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Explaining Pesky’s Pole

The right-field pole, just 302 feet from home plate, was not always known for Red Sox legend Johnny Pesky.

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Mark Bellhorn, Game 1 of the 2004 WS. With the pole miked up, there was no question that it went out! And that the game after he hit his only opposite field HR of the season which the umps correctly overruled from being a double. Might have been the only time that postseason fans weren't calling for Pokey!