Danny Jansen becomes first MLB player to play for both teams in same game

Today the Boston Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays resumed a game that was suspended back on June 26, when heavy rain caused the game to be paused in the second inning. At that time Danny Jansen was at the plate as the designated hitter for the Blue Jays.

When the game resumed today, Jansen was again at home plate.

Only he was crouching behind it as the catcher for the Red Sox.

Jansen was traded to Boston at MLB’s trade deadline, and with the Red Sox then designating backup catcher Reese McGuire for assignment, that opened up an opportunity for Boston, and Jansen, to make some

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