Latowski, 102, was rooting for the Sox when she attended three World Series games in 2004, 2007, and 2013, and she’ll be cheering for them again when she goes to Fenway on Wednesday to watch Game 2 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Mary Latowski of Coventry, R.I., was just a baby when Babe Ruth and the Red Sox won the World Series in 1916 and 1918. Although it would take 86 years for Boston to win another world championship in 2004, Latowski has always remained a loyal fan.

This also marks a homecoming of sorts for Latowski, who spent the last three weeks in the hospital undergoing rehab after a stroke. But she’s not letting that stop her from showing her support for the hometown team.


“I can’t wait to get there,” she said. “I just hope they win.”

She’ll be accompanied at the game by three generations of her family, and she’ll be sitting behind home plate for the first time.

Mary Latowski got a hug from her grandson, Mark Masiello, who will take her to Game 2 of the World Series. Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Latowski’s daughter, Linda Masiello, 72, said her mother was born on Feb. 14, 1916 (“she tells people she’s 102 and a half,” she said), and was just a young girl when she started following the Red Sox.

“My mom’s been a Red Sox fan since she was 12 years old,” Masiello said. “She’d come home to school and listen to games on the radio at home. She loved the Red Sox.”

Masiello said her father was also a big Red Sox fan, and her parents would go into Boston to attend games in the late 1930s and 1940s.

Masiello said her mother (who drove until she was 101) still enjoys going to Fenway to see games in person.

“My mom’s memory is absolutely amazing,” she said. Over the years, Latowski has had her share of favorite players: Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, and her current fave, Mookie Betts.


Mary Latowski read the paper in her daughter's home after her discharge from the hospital. Lane Turner/Globe Staff

When she went to a Sox game last summer, the first base coach handed her a ball that had been caught by Betts for an out.

During that same game, Latowski’s grandson also caught a foul ball. Since they had two souvenir baseballs, they ended up giving one to a little boy in the stands, Masiello said.

(Her mom kept the Mookie Betts ball.)

Mary Latowski. Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Masiello said her son Mark Masiello, 50, has taken Latowski to several World Series games, and they’re all very happy to keep that tradition going.

Latowski was discharged from Kent Hospital in Warwick, R.I., on Tuesday — just in time to rest up for before she ventures into Boston with her family to watch the Sox take on the Dodgers at Fenway Park on Wednesday.

“That was her goal,” Masiello said. “She’s all excited.”

Emily Sweeney can be reached at esweeney@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @emilysweeney.