Red Sox first baseman Dick Stuart was known for a booming bat rather than brisk baserunning. But on August 19, 1963, the cozy confines of Fenway Park saw Stuart getting one of his two homeruns in that game the hard way.

🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:

  • What longtime Fenway observers had to say

  • How Fenway’s outfield quirks confounded Cleveland’s outfielders

  • See Stuart’s slide under a wildly high throw to the plate

🕵️ Replay Today: May 20, 1971

Travel back 55 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:

  • Strange sight at home plate between Thurman Munson and an unexpected visitor

  • Tom Hall, Twins 23-year-old 150 pound pitcher slams the door on Angels

  • Riverside sportswriter gives the local backstory on Hall’s unlikely ascent

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