Forty-three years ago, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox met in a one-game playoff to decide the American League East champion at Fenway Park. The two teams were tied at 99-63 for the division lead after 162 games, prompting the tiebreaker.
It was a do-or-die game 16 years before the advent of the wild card. In the end, the Yankees prevailed 5-4 and beat the Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason en route to the 1978 World Series title.
On Tuesday at 8:08 p.m. ET, New York and Boston will meet again in a win-or-go-home game, although the stakes are a bit different.