Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010476, Sun, 31 Oct 2004 07:49:53 -0800

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Fwd: Chapman's Homer: Definitive Statement
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:31:25 -0400
From: Michael Donohue <michaeldonohue@hotmail.com>


To be exact: in Chapman's two seasons with the Red Sox, there was exactly
one game in which a) he hit a home run and b) the Red Sox won. This was
Opening Day, April 18, 1938, and if you can open the pdf file attached
you'll see a photograph of Chapman crossing home plate. But the score was
not 5-4; it was 8-4. And Chapman's home run, while it was the only
four-bagger in the game, did not put the Red Sox ahead; it tied the score at
2-2 in the second inning.

In the sixth inning, during the decisive 6-run Red Sox rally, Ben Chapman
came up with two on and no outs; he laid down a sacrifice bunt, setting up
Bobby Doerr for a bases-clearing double.

It is possible that in some American newspaper on April 19, 1938 there ran
the headline "Red Sox beat Yanks 8-4 on Chapman's Homer," but it would be a
bit odd, since Chapman's homer was not the go-ahead hit.

Mike Donohue

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