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This Day In Red Sox History: December 23, 1986
By Administrator | December 23, 2009
Material for This Day In Red Sox History is drawn from Bill Nowlin’s “Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox”
Dave Stapleton, the late-inning defensive replacement who was kept on the bench by manager John McNamara during Game 6 of the World Series (then to watch the ball roll through Bill Buckner’s legs), left the Red Sox as he signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Mariners. Stapleton, who had been the runner-up in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1980, was released at the end of Spring Training in 1987 and never played in the major leagues again.
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