Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 154 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

Boston Fans Source & Resource for Baseball History

Celebrating 153 Consecutive Seasons of Professional Baseball in Boston!

This Day in History: 2000-08-20

August 20, 1967: After winning the first game of a doubleheader 12-2 over the California Angels, the Red Sox come back from an 8-0 deficit to beat the Angels 9-8; the dramatic comeback is triggered by a three-run Carl Yastrzemski home run and two key hits by super-sub Jerry Adair and is later cited as a key to the Impossible Dream AL pennant-winning season.

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