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@cygnusx-3217
Жыл бұрын
It's a shame that Bill Buckner is remembered solely for his WS error. Buckner was a tremendous hitter who won a batting title with the Cubs and finished with 2,700+ hits. Buckner played on bad knees. He had trouble walking after games. He'd arrive hours early and receive treatment in order to play. He was a hard nosed, thoroughly professional and highly skilled hitter.
@PHXNKVHXLIC
Жыл бұрын
They said this in the video. Waste of time.
@cardboardbelt
Жыл бұрын
That's funny, because I think it's YOUR comment that was actually a waste of time.
@cygnusx-3217
Жыл бұрын
@@PHXNKVHXLIC Believe it or not I wrote the comment before watching the video. Buckner was my favorite player growing up.
@lastlogicallib
Жыл бұрын
@@cygnusx-3217 some people are just miserable. Most the time it’s due to a lack of achievement, either professionally, sexually, or spiritually. So don’t take it personally. It’s not about your comment.😂😂
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment Cygnus. Definitely a player you’d want to have in your corner! Would walk through brick walls to make sure he was there. Hope you’re doing well 🤝
@Wyrmwould
Жыл бұрын
The video didn't really go into the larger context of all the hell Bill Buckner went through in Boston after this. You are right to point out the series of errors that lead to the final one. It could have been any of them, but unfortunately, Bucker's error was the one everyone remembers. Years later, the Boston fans went out of their way to forgive Buckner, but he always insisted he had done nothing for which he needed their forgiveness.
@areguapiri
Жыл бұрын
The narrator of the video is too young to know the ins and outs of the 1986 World Series and Bill Buckner story.
@soultrax101
Жыл бұрын
? Weird statement. Since when does age determine knowledge of sports history? Everybody with a passing interest in the Sox, or baseball in general knows that Buckner was treated like garbage. The narrator works for a prominent sports media company. They know what happened. The point of the video was the lead up to the error, not the aftermath.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it’s a shame when you make the final error, as it’s the one that gets remembered/focused on. But a couple of those errors that preceded Buckner’s mistake were just as bad. Appreciate the comment, thanks 🙏
@TheSpillerr
Жыл бұрын
One of the more interesting parts of that error in the context of that word series is not only did the Red Sox have a chance to win the next day in game 7, but they actually took a 3-0 lead into the 6th inning of that game before they imploded AGAIN. It is less remembered because they weren’t a strike away from winning it all in game 6 and it was more of an offensive explosion on the Mets part than a series of errors for the Red Sox. But they had their chances even after Buckner muffed it. (Not that I’m complaining, of course. Let’s Go Mets )
@chriswilson776
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, you beat me to it. It should be remembered that there were opportunities for the Red Sox to close out the series before AND after Buckner, but we often seek out the simple explanation, and it was easier to make Buckner the scapegoat. Even if he made the play, it would have gone to the next inning - it wouldn't have won the series. I like these deep dives, it puts these moments in a better perspective. I'm a Giants fan, so I don't have a dog in this fight - I just like the history.
@areguapiri
Жыл бұрын
The maker of the video is too young to know the in-depth story of the 1986 World Series and Bill Buckner play.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Completely agree, just from the info available in this video, there were countless other moments where the Sox had the chance to win this series. The accumulation of errors made reminds me of our watch of the Rangers versus Cardinals in 2011. Really appreciate the comment 🤝
@proteuswest1084
Жыл бұрын
Important thing to note: the Buckner error lost game 6, which tied the World Series and led to a game 7, which the Red Sox also lost. It didn't lose the World Series for the Red Sox instantly. Unfortunately, the media coverage of this error pretty much ruined Buckner's career, which was pretty much a Hall of Fame career, and it made Boston fans very upset with him in similar ways to how Cubs fans treated Steve Bartman. It's a tragic thing to have happen to a guy who worked hard his whole career and played so well to be remembered so poorly for this one mistake.
@sneersh9107
Жыл бұрын
I actually thought for the longest time that it happened in game 7 because of the way people talk about it. They act like the Sox lost the series on that play, but they had a whole additional game that they blew too.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
I definitely agree. Did he ever make the HoF or even remain in the discussion? Hope he did! Appreciate the comment, thank you 🙏
@GreatCdn59
Жыл бұрын
@@DNReacts He somehow played 4 more years and finally retired in 1990. He was added to the 1996 ballot (the short list that is voted on for induction), but only received 2% of the vote (75% required to get in), so that was the only time he was considered. I think his public perception very much had an impact on how they voted. Had 1986 never happened, I think he would have been elected, or at least come very close.
@chuckwickenhofer4316
Жыл бұрын
Boston's pitching gave up the game, Buckner gets blamed
@dougim
Жыл бұрын
I could NOT agree more. I never blamed Billy Bucks for that loss.
