The rivalry's gotten back to where it used to be.
"As player"
* Chicago White Sox (–)
* New York Yankees (–)
* Texas Rangers (baseball)/Texas Rangers (–)
* Kansas City Royals ()
"As manager"
* New York Yankees (–)
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* 3× Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star (1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1975, 1980 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1980, 1981 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1981)
* 2× World Series champion (, )
* World Series MVP (1978)
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"Russell Earl "Bucky" Dent" (born "Russell Earl O'Dey"; November 25, 1951), is a former United States/American Major League Baseball player and manager (baseball)/manager. He earned two World Series rings as the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees in and , and was voted the World Series MVP Award/World Series MVP in 1978. Dent is most famous for his home run in a 1978 American League East tie-breaker game/tie-breaker game against the Boston Red Sox at the end of the 1978 season.
More Bucky Dent on Wikipedia.When I hit the ball, I knew that I had hit it high enough to hit the wall. But there were shadows on the net behind the wall and I didn't see the ball land there. I didn't know I had hit a homer until I saw the umpire at first signaling home run with his hand. I couldn't believe it.
We'll work on little things. Little subtle things can really help.
There's a hate-respect thing between us. We didn't like each other at all, but we had a respect for the great players Boston had. That's part of what makes the Yankees and Red Sox special. I'd heard about the rivalry when I was with the White Sox, but you don't know about it until you play in it and feel the electricity of the crowd.
He missed a little bit early but started throwing his curveball over. He did a good job after that.
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