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Double-duty Danny Jansen plays for both teams in one MLB game. Here’s how
BOSTON (AP) — Crimson Sox catcher Danny Jansen turned the primary participant in main league historical past to seem in the identical recreation for each groups when he took the sector for Boston on Monday within the resumption of a rain-delayed recreation he began for Toronto in June.
BOSTON (AP) — Crimson Sox catcher Danny Jansen turned the primary participant in main league historical past to seem in the identical recreation for each groups when he took the sector for Boston on Monday within the resumption of a rain-delayed recreation he began for Toronto in June.
Jansen was within the Blue Jays’ lineup at catcher and batting within the second inning on June 26 when the sport was suspended. He was traded to the Crimson Sox final month, and on Monday he took his place behind the plate as a pinch-hitter Daulton Varsho struck out to finish the at-bat that Jansen began.
An authenticator was available to tag all of Jansen’s tools, and the Baseball Corridor of Fame mentioned it requested the scorecard from official scorer Bob Ellis. Ellis was additionally working the sport when it began in June.
“This scorecard might be an excellent instrument to doc and illustrate this historical past, exhibiting Danny Jansen’s title on each groups,” Corridor spokesman John Shestakofsky mentioned.
When the ballpark opened to followers, the scoreboards have been exhibiting Jansen at bat for the Blue Jays — full with an image of him in his Toronto cap. Earlier than the primary pitch, the umpires held an prolonged dialog at residence with the coaches who introduced out among the weirdest lineup playing cards in baseball historical past.
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