Carlton Fisk Home Run Forever Frozen in Time.(Red Sox Hall of Fame catcher)(Brief Article)(Interview)

Hall of Fame catcher recalls his historic blast that won Game 6 of the 1975 World Series for the Red Sox against the Cincinnati Reds

WHILE NOT A SERIES-ENDING home run, the ball Carlton Fisk hit into the night sky off the left-field flagpole in the first World Series night game at Fenway Park remains one of the most famous home runs in baseball history.

The big blast came on October 21, 1975, in Game 6, a game delayed three days because of rain. The actual game lasted four hours, and ended with Fisk's epic four-bagger off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Pat Darcy, leading off the 12th inning.

The Sox fled the game 6-6 on Bernie Carbo's three-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the bottom of the eighth.

Now, more than a quarter-century later, the man who struck that titanic shot still recalls it fondly.

"It's funny," he said. "Some people remember that a lot more than I do. I remember certain parts of it, and if everybody who mentioned that to me had been to the game who said they were at the game, there'd be 800,000 people at that game, I think.

"But a lot of people remember where they were for certain events in history, from Roger Maris' home run, to when JFK died, to when Nixon resigned, to that home run. A lot of things happen on specific moments. I don't ever get tired about it. Sometimes I feel a little embarrassed that other people are so in tune with it.