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7/4/1970 Indians at Red Sox Tony Conigliaro knocked down, gets up, hits one over everything in left

This is a short video from the July 4, 1970 Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Red Sox in Boston, won by the Red Sox, 5-1. It is from the WHDH-TV in Boston broadcast, with Ned Martin on play by play and Johnny Pesky commenting. The clip shows Sox slugger Tony Conigliaro getting knocked down by the Indians' Fred Lasher, then crushing a two-run homer over the Green Monster in left field at Fenway Park. The young, charismatic, local hero Conigliaro was infamously beaned during the pennant-winning 1967 Impossible Dream season and sustained damage to the retina in his left eye. He sat out 1968 before making an incredible comeback in 1969, hitting 20 homers with 82 RBIs. In the season of this clip, he hit a career-high 36 home runs with 116 RBIs, and has said he was basically doing it with one eye, having trouble picking up spin on the ball. How courageous to do that at the major league level, and specifically here to homer after nearly getting hit! Later in the season, Conigliaro almost was hit in the head again, but dug right back in and homered:    • 8/23/1970 Red Sox at Royals Tony Conigliar...   Despite Conigliaro's fine season, the Red Sox traded him to the Angels that offseason and his eyesight really began bothering him again in a tough season in California. He sat out three more seasons, and after a final comeback attempt in 1975, Conigliaro retired at age 30. The Tony Conigliaro Award is given annually to a major leaguer who best "overcomes an obstacle and adversity through the attributes of spirit, determination, and courage that were trademarks of Conigliaro." This was one disk I hadn't seen but just found from the 1970 Red Sox collection on YouTube. Box score in comments. Copyright Major League Baseball, or any other party. I don't claim the rights to, and don't profit from, this video. I just posted it for historical and educational purposes, and for those who will enjoy it as much as I did.