Number Cruncher
Time to go.... NOW
Rest in Peace, Billy Buck. Rest in Peace.
No way?? The guy who let the ball roll behind the bag??
Buckner got far too much blame for '86. He was just one drop of the game 6 debacle. He had a terrific career but all anyone recalls is that one play.
RIP.
I remember reading that Buckner was the left fielder who almost jumped the fence when Hank Aaron hit 715. That clip is so iconic but nobody ever seemed to point out who the LF was until later when Buckner became infamous for soemthing else.
That moment when the floorboards fell away was possibly the biggest single mistake in the history of American sport.
But it wasn't Buckner's.
I recall begging the TV....BEGGING for John McNamara to lift Buckner for Dave Stapleton as a defensive replacement. It was extremely clear that Buckner could barely walk or move and McNamara later admitted that he didn't think it was right to pull an honored vet like Bill off the field and it was he that blew that game because he didn't have the balls to do what was necessary. To do what was in the best interests of the team and millions of Red Sox fans.
And Bill Buckner paid a very heavy price for that shitty, gutless decision.
I've never seem so much blame leveled at the wrong person by people abetted by the lazy media with no interest in a more complex narrative.
This is nice. Very nice. I remember watching it.
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— Dan O'Mara (@Dan_OMara) May 27, 2019
Damn, I had no idea that was Buckner. I remember watching it at the time, I believe it was a special Monday Night baseball broadcast and I watched just to see if Aaron would hit it.
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Bruckner was a hitting machine. I might be wrong but I think only Pete Rose had more hits than him in the 70's & 80's. More than all time great Rod Carew.
Schiraldi & Stanley blew that game.
That moment when the floorboards fell away was possibly the biggest single mistake in the history of American sport.
But it wasn't Buckner's.
I recall begging the TV....BEGGING for John McNamara to lift Buckner for Dave Stapleton as a defensive replacement. It was extremely clear that Buckner could barely walk or move and McNamara later admitted that he didn't think it was right to pull an honored vet like Bill off the field and it was he that blew that game because he didn't have the balls to do what was necessary. To do what was in the best interests of the team and millions of Red Sox fans.
And Bill Buckner paid a very heavy price for that shitty, gutless decision.
No way?? The guy who let the ball roll behind the bag??