Aug 26, 2024, 02:36 PM ET
BOSTON– Blue Jays-turned-Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn't simply bet both groups in the very same video game– an initially in big league baseball history.
He bet both groups in the very same inning.
Jansen ended up being the very first significant leaguer ever to appear on both sides of a baseball box rating when he took the field for Boston on Monday in the resumption of a rain-delayed video game he began for Toronto in June– before he was traded to the Red Sox.
“I was amazed when I learnt I was the very first one to do it,” Jansen stated after going 1-for-4 for Boston– plus part of another at-bat for Toronto– in heaven Jays' 4-1 triumph. “It's cool, leaving a stamp like that on the video game. It's intriguing, and it's odd. And I'm grateful for the chance to have that.”
Betting Toronto on June 26, Jansen fouled off the only pitch he saw from Boston starter Kutter Crawford in the 2nd inning before the tarpaulins were called out. On July 27, Jansen was traded from Toronto to Boston for 3 small leaguers.
After the possibility of Jansen making history ended up being a cause for event around the sport, Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora stated recently he would play Jansen when the suspended video game resumed, stating, “Let's make history.”
“It was a really cool minute, simply to be part of it,” Cora stated Monday. “I do not understand if it's going to occur once again. It needs to be sort of like the best storm for that to occur– beginning with the storm. And I'm grateful that everyone enjoyed it.”
Before the video game resumed at 2:06 p.m. ET Monday– a hold-up of 65 days, 18 hours and 35 minutes– Red Sox media relations planner Daveson Perez revealed the modifications in the Fenway Park press box: “Pinch striking for Danny Jansen: Daulton Varsho. Protective modifications: Danny Jansen now at catcher.”
With Jansen behind the plate, Nick Pivetta struck Varsho out to finish the at-bat Jansen began. Jansen came up for the Red Sox with 2 outs in the bottom half of the frame, getting a great cheer from a sporadic makeup video game crowd, and struck a lazy liner to very first base to end the inning.
“Building up till that point, perhaps it was a bit weird,” Jansen stated. “Once you actioned in package and it was video game on, I was simply attempting to remain present, remain secured.”
Jansen's other half, kids and good friends existed to see him declare his location in baseball's record books– or in the footnotes, a minimum of. When they got here, they saw his photo on the scoreboard using a Blue Jays cap.
“When I left there today, yeah, I saw myself up there,
