Players and coaches are still haunted by the memory of the forgotten Game 7 of the Reds-Red Sox ’75 World Series.

It’s like losing American Gothic in the world of baseball. Losing the original recording of Springsteen’s Born to Run. Suddenly not being able to find the Empire State Building or the Washington Monument.

Forty years later, the crucial game of the 1975 World Series has been obscured by the passage of time.

Somehow, Game 7 between the Reds and Red Sox became forgotten as people focused on watching Carlton Fisk’s home run in Game 6. A wrong decision was made and continued as fans reminisced about the Ed Armbrister non-interference call controversy during Game 3.

Last month, Fred Lynn, the standout center fielder of the Boston team, stated in an email that he doesn’t recall many details about that game. Couldn’t determine our score or the identity of the pitcher. With that being said, I will do what I am able to assist.

Dwight Evans, the former Red Sox right fielder with a strong arm, said it will be extremely difficult. “I am attempting to ponder.” I recall the bloop base hit…

Terry Crowley, exceptional pinch-hitter for the Big Red Machine, recalled, “I remember that we were victorious,” as he tried to recall the specifics. “I recall Joe Morgan obtaining a base hit.” It wasn’t a direct shot like a bullet. We were lucky that it dropped inside.

Bob Montgomery, the backup catcher who came in to pinch hit in the ninth inning and made the second out in his sole World Series plate appearance, assured that it wouldn’t be a lengthy process. “I don’t recall a lot about it.”

An email from Cincinnati sneered, “Didn’t the Red Sox win that World Series on Carlton Fisk’s home run?”

In fact, Fisk has been teasing people for years that the Red Sox actually won that World Series, with a score of three games to four.

Many fans strongly believe this is what occurred after forty years of attention on Fisk’s famous 12th-inning, game-winning home run in Game 6 leading to a lesser-known Game 7.

MLB Network declared Game 6 the best World Series game ever a few years ago. ESPN ranked the 1975 World Series as the second-best in history, with the Twins-Braves (1991) taking the top spot.

However, the final Game 7 leaves people puzzled and confused until they start remembering some things.

Next, a variety of stories are told: The Spaceman, the pitching coach sent to the bullpen, intense rain, a wayward bus driver leading Sparky Anderson to seek directions at a gas station in his Reds uniform, snug kangaroo-skin cleats (it was the 1970s after all), lobsters on flights, and a manager whose players had lost respect for him.

Just 11 days after Saturday Night Live premiered, Game 7 took place on Oct. 22, 1975. This came less than two months after Born to Run was released on Aug. 25, and just hours after Game 6 spilled into the early morning of Oct. 22.

Certain American masterpieces should not be allowed to go unnoticed.