The 1978 American League East tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's 1978 regular season. The game was played at Fenway Park in Boston on the afternoon of Monday, October
Fenway Park in 1967
Bucky Dent
Carlton Fisk 1976
Thurman Munson 1970
Carl Yastrzemski
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Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr., nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He started his
1978 American League East tie-breaker game
…started for the Yankees, while Mike Torrez started for the Red Sox. The Red Sox took a 1–0 lead in the second inning with a home run by left fielder Carl Yastrzemski and extended their lead to 2–0 in the sixth on a run batted in single by right fielder Jim Rice. The game is perhaps most remembered for the seventh…
Yastrzemski with the Boston Red Sox in 1966
Yastrzemski bats at Fenway Park (c. 1979)
Yastrzemski bats at Tiger Stadium
Yastrzemski with Olympia Snowe following his retirement in 1983