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October 30, 2007

Sox parade: Papelbon's air guitar.. with a broom

BOSTON, Mass. -- Jonathan Papelbon is doing air-guitar on a Duck Boat in Boston Common ... with a broom.

Already known for the Papelbon dance -- that jig-like series of steps that replaced "Cowboy-Up" of yesteryear as a team badge -- Papelbon's improvisations this afternoon include celebrating the Sox's four-game World Series sweep of the Rockies. (Some purists might quibble over whether it's truly an air guitar if anything other than one's own arms mimic the riffs and licks, but that's a discussion for another time).

He's not alone. People are selling brooms and waving brooms celebrating the sweep as the victory parade wends toward its finish at City Hall Plaza.

As for any musical aspirations, Papelbon's in good company. Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was known to strum a broom as a boy before he got his fingers on a Fender Stratocaster.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer Scott MacKay

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