AUBURN – It was the squeak heard in Boston.

Well, make that Bethel.

And thank Les Otten for listening.

Otten, a minority owner of the world champion Boston Red Sox, agreed with a whole bunch of other people in central and western Maine that the team – or at least the trophy the Sox claimed in October to end an 86-year-long World Series drought – ought to make an appearance in the Twin Cities.

It will.

From roughly 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, that championship trophy will be on display at the Colisee in Lewiston.

Otten hasn’t forgotten his Bethel area neighbors, either. They’ll be able see the trophy from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Telstar Regional High School in Bethel. Then from 7:30 to 10 p.m., it’ll be available for fans to eyeball at the Phoenix House and Well near Otten’s former big investment, Sunday River Ski Area in Newry. Otten is part owner of the Phoenix, an upscale restaurant with a pub downstairs.

The trophy visit venues were announced late Monday afternoon by Gov. John Baldacci.

What wasn’t known Monday was which of the ball club’s players might accompany the trophy to its first stop in Portland on Friday, and whether any will stick around for Friday’s grand tour of the state.

Just getting the trophy to the Twin Cities was a major accomplishment, to hear the Brothers Guay say it.

Mayors Normand Guay of Auburn and Lionel Guay of Lewiston joined state Sen. Peggy Rotundo at Auburn Hall to announce the decision to include Lewiston and Auburn on the itinerary.

Rotundo, a Lewiston Democrat, said she “went ballistic” on Friday when she learned the Twin Cities weren’t on the stop list. “These folks are going right past Lewiston, two times. It’s like Hello!'” she said then.

On Monday she was all smiles, and dishing credit to Baldacci as well as the Guays.

The Guays in turn were saying that people should thank Otten. They had spent the past two days making calls to Otten, they said, adding that Otten, too, was miffed to think the trophy might bypass Maine’s second-largest population center.

“This goes to show that when we get together, we can do anything,” Normand Guay said as his brother nodded his head in agreement. Later, Rotundo congratulated both on their success in landing the commitment to bring the trophy here.

With or without ballplayers attending to the trophy, Otten is expected to visit the Colisee when the trophy is on display, the trio said, along with some Red Sox office staff.

Jim Bennett, Lewiston’s city administrator, said the visit there will be a wonderful chance for the Red Sox to take aim at repeating their 2004 World Series success next year.

After all, he noted, the last time the Red Sox won back-to-back World Series titles was in 1915-16. A Lewiston man, Bill Carrigan, was the team’s manager as well as its catcher.

The star pitcher then: Babe Ruth.

Red Sox Maine schedule

Friday

• Public viewing, Hadlock Field, Portland, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Rolling rally, Congress Street, Portland, 2:30 to 3 p.m.

• Rally, Monument Square, Portland, 3 to 4 p.m.

Saturday

• Viewing, Aroostook Centre Mall, Presque Isle, 8 to 9:30 a.m.

• Viewing, Bangor Auditorium, 11 to 12 p.m.

• Viewing, Blaine House, Augusta, 2 to 3 p.m.

• Viewing, Colisee, Lewiston, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

• Viewing, Telstar Regional High School, Bethel, 6:30 to 7:30

• Viewing, The Phoenix at Sunday River, Newry