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BOSTON (AP) — http://www.brewersfanproshop.com/authentic-josh-hader-jersey , the Boston Red Sox will climb aboard duck boats for a parade to celebrate the team’s fourth World Series title in 15 years, city officials announced Monday.The parade Wednesday will begin at 11 a.m. at Fenway Park. The team is expected to return to Boston later Monday with the World Series trophy.Mayor Marty Walsh said that he expected large crowds for the parade and that traffic and parking restrictions would be in place, along with tight security. Police said alcohol would be prohibited along the parade route and no one would be allowed to carry weapons of any kind.“We’ve been here before, let’s act like it,” said Police Commissioner William Gross.The tradition of players climbing aboard the amphibious duck boats, one of the city’s most popular tourist attractions, to celebrate championships dates back to 2004, the year the Red Sox won the World Series for the first time since 1918.In all Max Kepler Jersey , the city has had 11 sports championships since 2002, with the New England Patriots winning five and the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins each winning once during that period.“Boston has certainly set a new tone around celebrations,” Walsh said. “Maybe it’s because we have a lot of them or maybe it’s because of the way we conduct ourselves.”Jubilant fans, many of them college students, spilled out in the streets late Sunday and early Monday morning after the Red Sox’ clinching 5-1 win over the Dodgers in Los Angeles.Boston police said the crowd was largely well-behaved, and only one arrest was reported. A 22-year-old Connecticut man was charged with malicious destruction of property after climbing a light pole and punching the plastic light fixture, causing the lens to break, officials said.Police closed off several streets around Fenway Park. A World Series championship banner was unfurled outside it just before dawn.Two students at Bridgewater State University were arrested early Monday after being accused of vandalizing two life-sized bear sculptures on the campus during a celebration of the Red Sox win http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-zach-duke-jersey , the Enterprise of Brockton reported.A crowd of about 2,000 students also gathered to celebrate following the game at the University of Massachusetts’ flagship campus in Amherst, MassLive.com reported. A spokeswoman for the university said there were no arrests and no injuries reported.Boston has experienced incidents in the past during spontaneous celebrations, some leading to deaths.In 2004, an Emerson College student was struck in the eye with a pepper-pellet gun fired by police trying to disperse a crowd celebrating the Red Sox’s American League Championship Series win over the New York Yankees. The city later paid a $5.1 million settlement to Victoria Snelgrove’s family and agreed never to use that type of weapon again.A settlement was also reached with police and the parents of David Woodman, a 22-year-old Celtics fan who stopped breathing and later died after being taken into custody on a public drinking charge during street celebrations after the team’s 2008 championship. The Atlanta Braves are fighting for home-field advantage this weekend at Citizens Bank Park. The Philadelphia Phillies are just trying to end their season-worst losing streak.The National League East champion Braves and the Phillies open their final regular-season series of 2018 on Friday night in Philadelphia. The Braves (89-70) clinched the division with a win over the Phillies last Saturday and are hoping to gain home-field advantage in the NLDS with a few wins this weekend.Right-hander Mike Foltynewicz (12-10, 2.88 ERA) will be on the mound against Jerad Eickhoff (0-0, 9.00) Michael Pineda Jersey , who is making his first and only start of the year for Philadelphia.Article continues below ...The Braves will most likely face the winner of the NL West in the NLDS next week, and they had the same number record as the West-leading Colorado Rockies after Thursday’s action.The Rockies have surged into first place after sweeping the Phillies, who have completely collapsed in September. The Phillies (78-81), who were in first place and led the Braves by 1 1/2 games on Aug. 5, are 6-19 in September, in the midst of a season-worst eight-game losing streak and have fallen to third place in the division.Philadelphia’s skid started last Thursday in Atlanta, where they were swept by the Braves in a four-game series. The Phillies lost another four games to the Rockies at Coors Field and were outscored on the trip, 60-19.“It’s really bad baseball. There’s no excuse for it Fernando Rodney Jersey , none at all,” Phillies’ first-year manager Gabe Kapler told reporters after a 14-0 loss against Colorado on Wednesday. “We all have to look ourselves in the mirror, individually and collectively, and figure out how to get better. And we have to do it right now.”Foltynewicz faced the Phillies in his last outing, and he took a no-hitter into the seventh inning. He allowed just two hits and two runs in 7 1/3 innings at SunTrust Park, as he helped Atlanta get the win that clinched the division last Saturday.“It was very different knowing what’s at stake, but at the same time you can’t get overhyped, like I tended to do in the past with bigger games http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-addison-reed-jersey ,” Foltynewicz told MLB.com after the win. “To be able to do it in front of our home crowd was pretty special.”Foltynewicz, a first-time All-Star in 2018, has a 2.08 ERA in five starts against the Phillies this season and is 5-3 with a 3.39 ERA and 1.236 WHIP against the Braves’ divisional foe in 12 career appearances.Eickhoff, meanwhile, will be starting for the first time this year after his season was derailed by injuries. Eickhoff started the season on the disabled list due to a lat strain and his return was set back because of a nerve issue on his right hand. He was activated off the DL earlier this month and has made two appearances out of the bullpen.Eickhoff, 28, made a total of 57 starts for Philadelphia in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. He has a lifetime 2.91 ERA against the Braves.