[BluesDuke]

Some wear the goat horns; others have them shoved up a certain part of their anatomy. It is time to let Billy Buck off the hook.

[BluesDuke]

Buckner bump...

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

billy doesnt get all the blame stanley's performance in that game was horrendous but that is often overlooked bill buckner should never have been in that situation in the first place

[MozarkDawg]

It is time to let Billy Buck off the hook.

Amen!

[NYCVirago]

This is your best article yet; I've forwarded it to several friends. One question -- wasn't Buckner in the game that late only because the manager wanted to give him the honor of being on the field when the Red Sox won the World Series? If I remember correctly, he normally would have been taken out in late innings for a defensive replacement.

[xp38]

In the aftermath Toronto welcomed them both. Mookie during his time here (89-91)was a joy. Buckner became a minor league hitting instructor in the Blue Jays system and I'm pretty sure got a World Series ring when the Jays won it all. Not as a player mind you but it's the thought that counts. :)

[SamAdams76]

Excellent article. I can remember that tragic October night as clear as a bell. I was at my fiance's house (soon to be my wife) with a group of friends. We were so sure of the win that we started popping champagne corks. In fact, they were popping champagne corks in the Red Sox clubhouse too. We were ecstatic and some of my friends were making long distance calls.

Then the grounder between the legs. It was devastating, I tell you! On the way home that night, some kids through a rock through my car window at a stoplight. They were pissed too. It was an ugly night in Boston. And we just knew that they weren't going to win in Game 7. In fact, I don't even remember watching that game. I'm sure I did but I don't remember anything about it.

It was a horrible feeling that night. The only other time I had that feeling was on a November night just a year and a half ago. That was the night that George Bush was declared the winner of the presidential election. I woke my son up and we opened a bottle of champagne. No sooner than I took the first sip then the networks switched to Al Gore taking back his concession. It was the '86 Sox all over again! Fortunately, Bush was able to win "Game 7."

Bill Buckner: I forgive you dude!

[hobbes1]

Given the pace of the Mutts Season this year Billy Buck is one of MY all time Heroes..lol