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The Green Monster as seen from the grandstand section on September 5, 2006. The ladder is visible to the right of the Red Sox Foundation logo. The Green Monster is a popular nickname for the 37-foot-2-inch-high (11.33 m) left field wall at Fenway Park, home to the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. The wall is 310 feet (94 m) from home ...
The Boston Red Sox defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 7–6, forcing a deciding seventh game, when Carlton Fisk hit a home run in the 12th inning home run to cap off what many consider to be the best World Series game ever played. [1] [2] [3] Facing Reds right-hander Pat Darcy, Fisk hit a long fly ball down the left field line. It appeared to be ...
The 1975 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1975 season.The 72nd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion Cincinnati Reds.
Former Red Sox LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (8-5, 2.75 ERA) is set to go for the Tigers in the series finale on Sunday with a 12:05 p.m. scheduled first pitch. RHP Kutter Crawford (5-5, 3.62) is in line ...
In a ceremony before the Red Sox' 2005 game against the Cincinnati Reds, the pole on the left field foul line atop the Green Monster was named the Fisk Foul Pole, or Pudge's Pole, in honor of Carlton Fisk. [84] Fisk provided one of baseball's most enduring moments in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series against the Reds. Facing Reds right-hander Pat ...
Fenway Park (Boston Red Sox) – A fly ball that strikes the top of the ladder on the Green Monster and then bounces out of play is two (2) bases. Daikin Park ( Houston Astros ) – A batted ball striking the flagpole in center field and bouncing onto the field is in play; a ball striking the flagpole while in flight and leaving the playing ...
The Yankees slugger hit a grand slam in the seventh inning off Red Sox reliever Cam Booser for a 5-4 lead, rallying from a 4-0 deficit to begin the frame. The @Yankees needed 3 runs to tie the game.
The 2004 baseball-themed film Mickey features a character who, like Fisk, is a catcher, is known as Pudge, and hits a home run similar to Fisk's 1975 World Series home run. [ citation needed ] Footage of Fisk's home run appears in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting , during a scene in which the character Sean Maguire ( Robin Williams ) tells the ...