Back in the .com days I had started a file of Red Soxiana for later stories. I'm dumping the ideas on the Main Board now, so as to serve your Covid isolation needs. For a bit I was fascinated by this game: July 5, 1958--The Tie.
In 1958 New York City had put in a hard midnight curfew. The Sox were part of a rare four hour game (3:58 to be very exact).
But if you review the box score, you don't know what was really going on. The account from sportswriter Louis Effrat describes the Pinstripers running out the clock just as our boys started a rally:
The game was tied after nine, but the Sox started a rally in the eleventh (an inning not reflected in the box score above).
Jackie Jensen actually scored on a sacrifice fly, making the score 4-3 in favor of the Sox. But the run came at 11:54, and the rules required the full inning to be completed for the run to count.
The Yankees went to the bullpen, and relief pitcher Tom Studivant "moved like a snail," burning more time. For some reason, the Sox didn't lay down and end their half of the inning, but kept trying and scored again. The game ended in a tie, with the Sox still batting, at 11:59pm.
In 1958 New York City had put in a hard midnight curfew. The Sox were part of a rare four hour game (3:58 to be very exact).
But if you review the box score, you don't know what was really going on. The account from sportswriter Louis Effrat describes the Pinstripers running out the clock just as our boys started a rally:
The game was tied after nine, but the Sox started a rally in the eleventh (an inning not reflected in the box score above).
Jackie Jensen actually scored on a sacrifice fly, making the score 4-3 in favor of the Sox. But the run came at 11:54, and the rules required the full inning to be completed for the run to count.
The Yankees went to the bullpen, and relief pitcher Tom Studivant "moved like a snail," burning more time. For some reason, the Sox didn't lay down and end their half of the inning, but kept trying and scored again. The game ended in a tie, with the Sox still batting, at 11:59pm.
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