However,
as
a
member
of
the
team,
McCarty
did
earn
a
championship
ring.
In
an
interview
released
last
November,
he
looked
back
at
his
experience
with
the
Red
Sox
fondly.
“I
loved
the
energy
in
Boston,”
McCarty
told
BallNine, “and
going
on
to
win
the
World
Series
in
2004
made
the
whole
journeyman
experience
worth
it
for
me.”
He
continued, “When
the
Red
Sox
designated
me
for
assignment,
they
had
a
deal
in
place
to
trade
me
to
another
team,
but
that
was
the
first
year
when
I
went
to
spring
training
where
my
kid
said, ‘Dad,
we
don’t
want
you
to
go.’
We
had
just
won
the
World
Series
in
2004
and
I
said
to
myself, ‘You
know,
I’d
just
rather
go
out
on
top
as
a
member
of
the
Red
Sox.’
So
that’s
what
I
did.”
Following
his
death,
several
of
his
past
teammates
paid
tribute
to
him
on
social
media. “Crushed
to
hear
of
the
passing
of
Dave,”
fellow
2004
World
Series
champion Johnny
Damon wrote
on
Instagram alongside
a
photo
of
the
two. “RIP.”
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