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Corked bat? Yankees' Bucky 'Bleeping' Dent, Mike Torrez, Reggie
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Red Sox hold off Yanks in Game 4, face Astros in ALCS
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The ghosts of 1978 come back to life at Fenway Park
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The Rivals by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Dan
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Red Sox close out rival Yankees in Game 4
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Yanks of '77, '78 had own style and panache
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The Recorder - Red Sox hold off Yanks in Game 4, face Astros in ALCS
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Replaying a 1978 game as the Red Sox, I signed Bucky Dent to make
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Card Corner Plus: The Pennant Race of 1978
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Bucky Dent's HR against the Red Sox 40 years ago still talked
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Red Sox vs. Yankees: the Oral History of the Bucky Dent Home Run
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1978 Baseball History - This Great Game
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The Red Sox and Yankees will play in a winner-take-all. What does