BOSTON -- Forty years to the day after New York Yankees catching legend Thurman Munson launched a pivotal go-ahead home run in Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS, the Bronx Bombers' current catcher, Gary Sanchez, had a similarly special postseason day at the plate.
Thanks to a pair of towering Sanchez homers -- one that landed in the seats atop Fenway Park's Green Monster, and another that cleared it, tracked at an estimated 479 feet -- the Yankees beat their rival Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Saturday night, evening the American League Division Series at 1-1.