News about Danny Jansen

Former Toronto Blue Jays and current Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen has become the first man to play for two teams in the same game - and he did it all in a single inning.  In a statistical oddity made possible by two of the quirkiest entities on Earth - the baseball rule book and the New England weather - Jansen became the only player ever to appear on both sides of a baseball box score when he took the field for Boston on Monday in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto in June, before he was traded to the Red Sox. 'I was surprised when I found out I was the first one to do it,' Jansen said after going 1 for 4 for Boston - plus part of another at-bat for Toronto - in the Blue Jays' 4-1 victory. 'It's cool, leaving a stamp like that on the game. It's interesting, and it's strange. And I'm grateful for the opportunity to have that.'

Major League Baseball trades have the capacity to challenge the imaginations of even the most devoted fans. For instance, outfielder Joel Youngblood played for two different teams in two different cities on August 4, 1982 thanks to a midday trade and a quick flight from Chicago to Philadelphia. Two decades earlier, journeyman catcher Harry Chiti was technically traded for himself. And on Monday, Boston Red Sox backstop Danny Jansen could become the first player in MLB history to play for both teams in the same game.

On Saturday, DJ 'LeMachieu' LeMahieu had the walk-off hit for the Yankees, but it was rookie shortstop Anthony Volpe who stole the show in the Bronx as New York pulled out a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Volpe (Italian for 'fox') hit a two-run homer in the eighth off the board of Yimi Garca, his second of his young career, but Danny Jansen of the Jays hit a two-run home run against Wandy Perfo, tying the game.

With a 3-1 victory over Luke Woodhouse at Alexandra Palace, Gerwyn Price started his quest for his second world title. After his stuttering start, the new world No. 1 had to fight back from a set down, but he soon demonstrated his daring ability as he fought out the safe winner to take his position in the last 32. Woodhouse, who has already defeated Price on three occasions, has been pushed into a 104.95 average and was disciplined by the Welshman for his early misfiring arrows at the double.