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Danny Jansen Becomes The First Player In MLB History To Play For Two Teams … In One Game?

This is unbelievable.

MLB trade deadline and bad weather forced catchers Danny Jansen It was history in the annals of Major League Baseball. It happened Monday afternoon at Fenway Park in Boston.

Jansen became the first player to play for two teams in the same game when the Toronto Blue Jays faced off against the Boston Red Sox. June 26 The match was eventually postponed due to rain. (Related article: The Chicago White Sox make great history, but not in a good way)

Even crazier, after the game continued, Jansen was on the field for Boston before playing for both the Blue Jays and Red Sox in the exact same inning.

To explain, Jansen was a member of Toronto when the 2024 season began, and he was batting seventh in the order when the Blue Jays faced their division rival in June. Jansen was actually at bat when rain started to fall in the second inning of that game, and the game was naturally postponed.

But before play resumed on Monday, Jansen was traded to Boston in July, creating this very unique scenario that gave us a glimpse of history.

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This was really cool and truly one of those “romantic” moments that baseball talks about.

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