The postponed game between the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays that began in June and ended Monday continues to elicit some amazing consequences.
The sheer volume of statistics tracked for every Major League Baseball player has led some to call it the most well-documented activity in the history of mankind.That sheer volume occasionally elicits some hilarious quirks. Monday's game between the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays has already produced several.Danny Jansen, who was traded by the Blue Jays to the Red Sox in July, was behind the plate for Toronto when the game began on June 26 and was suspended in the second inning.
Since the game is associated with the start date in baseball's record books, it poses an interesting philosophical question: when did Wagner and Jimenez actually make their major league debuts?On June 26, both were playing in the minor leagues: Jimenez for the Buffalo Bisons, the Blue Jays' Triple-A affiliate, and Wagner for the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters, an Astros affiliate. Toronto acquired Wagner as part of the Yusei Kikuchi trade in July.Wagner's debut is listed as Aug. 12.
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