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It really looks like this weekend will be Trot Nixon's final days playing for the Red Sox, which is sad but how it is in professional sports.
Below is from the red sox web site:
Trot Nixon has had some magical performances in Boson. In honor of his uniform number, here are the top seven.
July 24, 1999: The rookie right fielder puts his name on the map by belting three homers at Detroit in an 11-4 win over the Tigers.
May 28, 2000: Nixon snaps a scoreless tie in an epic Pedro Martinez-Roger Clemens duel at Yankee Stadium by taking the latter deep for a two-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth. Martinez goes the distance to earn the 2-0 win. The next night, the Red Sox return to Fenway and Nixon gets a huge ovation in his first at-bat.
Sept. 1, 2003: A wild and emotional comeback struggle at Philadelphia finally goes in Boston's favor when Nixon snaps a 9-9 tie with a grand slam in the top of the ninth.
Oct. 4, 2003: A loss in Game 3 to the A's would have swept the Red Sox out of this best-of-five Division Series. Instead, Nixon belts a walk-off homer off Rich Harden in the bottom of the 11th, sparking the win, and, eventually, a series comeback in five games.
Oct. 15, 2003: Nixon jumps on a Gabe White pitch and launches a two-run homer into the upper deck in right at Yankee Stadium in Game 6 of the ALCS, icing the 9-6 victory that forces Game 7.
Oct. 18, 2004: Down 4-2 in Game 5 of the ALCS, red-hot Hideki Matsui steps to the plate with the bases loaded and hammers a laser toward right field. It could have been a series-icing two-run double. Instead, Nixon makes a sliding catch to get the Red Sox out of that top of the sixth inning. In the bottom of the eighth, Nixon belts a hit-and-run single to move Dave Roberts to third. Roberts scored on a game-tying sacrifice fly. The Red Sox beat the Yankees in 14 innings, and wind up becoming the first team in postseason history to rally back from a 3-0 deficit.
Oct. 27, 2004: Nixon opens up some breathing room for Derek Lowe in Game 4 of the World Series, unloading on a 3-0 pitch for a two-run double, leading the Red Sox to a 3-0 win over the Cardinals, and the clinching victory of the club's first World Series championship since 1918.
Below is from the red sox web site:
Trot Nixon has had some magical performances in Boson. In honor of his uniform number, here are the top seven.
July 24, 1999: The rookie right fielder puts his name on the map by belting three homers at Detroit in an 11-4 win over the Tigers.
May 28, 2000: Nixon snaps a scoreless tie in an epic Pedro Martinez-Roger Clemens duel at Yankee Stadium by taking the latter deep for a two-run homer with two outs in the top of the ninth. Martinez goes the distance to earn the 2-0 win. The next night, the Red Sox return to Fenway and Nixon gets a huge ovation in his first at-bat.
Sept. 1, 2003: A wild and emotional comeback struggle at Philadelphia finally goes in Boston's favor when Nixon snaps a 9-9 tie with a grand slam in the top of the ninth.
Oct. 4, 2003: A loss in Game 3 to the A's would have swept the Red Sox out of this best-of-five Division Series. Instead, Nixon belts a walk-off homer off Rich Harden in the bottom of the 11th, sparking the win, and, eventually, a series comeback in five games.
Oct. 15, 2003: Nixon jumps on a Gabe White pitch and launches a two-run homer into the upper deck in right at Yankee Stadium in Game 6 of the ALCS, icing the 9-6 victory that forces Game 7.
Oct. 18, 2004: Down 4-2 in Game 5 of the ALCS, red-hot Hideki Matsui steps to the plate with the bases loaded and hammers a laser toward right field. It could have been a series-icing two-run double. Instead, Nixon makes a sliding catch to get the Red Sox out of that top of the sixth inning. In the bottom of the eighth, Nixon belts a hit-and-run single to move Dave Roberts to third. Roberts scored on a game-tying sacrifice fly. The Red Sox beat the Yankees in 14 innings, and wind up becoming the first team in postseason history to rally back from a 3-0 deficit.
Oct. 27, 2004: Nixon opens up some breathing room for Derek Lowe in Game 4 of the World Series, unloading on a 3-0 pitch for a two-run double, leading the Red Sox to a 3-0 win over the Cardinals, and the clinching victory of the club's first World Series championship since 1918.
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