"Deep to left … Yastrzemski will not get it, it’s a home run!"
Those were radio announcer Bill White’s words on October 2, 1978, when Yankees shortstop Bucky Dent hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning of the one-game American League East tie-breaker against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
And following the final out two innings later, food fights started in Massachusetts colleges, TVs were tossed out of New England homes, school kids ran through the streets of Newark, and everyone watching or listening said, “Bucky Dent?