BOSTON — Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas and the rest of the 2011 Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins were paraded around the warning track for 10 minutes prior to Sunday’s Boston Red Sox game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Chara and Thomas were on the lead duck boat of four that were in the processional that began by entering through the center field wall about 15 minutes before first pitch. Chara was holding up the Stanley Cup for nearly the entire time during the procession around Fenway. After making one round around Fenway, the players departed in the center field triangle and made their way to the infield with the Stanley Cup, in addition to the Eastern Conference trophy and the Conn Smythe trophy, earned by Thomas as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoff run. The pre-game ceremony was capped off by all members of the Bruins throwing simultaneous first pitches to the Red Sox players, who stood in a line from dugout to dugout behind home plate.
