 The 1993 season saw long @-@ time Red Sox fan favorite Wade Boggs defect to the Yankees after eleven seasons with Boston . Later in September 1993 , the Yankees defeated Boston at Yankee Stadium via a last @-@ moment reprieve . Trailing 3 – 1 , Mike Stanley 's apparent fly out with two outs in the ninth was nullified by a fan running on to the field prior to the pitch being thrown . The umpire had called time and when play resumed , Stanley singled . The Yankees would rally to score three runs and win on a Mattingly single . 
