When it comes to the legendary — and in these parts soul-crushing — 1978 one-game playoff between the Red Sox and Yankees, the narrative territory is so well-trodden that it’s a wonder there ...

But as most New Englanders know all too well, the Red Sox lost a one-game playoff to the Yankees to determine the American League East winner.

Bucky Dent homers off Boston's Mike Torrez, the big moment in the 1978 playoff game between the Yankees and Red Sox.

They made sure they will not lie in state alongside the 1912 Yankees, then known as the Highlanders, who went 2-19 against ...