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He won’t occupy quite the same infamy that Yankees Bucky Dent or Aaron Boone do in Red Sox history. But on the 47th anniversary of the 1978 one-game playoff, Cam Schlittler left a new scar on Boston sports fans as the Yankees eliminated the Red Sox from the playoffs on Thursday.
The Boston Red Sox take on the Yankees in New York Thursday night in a deciding Game 3 of the wild-card series. It happens to fall on the same day, 47 years ago, as a Sox and Yankees matchup featuring the infamous home run of Bucky Dent.
In the old days, these teams didn't need no stinkin' playoffs to get all nasty with each other. Then came the expanded playoffs.