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

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