"I'm going to take the crazy paper" Jansen wears both teams' uniforms in one game...It happened in 1986 in Minor
Aug 27, 2024
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The most interesting and long-remembered scene in Major League history took place on a certain player. The main character is Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen.
He changed his uniform from the Toronto Blue Jays to Boston through a trade on July 28 (Korea time).
However, on June 27, the match between Boston and Toronto at Fenway Park was suspended due to rain during the Toronto attack in the top of the second inning. The batter standing at the plate at the time was Jansen. The game was suspended when the raindrop became thick shortly after Jansen, who entered the first batter's box with one out in the second inning, fouled Boston right-hander Crawford's first pitch, and the rain suspended game was eventually declared as a tarpaulin.
Jansen was later traded to Boston, and the game continued at the same place on the 27th. In other words, Jansen became the first player in Major League Baseball history to be named in both teams' lineup at the same time.
Boston manager Alex Cora said last week that he will send Jansen to the suspended game. Let's make history."
Coach Cora said ahead of the match, `It's a very cool moment. I'm in the game, too. I don't know if it will happen again in the future. I'm just glad that everyone is happy."
The suspended match resumed at 2:06 p.m. local time on Monday. It has been 18 hours and 35 minutes since the game was suspended on June 27. Toronto replaced Jansen, who was a batter at the time of the suspension, with Dalton Basho as a pinch hitter, and Boston used Jansen as a catcher instead of Liz Maguire. Boston pitcher Nick Pivetta, who took the mound after Crawford at intervals of two months, struck out Basho with a two-pitch foul and a three-pitch swing, completing the face-off. It was a strange scene because Jansen was the catcher who received the swinging ball.
As a result, Jansen did not bat in the June 27 game, going 1 for 4 with one strikeout on the day. The game ended in a 4-1 victory for Toronto.
After the game, Jansen said "It still doesn't feel real. I was really surprised to hear that I was the first player to play for both teams. It's weird but interesting if you leave a record like that in the game. I'm grateful to have this opportunity today. It's a wonderful thing."
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Jansen is the first player in the Major League to play in both teams' uniforms in a game, but at least once in the minor leagues, MLB.com said. In June 1986, the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs (then under the Toronto Blue Jays) and the Richmond Braves (under the Atlanta Braves) resumed on August 17 after being postponed to a suspended game after a rain stoppage. Dale Holman, then a member of Syracuse, was released by Toronto and moved to Atlanta, where he played in suspended games when he was promoted to Triple-A after being in Double-A. He went 1 for 1 for Syracuse and 2 for 2 for Richmond. He had three hits in three at-bats in the game.
Meanwhile, Toronto also won the main game 7-3 on the following day.
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