“Danny Jansen to play for Blue Jays, Red Sox in same game”

[BobPSU92]

See the link below. From the article:

”Danny Jansen will make baseball history Monday when he appears in the same game for both teams.

The unique scenario was set in stone July 27, when the Toronto Blue Jays traded Jansen to the Boston Red Sox -- about a month after a game between the two teams was suspended in the second inning because of severe weather at Fenway Park.

Jansen was in the Blue Jays' lineup that night and set to take his first at bat before the game was called and announced as a split doubleheader for Aug. 26.

A month later, the Red Sox, in need of a right-handed bat, acquired the veteran catcher. On Friday, Boston manager Alex Cora confirmed that Jansen will be in the lineup when the June 26 game resumes Monday afternoon at Fenway.

"Yeah, he's catching," Cora told reporters. "Let's make history."

Jansen called it "definitely a cool thing."

Let's play for two! Traded Jansen to make history

Boston manager Alex Cora confirmed that Danny Jansen will be in the lineup when the Red Sox take on the Blue Jays in the resumption of a suspended game from June 26 -- one in which the veteran catcher had appeared for Toronto.

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[BobPSU92]

I remember this one when I was a kid:

The man who got 2 hits for 2 teams in 1 day

A version of this story originally ran in January 2021.

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[SleepyLion]

See the link below. From the article:

”Danny Jansen will make baseball history Monday when he appears in the same game for both teams.

The unique scenario was set in stone July 27, when the Toronto Blue Jays traded Jansen to the Boston Red Sox -- about a month after a game between the two teams was suspended in the second inning because of severe weather at Fenway Park.

Jansen was in the Blue Jays' lineup that night and set to take his first at bat before the game was called and announced as a split doubleheader for Aug. 26.

A month later, the Red Sox, in need of a right-handed bat, acquired the veteran catcher. On Friday, Boston manager Alex Cora confirmed that Jansen will be in the lineup when the June 26 game resumes Monday afternoon at Fenway.

"Yeah, he's catching," Cora told reporters. "Let's make history."

Jansen called it "definitely a cool thing."

Let's play for two! Traded Jansen to make history

Boston manager Alex Cora confirmed that Danny Jansen will be in the lineup when the Red Sox take on the Blue Jays in the resumption of a suspended game from June 26 -- one in which the veteran catcher had appeared for Toronto.

www.espn.com

I suprised this never happened before.

 

[Tom_PSU]

Rarely this happened, but it did occur. When teams were playing a double header a player was in the game for one team, then he was traded to the other team, and then played for them in the second game.

 

[SleepyLion]

Rarely this happened, but it did occur. When teams were playing a double header a player was in the game for one team, then he was traded to the other team, and then played for them in the second game.

This is actually the same game (not the second game of a double header). Tgis game was suspended and restarted a few days later. I would have thought this happened before with weather delays.

 

[Tom_PSU]

This is actually the same game (not the second game of a double header). Tgis game was suspended and restarted a few days later. I would have thought this happened before with weather delays.

Who knows maybe it did, and teams just said “screw it” and substituted in a different player. At its core we’re just seeing a publicity stunt to enter a rare occurrence in the record book. Probably worth a couple of beers at the local tavern as trivia question.