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"You know, Buckner gets a lot of crap for that game, and I think a lot of that is undeserved--certainly to the point where he basically got run out of baseball. "

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The whole thing was John McNamara's fault for leaving Buckner out there in the bottom of the 10th. Buckner was badly hurt, and so every time the Red Sox had a late-inning lead, they brought in Dave Stapleton for defense. But McNamara decided to leave Buckner on the field so that he could celebrate on the field as the third out is made (as a gesture of appreciation for his hard work), forgetting that if the Red Sox let the Mets score two or more runs there would not be any celebrating that evening. Poor Billy Buck was sent out to the Angels the next year, and was never given a starting job again. He was a good player, not great, but deserves a better fate than he got.

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Bill Buckner could flat out hit...nothing will
change that and I don't have a dog in this hunt.
I'm a dislocated Texan who thinks any LaSorda
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and breath Diamonbacks.

[cars for sale]

Bill Buckner could flat out hit...nothing will
change that and I don't have a dog in this hunt.
I'm a dislocated Texan who thinks any LaSorda
team was best managed and since day one,live,read
and breath D Backs