Baseball is the only game you can watch on the radio. Join the community today and listen to hundreds of broadcasts from baseball’s golden age! Sign Up or learn more On October 22, 1975, the Cincinnati Reds finish off what some consider the greatest World Series ever by beating the Boston Red Sox, 4-3,…
Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox powers a dramatic 12th- inning home run to complete one of the most memorable games in World Series history. On October 21, 1975, At Fenway Park, on Cincinnati Red’s Pat Darcy’s second pitch to Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox hits on of the most memorable…
October 11, 1975 At Fenway Park (Photo) Luis Tiant pitching to Pete Rose in the 1975 World Series. Luis Tiant and Don Gullett were locked in a scoreless pitching duel until the seventh inning. Tiant led off with a single and later scored Boston’s first run on a single by Carl Yastrzemski. Then the…
1975 – Down 2 – 1 in the 9th inning, Cincinnati rallies to beat the Boston Red Sox in Game 2 of the World Series, 3 – 2.
On September 18, 1975, future Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew hits his 573rd and final career home run. Playing for the Kansas City Royals, Killebrew homers vs his longtime team, the Minnesota Twins at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, where he played most of his major league career. Killebrew’s blast his 14th, came off Eddie Bane,…
1975 – In a 9 – 3 win over the Kansas City Royals, Boston’s Jim Rice clouts a tremendous homer over the CF wall at Fenway Park, to the right of the flag pole, just the 6th player to accomplish this feat. Owner Tom Yawkey calls it the longest shot he’s ever seen at Fenway. The others: Detroit’s Hank Greenberg, on May 22, 1937; Boston’s Jimmie Foxx, on August 12, 1937; Yankee Bill Skowron, on April 20, 1957; Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski, on May 16, 1970; Brewer Bobby Mitchell, on September 29, 1973.
In the season opener at Fenway Park, Tony Conigliaro, who retired four years ago after being traded to the Angels in 1970, plays in the first game of his attempted comeback with the Red Sox. As a designated hitter, the 30 year-old Pope of Kenmore Square, who will collect only seven hits in 21 games, singles in his first at-bat in Boston’s 5-2 victory over the Brewers.
August 24, 1974, Boston Red Sox pitchers Luis Tiant (L) and Juan Marichal (R) pose with their trophies after receiving the second Roberto Clemente Award during Latin American Day ceremonies at Fenway Park. The Red Sox were in first place by 8 games at the time, will lose the game to the Oakland A’s when…
Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk brawl at Fenway Park. With a 2 – 2 score in the top of the 9th, Munson, attempting to score from third on a missed bunt by Gene Michael, crashes into Fisk and they both come up swinging. Boston wins, 3 – 2, in the bottom of the inning.
6/29/1973: Rico Petrocelli homered off Jerry Bell in Fenway Park but lost it to rain. The hit came in the first inning with two out and two on.
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