Historical Play
Catcher Danny Jansen had quite a ballgame the other night at Fenway in Boston.
He was behind the plate for the Red Sox when the team finished up a rain-delayed game from June with the Toronto Blue Jays. Jansen was at-bat when it started raining and the umps had to call the game.
What’s weird, though, is that Jansen was in a Blue Jays uniform at the time.
Let me explain: Between the rain delay and Monday night, he got traded from Toronto to Boston. And so became the first major leaguer ever to play for both teams … in the same game. Never happened before.
So, when he took the field for Boston in his new uniform, Jansen actually caught the strikeout of the player who pinch hit for him.
But his old team would have the last laugh: It was the former Blue Jay Jansen who struck out, ending the game for the Red Sox.
So who’s on first? is the wrong question: Who’s in the batter’s box and why’s he now behind the plate? That’s what we need to know.
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