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6. Although Carlton Fisk’s famous wave-it-fair, winning home run in Game 6 is the best remembered moment from the 1975 World Series, the Red Sox proceeded to lose Game 7 and the Series to what National League team?

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Carlton Fisk slams a 12th-inning home run to give Boston the sixth game of the World Series Oct. 22, 1975. The catcher is Cincinnati's Johnny Bench and the umpire is Dave Davidson.

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