June 14 in Boston Red Sox History: Gibson breaks up no hitter with roof top blast (1983)

on June 14, 1983 Kirk Gibson of the Detroit Tigers broke up a no-hit bid by Boston’s Mike Brown Tuesday night with a home run that completely cleared the right field roof at Tiger Stadium and hit the top of a lumber yard across the street — an estimated 540 feet from home plate. In his next at-bat,

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