@dougim
Жыл бұрын
I always blamed Bob Stanley.
@christopherdeguilio6375
Жыл бұрын
@@dougim I hated Schiraldi for years after this, but Stanley was almost as much to blame... McNamara too
@WarWolfeX
Жыл бұрын
Me not knowing much about that team it would seem to me Buckner was a warrior and fought through so much to even be there. Sucks it came down to him fielding or not fielding that ball.
@dougim
Жыл бұрын
@@WarWolfeX *Exactly* His ankles were so shot he was wearing high-top spikes, FFS. He had 102 RBIs that year, for cryin' out loud.
@Kyle_116
Жыл бұрын
The call of "Little roller up along first, BEHIND THE BAG! IT GETS THROUGH BUCKNER! HERE COMES KNIGHT AND THE METS WIN IT!" is commonly listed as one of the greatest and most recognizable play by play calls of all time.
@CM-vc1hj
Жыл бұрын
Buckner never made it to the hall of fame but his Red Sox teammate Wade Boggs and the Mets catcher Gary Carter made it to the hall. Also Buckner's teammate Roger Clemens is a player you guys should check out, he's one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history.
@SirLuciferVampiro
Жыл бұрын
Roger Clemens was once asked what was the most amazing thing he ever witnessed in baseball....His answer was something like "us losing the 86' World Series". They were one out away from winning it all and then they allowed like 9 hits in a row, lol. The curse was real!!!!
@phillipanderson8067
Жыл бұрын
Buckner should not have been out there in that situation; he could barely walk. Really sad what he had to endure over the next several years. I was glad when the Sox finally the Series again-not for Boston, but for Buckner. A great player like Buckner deserved better.
@theprettyanxiouskoko6876
Жыл бұрын
Buckner never made the HOF but he did for red Sox HOF...you guys should do video about Buckner's return to Fenway Park...Boston treated him really terribly but after the Sox won the world series years after, Buckner was welcomed back and it was really emotional...
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
This sounds a little like the Bartman incident, made him the scape goat and then welcomed him back once they won the WS!
@phunkjnky
Жыл бұрын
My uncle was at this game. It became the latest in string of moments that seemed to affirm "The Curse Of The Bambino." This was the first season I became a fan of baseball and introduced me to 18 years of heartache. My uncle swears that two things happened that night: 1)The scoreboard very briefly said "Congratulations Boston Red Sox, 1986 World Series Champions" 2)The Mets fan seated next to him congratulated him, and my uncle said, "You might want to wait on that. That's Bob Stanley they're bringing in." He regrets ever saying that.
@adamplace1414
Жыл бұрын
Vin Scully on the call of that play is as recognizable as the play itself. I don't think you guys have seen Kirk Gibson's home run in the 1988 World Series yet, but if you do, make SURE you watch the few minutes afterward with Scully reacting to what happened. Total magic.
@danielholmes3129
Жыл бұрын
even more, that single at bat, his only one in that series, I believe literally won the series for the dodgers. Jack Buck radio call was also epic - "I don't believe what I just saw"
@goldenageofdinosaurs7192
Жыл бұрын
That man is a national treasure. When I think about baseball, the things that immediately come to mind are summertime, the smell of popcorn, the smell of leather, the color of the grass, the crack of the bat & the sound of Vin Scully’s voice coming in over a tinny, transistor radio, on a hot summer evening.
@darrinlindsey
Жыл бұрын
It's even more important to get a good dose of the situation before he got called to pinch hit. He started the game in the locker room, in his street clothes. We were told that there was no way he could play that night.
@proteuswest1084
Жыл бұрын
I remember the first time I ever heard Vin doing a solo cast for the Dodgers and thinking, “How is this guy so perfect all by himself?” He’s a legend, and when I saw the tributes for him after he passed, I got pretty misty, even though I was never a Dodger fan. He is an ultimate legend who elevated every moment he was involved in, and it is greatly unfortunate for Bill Buckner that this moment was elevated in to immortality.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this info Adam, we really appreciate it. I don’t think we have yet no, but this one has appeared in our Discord suggestions 👍
@iamdondawson
Жыл бұрын
I asked Mookie Wilson once if he think he had the ball beaten out anyway. He looked at me for a bit, smiled, and said, “I did beat it.”
@stephenpuglisi2946
Жыл бұрын
I think he does, but Knight stops at third so who knows what happens from there.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Appreciate the comment, thank you 🤝
@iamdondawson
Жыл бұрын
@@stephenpuglisi2946 very true!
@scottybelle9
Жыл бұрын
Despite this play's reputation, Calvin Schiraldi and Bob Stanley were more to blame than Buckner. Besides that, the Red Sox still got to play game 7. This collapse was not Buckner's fault, but he gets the blame because of this play. Hell- he might not even have had time to get to the bag or make a throw to Stanley anyway considering Wilson's speed. I'm glad the Red Sox have since won multiple championships and he has since been forgiven.
