THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN IN THE LAST SESSION OF RED SOX HISTORY 101.......I THOUGHT WE'D PLAY AGAIN....
"Deep to left! Yastrzemski will not get it! It's a home run! A three-run homer by Bucky Dent! And the Yankees now lead by a score of 3-2!" - New York Yankees announcer Bill White (October 2, 1978)
The following trivia questions are regarding a certain heartwrenching game that took the innocence of a generation and rudely squashed it under the bootheel of the "Brownshirt" Legacy......There is a reason we HATE the Yankees...well, there are many reasons, but the most memorable was from the early autumn of 1978.......Monday, October 2nd 1978 started out as a promising enough day,,,,,
OCTOBER 2, 1978 "THE BUCKY DENT GAME"
1.) How did the Red Sox even create the one-game-playoff scenario?
2.) Who were the games opposing starting pitchers?
3.) Who put the Red Sox ahead with a 2nd inning homerun?
4.) Who combined in the 6th inning to extend Boston's lead to 2-0?
5.) Who was on base for Bucky Dent's infamous 2-out 3-run homerun?
6.) What was the count to Dent when he homered?
7.) Who was Don Zimmer's happless pinch-hitter for Jack Brohamer?
8.) What Yankee player's homerun accounted for what would be the eventual winning run?
9.) Who allowed the aforementioned 8th inning Yankee homer?
10.) Who figured in the RED SOX 8th-inning comeback rally?
11.) In the fateful 9th, a walk to Rick Burleson, a Jerry Remy single and a Jim Rice fly to deep center set the stage for what final confrontation?
12.) What was the outcome of the legendary at-bat in question 11?
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bonus question**) Name the Yankee fielder not known for his defensive prowess who made 2 key plays probably affecting the outcome of the game.
ANSWERS COMING SOON...NO CHEATING OFF DARKHALF!!!!!
BY WINNING ELEVEN OF FORTEEN INCLUDING THE LAST EIGHT STRAIT,2MIKE TORREZ AND RON GUIDRY 3CAPT CARL 4BURELSON AND RICE , 5 CHAMBLIS AND WHITE 6 0-2 7 BOB F*&KIN BAILEY 8 MR OCTOBER R JACKSON 9STEAMER STANLEY 10 REMY YAZ FISK AND LYNN 11YAZ VS GOSSAGE 12POP FLY TO THIRD BONUS SWEET LOU PINELLA 8:42 PM
NICE, DARKHALF...NEXT TEST WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT..THE REST OF THE CLASS CAN THANK RON FOR RAISING THE EXPECTATIONS/STANDARDS!!!! GO SOX!!!!!!!!!!! 8:57 PM
