Carlton Fisk watches his ball clear the foul pole in the twelfth inning of the sixth game of the 1975 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. The ball was retrieved by left fielder George Foster (right).
Oct. 21, 1975
This historic home run by the Red Sox’s Carlton Fisk in Game 6 against the Cincinnati Reds kept the Sox’s dream of a World Series Championship alive (though not for long — they lost 4-3 the next day in Game 7). Reds left-fielder George Foster came forward in 1999 saying he had retrieved Fisk’s home run ball at the 1975 game. He then sold it at a sports memorabilia auction for more than $113,000.