Frank M'Quiston of the Pittsburg [sic] Dispatch wrote this about the victory celebration, "Around a little island on which stood, almost clutching each other, six ball players clad in white, there rolled and threshed great waves of dark clad humanity. But only for the fraction of a second. Then with a roar like the breaking of the surf there rolled from all sides these waves, blotting out the little mariners in white. The island had been swallowed up by the human sea. Not a glimpse of white could be seen for perhaps ten seconds. Then as if from the center of the storm there shot upward a great white uniform, sent up by willing hands and brawny arms. 'Dineen! Dineen!' screamed the crowd, and the big pitcher as he came down landed on friendly shoulders and was borne off the field fighting like a demon."

After Game 8 was over, both teams were invited to a play called The Billionaire at a theatre in Boston. The actors had changed the lines to pay tribute to the champions and the Pirates left during the intermission. Here are the lines they changed:

There are incidents that happen in the lives of famous men,
There is always something doing that will creep out now and then,
When the score is three to nothing, with the Boston no use bluffing,
There are incidents that happen in the lives of famous men.

Player-manager Jimmy Collins was once described by a reporter like, "putting questions to an Egyptian mummy," but we believe he summed up the moment quite nicely, "This is one of the happiest moments of my life, and I want to thank you fellows from the bottom of my heart. I hope that you will all pass a pleasant winter and that we will be together again in 1904."