The atmosphere at Fenway Park will be especially festive May 5.
Members of the Red Sox’s 1975 American League championship team will return to Fenway on Tuesday for a 40th anniversary celebration before Boston’s 7:10 p.m. game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
In addition to there being a pregame ceremony featuring players from the 1975 squad that advanced to the World Series, all fans will receive Carlton Fisk bobbleheads, presented by The Sports Authority.
The Red Sox also will don 1975 throwback jerseys during their game against the Rays.
“At a time when baseball was said to be in a slump, the 1975 team and World Series brought baseball back in full luster,” Red Sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino said, according to a press release. “This team was responsible for inspiring a generation of late-blooming baby boomers to fall in love with the game, and for creating one of the most dramatic moments in Red Sox history, and baseball history, with Carlton Fisk’s home run.”
The 1975 World Series between the Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds is considered one of the greatest Fall Classics in Major League Baseball history. Boston lost in seven games, but Fisk’s walk-off home run in Game 6 — in which he waved fair a ball down the left field line at Fenway — remains one of the most iconic moments in Boston sports history.
Tim Blackwell, Rick Burleson, Bernie Carbo, Reggie Cleveland, Cecil Cooper, Steve Dillard, Denny Doyle, Dick Drago, Dwight Evans, Carlton Fisk, Bob Heise, Buddy Hunter, Rick Kreuger, Bill Lee, Fred Lynn, Tim McCarver, Andy Merchant, Rick Miller, Bob Montgomery, Roger Moret, Jim Rice, Diego Segui, Luis Tiant, Jim Willoughby, Rick Wise and Carl Yastrzemski are among those expected to participate in Tuesday’s pregame ceremonies.
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