How crazy is it some players are best remembered for errors or unfortunate circumstances.
Ralph Branca perhaps is best remembered for giving up the home run to Bobby Thomson in the playoff game in 1951.
Earnest Byner of the Cleveland Browns, fumbled the ball at a crucial moment in a playoff game, and is often remembered for that unfortunate incident.
It’s funny how these things work out.
Perhaps the most notable NFL players who were famous for their failures: Jim “Wrong Way” Marshall and Scott “Wide Right” Norwood. :-)
The moment the ball went through Buckner's legs, Mike Torres (who was broadcasting the game on radio) said, "I'm off the hook. I'm off the hook." As you may recall, Torres served up the homer to Bucky F'n Dent.
I used to work out with Buckner at the East Bank Club in downtown Chicago in the mid 80s. He was a powerful man and quite humble, which people often took for aloofness.
If the Sox came back and won game 7 Bruckner’s error would have been forgotten.
I feel sorry for Ralph Branca, 1) The Giants were cheating 2) It wasn’t that big deal of a homeruns because the Giant went on and got crushed in the World Series.
Then there’s the Rangers’ Nelson Cruz, who misplayed the fly ball that would have won the World Series.