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unusual facts about Bucky Dent



1978 World Series

The Yanks went on to win a one-game playoff (5–4) on October 2 made famous by light hitting Bucky Dent's clutch three-run homer in the seventh inning (his fifth of the year).

Larry Whiteside

Whiteside covered many of the most notable events in Boston baseball history, ranging from Bucky Dent's home run to defeat the Boston Red Sox in the 1978 American League East playoff, to the Red Sox losing the 1986 World Series to the New York Mets, to Roger Clemens' second 20-strikeout game.

Yankees Classics

(For example, on October 2, or when the Yankees are scheduled to play the Boston Red Sox, the 1978 playoff game for the American League Eastern Division title, featuring the improbable home run by Bucky Dent, often is broadcast.)


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Dodgers–Yankees rivalry

The next season, the Yankees won their division in thrilling fashion, thanks in large part to a timely home run from Bucky Dent in a one-game playoff against the Boston Red Sox.