(Photo: The Boston Globe)

April 11, 2018. This date probably means nothing to you — however, its time to change that. April 11, 2018, is the date Joe Kelly became a Boston hero and fought the Yankee’s Tyler Austin. Need a little refresher? Say no more…



Joe Kelly sparked the Red Sox Yankees rivalry with one pitch followed by one punch. There was no need to make a bunch of promos to force feed us a “rivalry.” Just play that before every game, and Sox fans are going to go wild before the game.



This move by Kelly turned him into a Boston legend. Do you want to talk about winning over a city? Just punch a Yankee’s player and your name will be immortalized in Red Sox history. Kelly later attended a Bruins’ game later in the week and was welcomed with open arms.



Friendly reminder that this was a rowdy crowd that was up 3-0 in the first period of a playoff game. It is hard to get that crowd louder than that. The fact that a random relief pitcher got an electric TD Garden to get even louder goes to show you how much the city of Boston loves Joe Kelly.



Kelly milked this fight for as long as he could, and I cannot respect the move more. I would remind the locker room every single day that I went toe to toe with the Yankees. He even signed pictures with his autograph followed by “Yankee Killer.”



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Thank you for everything, Joe Kelly. From the Yankees fight to postseason heroics, to just being an overall psychopath. You will always be welcomed into Boston and will never have to buy a beer in the city ever again.

