1978 American League East tie-breaker game
The 1978 American League East tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1978 regular season. The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston on the afternoon of Monday, October 2 between the rival New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox to determine the winner of the American League's (AL) East Division.
Fenway Park in 1967
Bucky Dent
Image: Carlton Fisk 1976
Image: Thurman Munson 1970
The Yankees–Red Sox rivalry is a Major League Baseball (MLB) rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Both teams have competed in MLB's American League (AL) for over 120 seasons and have since developed what is arguably the fiercest rivalry in all of American sports. In 1919, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold star player Babe Ruth to the Yankees, which was followed by an 86-year period in which the Red Sox did not win a World Series. This led to the popularization of a superstition known as the "Curse of the Bambino," which was one of the most well-known aspects of the rivalry.
Babe Ruth, prior to his trade to the Yankees
Harry Frazee, the owner of the Red Sox, sold Ruth to the Yankees. This began the "Curse of the Bambino".
Bucky Dent hit the home run that won the AL East in a one-game playoff for the Yankees at Fenway Park in 1978, but he was fired as manager of the Yankees there in 1990.
Roger Clemens played for both the Red Sox and the Yankees.
