Damage minimal

Boston Police Department officials estimate 10,000 people packed the Fenway area Monday night after the Red Sox won their American League Division Series over the Oakland A’s.

But police and bar management said Tuesday that, despite some unhappy fans who had to be turned away from local bars, a couple of overturned cars, tipped newspaper boxes and some scattered trash, damage was minimal after Monday night’s revelry.

Around Fenway Park, BPD officials said though two cars were overturned and several others were damaged, the large crowds left no other lasting damage. Several owners and employees said the streets looked fairly clean in the morning.

‘The streets looked cleaner than what it would look like on a normal Friday morning outside Avalon,’ said Tracy Wallace, director of marketing for Jillian’s.

Boston University officials said there was no lasting damage to BU property. Construction workers in front of Warren Towers said barricades around where they are erecting the building’s new awning were knocked over, but it was only a minor inconvenience at the beginning of their workday.

‘There was a little wildness and a little extra debris in [Kenmore Square], which we don’t like,’ said BU Associate Vice President for Physical Plant James Keating. ‘But it was taken care of and all right by the morning.’

Most of the mess was on city property, away from BU buildings, but Keating said trash on the BU campus was cleaned up by the midnight custodial shift, which was told shortly after the Sox won to pay attention to extra debris.

Police did make three arrests near Fenway Park during the celebration. Twenty-year-olds Megan and Amanda Michalak of Roxbury and Allston, respectively, were both arrested for indecent exposure after flashing the crowd from atop a billboard at Brookline Avenue and Lansdowne Street, and Boston resident John Swenson, 18, was arrested for disorderly conduct, BPD spokesman John Boyle said.

Four other arrests were made in the Government Center area, the city’s other post-game hot spot, Boyle said.

Several Fenway-area bars were not expecting the large crowds, which ended up being relatively harmless. Wallace said Jillian’s, which was shown on FOX’s national broadcast of the game, had to turn away between 1,500 and 2,000 people who lined up outside the club during the game. Boston Beer Works bartender David Michels said the bar, which was as crowded as on a normal Sox gameday, was not even fully staffed for the night.

‘We were expecting a crowd, but nothing like what happened,’ he said. ‘We had a line out the door.’

Several BU students who went to the Fenway area after the game said they were surprised by the scene.

School of Management freshman Adam Goldberg, a former Yankees fan, said he ran with the rest of his Warren Towers floor to Kenmore Square right after the game, ‘crying because of how emotional it was.’ He said he was shocked when he got there.

‘Coming from New Jersey, there’s never reaction like that for the Yankees it was just unbelievable,’ Goldberg said.

Long-time Red Sox fan and College of Arts and Sciences senior Gregg Johnson, who said he sprinted toward Fenway Park after watching the game with friends at his apartment, also said the scene was ‘surprising.’

‘This one rivals [the celebration after the Patriots won the Super Bowl], and it was only the first round,’ Johnson said, referring to the merriment after the NFL team’s January 2002 championship. ‘I can’t imagine what it’ll be next round, and eventually the World Series.’

City officials are gearing up for even more intense celebrations should the Sox win anything more.

Cask ‘n’ Flagon owner Dana Van Fleet said other owners and employees discussed preparations for the American League Championship Series Tuesday, and Michels said Boston Beer Works is planning to add ‘eight to 10 really large men’ and more staff members for the ALCS games.

Boston officials also spent Tuesday discussing how to better prepare for any possible celebrations or disappointments during the ALCS, Boyle said. Mayor Thomas Menino announced that police ‘will arrest any individual who threatens public safety,’ the Associated Press reported.

Boston Police Commissioner Paul Evans also announced that parking will be banned around Fenway Park between 4 p.m. and 1 a.m. on all remaining home and away game days, and BPD will crack down on underage drinking, the AP reported.

Still, one BU student said the city can likely look forward to even more madness.

CAS freshman and Cleveland native Beth Balaban said she is expecting ‘crazy stuff happening in Boston’ if the Red Sox win the World Series, but she was not surprised by the reaction Monday night.

‘Boston people are crazy,’ she said. ‘I wasn’t surprised.’