Boston appeared headed for a frustrating loss after closer Keith Foulke surrendered a three-run lead in the ninth against Oakland on May 11, 2005. But Jason Varitek's walk-off two-run homer flipped the script again—and left Athletics reliever Octavio Dotel on the wrong end of one of baseball's rarest and most agonizing back-to-back pitching misfortunes.
🕵️ Inside The Original Newspaper Coverage you’ll learn:
Why one writer called it a horror movie rerun.
The rare feat Dotel never wanted to claim.
Foulke's ninth inning unraveled pitch by pitch.
🕵️ Replay Today: July 12, 1966
Travel back 60 years ago to the day, and experience baseball as fans saw it that day with one original newspaper page featuring:
finally an All-Star start for Koufax
the other starter will be a 22-year-old phenom with a well-known father-in-law
the unexpected challenge for players getting to the game
Relive Baseball One Newspaper Page At A Time
Original sports pages preserve the sights, stories, and baseball writing that fans remember most.
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