?