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It was October 2 1978. Red Sox vs. New York Yankees. One-game playoff. The victor wins the American League East. With the entire season hanging on every pitch Mike Torrez pitched Boston to a 2-0 lead into the seventh inning. He pitched a great game except for one pitch. With two out and two on shortstop Bucky Dent popped an inside fastball over the left field wall for a game winning homer breaking the hearts of Red Sox Nation. Both Dent and Torrez have inscribed their remembrances of that historic event on this Yankees replica jersey. Dent has written “Russell Earl Bucky Dent. 25th Anniversary of the ‘Monster Mash’ 10-2-78 – 10-2-03. 14 games out on July 19th we go 52-21. ‘When I hit the ball I didn’t think it would be a homer. I couldn’t believe it!’ ‘I had this dream as a kid! I had this dream that someday I would hit a home run to win something!!’ ‘I put a ‘Dent’ in the Green Monster.’ David beats Goliath. “We in 5-4 breaking 32925 hearts at Fenway.’” Torrez has written “Michael Augustine Torrez. 1918 The Curse of The Bambino. ‘Thanks Buckner I am off the hook.’ One game playoff for the whole enchilada. Top of the 7th 2-0 Sox 2 on 2 out 1-1 count ‘Deep to left…Yastrzemski will not get it!’ ‘I was so damned shocked I thought it might reach the wall. Damn I did not think it was going to go out!!” Jersey is framed. LOA from PSA/DNA.