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  • Have You Heard The New Bill Buckner Joke?

    08/02/2002 10:28:14 PM PDT · by BluesDuke · 30 replies · 1,746+ views
    The Polo Grounds: A Calm Review of Baseball ^ | 2 August 2002 | Jeff Kallman
    Have You Heard The New Bill Buckner Joke? by Jeff Kallman "Mookie," the voice hailed the New York Mets' first base coach, "what do you say you hit me a few grounders?"Forgive Mookie Wilson if at first he had to retrieve his jaw from the Shea Stadium grass, before flashing his familiar, almost satchelmouthed grin. Not everyone gets the honour of hearing the newest Bill Buckner joke, especially when it's cracked by Bill Buckner himself. And especially when he cracks it at the bloody crossroads where Buckner and Wilson collided too profoundly to leave each other strangers.It was almost sixteen...