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QU Grad Student Works for Red Sox During World Series Run

A Quinnipiac University graduate student is having a front row seat to one of the Boston Red Sox most successful seasons ever.

“We want people walking away saying, hey we had a great day at Fenway not just having a great day watching the Sox,” said Paul Caraccilo, who is studying public relations.

Since June, Caracciolo has been working part-time at the oldest ballpark in America.

“My role is in the Fan Youth Engagement department,” he said, “which is a sub-sect of the marketing department.”

After watching the Red Sox clinch a third straight American League East title, Caracciolo now has experience working during a playoff run and the first two games of a World Series.

“When you start off the season so hot like they did and things like that they were talking about deep postseason run around July and that’s something infectious, like the pessimistic side of me was like I don’t want to get my hopes up,” Caracciolo said, “but you start to believe a little bit when people are that confident in the team.”

Following one of the team’s record 108 regular season wins, Caracciolo crossed paths with the first year manager that has the Red Sox two wins away from beating the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“We’re kind of bringing all the stuff back to the office and we’re walking past the parking garage, Alex Cora’s kind of pulling out,” he said. “We’re like sorry, he goes, oh no problem, we had one person kind of struggling he jumped out helped us carry one of the corn hole things over a little bit, great guy.”

Caraciollo grew up in Pennsylvania a Philadelphia Phillies fan and he says his dream has always been to work for a team that wins a championship.

“This team is going hold a special part in my heart for the rest of my life,” he said of the Red Sox.

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