It’s not just that Boston fans have mastered the protocol of the modern championship parade — how and when to get there, where the best…
It’s not just that Boston fans have mastered the protocol of the modern championship parade — how and when to get there, where the best sightlines are along Boylston Street, how to get a witty sign (“Chris Sale, show me your belly-button ring’’) noticed by the players, that sort of intel that comes only with experience.
It’s that, as we were reminded again Wednesday afternoon, Boston invented modern championship parade protocol.
Oh, that may seem arrogant to fan bases in Los Angeles, New York, or Chicago, or to other cities that have seen their teams fall to one Boston team or another during this run of 11 championships across four sports since the Patriots got all of this thrilling madness started with their Super Bowl victory over the Rams in February 2002.
