Bucky Dent's Home Run | Pastball Podcast #58

The Red Sox had opened a ten-game lead at one point in the American League East and seemed to be on the way to the postseason again.However, a collapse by the Red Sox and a red-hot 39-14 finish by the Yankees forced a one-game tie breaker at the end of the season.The Red Sox carried a 2-0 lead into the seventh behind a solo home run from Carl Yastrzemski and an RBI single by Jim Rice.The Yankees had two baserunners with two outs in the seventh, but with their ninth place hitter up, fans couldn't expect too much, especially since Red Sox starter Mike Torrez had been dominant to that point.However, the person up to bat was Bucky Dent and anyone familiar with the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry knows how that at bat played out.Dent lifted a fly ball deep to left and over the green monster for one of the most improbable heroic home runs of all time.Dent played for 12 years in the Major Leagues and had a grand total of 40 home runs. Only twice in his big league career did he even top five home runs in a single season.But Dent came through when it counted.Thurman Munson drove home an insurance run and Reggie Jackson came through with a clutch home run to make it 5-2.It was a good thing that Yankees tacked on those insurance runs because the Red Sox touched Goose Gossage for two runs in the bottom of the eighth.But after a scoreless ninth, the Yankees won the playoff and went on to beat the Royals in the ALCS and ultimately won the World Series over the Dodgers.The Past Ball Podcast is a podcast that gives you a quick story on some of the craziest, wildest, funnies, or just plain informative on America's Past Time. Unlike a catcher in a passed ball, we will not drop the ball on give you the past.Do you have a topic or story you want us to cover? Feel free to email us at [email protected] to Collin Wood at Artota Records for the tunes you hear in this episode. If you are looking for custom tunnage email him at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.