@joshpavlik3343
Жыл бұрын
That error lead to a game Seven of the World Series. While yes that last out would have end the series. The Mets did win it in that game they only tied the series up and won it the next game
@videogamevalley7523
Жыл бұрын
Sucks that Buckner gets blamed for it when if the other errors didn’t happen, this may not be a subject of discussion.
@BlairZarubick
Жыл бұрын
honestly, I remember watching the game on TV and being shocked that all of the guys on the field that night Bill Buckner was the last guy I would expect to choke. He was a Dodger for 6years or so and was a really great fielder, and a great competitor. RIP 5 27 2019
@johncassani6780
Жыл бұрын
The ‘86 Red Sox were the team that made me a baseball fan. They were so exciting, largely because they had so many guys having one of the best years of their careers, including Evans, Baylor, Gedman, Hurst, and, yes, Buckner. Boggs was burnishing his Hall of Fame credentials at this time, as he was the best singles hitter in the game. Rice had the last good year of his career, and Clemens had his breakout season. They had one of the most exciting baseball moments I can remember, when Dave Henderson, who did almost nothing else during his short tenure with the Red Sox, hit the home runs in the ALCS and the World Series (Sadly, a couple of years later, Donnie Moore, the Angels pitcher who surrendered the home run in the ALCS, committed suicide, after shooting his wife non-fatally). It was such an exciting team. This particular situation was the result of a total team failure. First, Clemens was dominant for 7 innings. It has long been a subject of debate as to why he was taken out of the game. Did he ask to be replaced, of did John MacNamara take him out? Then Schiraldi, who had been great since coming to the Sox, but who was young, and untested under stress, couldn’t get outs, and let the Mets back into the game. Then Bob Stanley, who was one of the best relievers the Sox ever had, but whose control was suspect, uncorks that wild pitch (that should have been stopped by Gedman), that led to the game being tied. Yes, even if Buckner had made the out (which was not a sure thing, even if he’d fielded the ball cleanly, as he was almost in the outfield), the Sox may very well have lost the game. Red Sox fans pretty much know that they would have lost, given all the mistakes. And, of course, Buckner shouldn’t have been in the game, but MacNamara wanted the veteran Buckner to be on the field when they won won the World Series. Mistake after mistake after mistake. You can tell I don’t have many strong feelings about this!
@phunkjnky
Жыл бұрын
It was a magical season. Lost is that it started the best possible way it could, with Dwight Evans leading off the season with a home run.
@amj4
Жыл бұрын
Greatest moment ever as a Mets fan. I remember every single thing I did that night and every feeling I had. I saw a true miracle happen. But in game 7 the Sox were leading but the Mets came back to win. I went to the huge ticker tape parade the next day in Lower Manhattan
@Entertainzor
Жыл бұрын
When I was a toddler in 1982, I named my pet turtle Bill Buckner; he was a star for the Cubs at the time. So, while I'm not a Red Sox fan, this moment has always really stung for me, too.
@coyotelong4349
Жыл бұрын
That’s adorable actually
@areguapiri
Жыл бұрын
That game 6 and game 7 were so intense and thrilling. A roller-coaster for both teams. You guys would enjoy a long recap of that 1986 World Series in your free time. ...In 1985, the Chicago Bears made a preseason rap video called "The Superbowl Shuffle" that became extremely popular. They went on to have the most memorable season in NFL history that year. They are forever known as "The '85 Bears".
@brettg274
Жыл бұрын
We used to tell a joke shortly after this event: Bill Buckner was so distraught over the following weeks that he decided to end his life by jumping in front of a bus … … but it went right through his legs! In seriousness, Bill Buckner was a great player. There is a great episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where Bill gets his redemption arc.
@andrewriak4940
Жыл бұрын
They could've won game seven. Buckner was a great player who is unfairly remembered. He got hate just like Bartman when it takes more than one play to lose a game. but definitely sucks as a sox fan
@joedougherty4324
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, a popular joke was “what do Michael Jackson and Bill Buckner have in common? Both wear a glove on one hand for no apparent reason.” 😂
@brownbenplumm9027
Жыл бұрын
Hahahaha never heard that one before
@BillKrayer12thMan
Жыл бұрын
@@brownbenplumm9027Me either, and I'm a lifelong Mets fan!! That's hilarious!!
@Posirep
Жыл бұрын
Mookie would have beat out the play anyway since Stanley didnt bother to cover first and there's no way Buckner beats Mookie to the bag. It would have prevented Knight from scoring tho. Mets experienced something like this 30 years later in 2015 where they lost the world series because seemingly none of their fielders knew how to field. KC's whole strategy ws "hit it right at them" and it worked
@treesloth9
Жыл бұрын
Buckner was just the cherry on top of that horrendous relief pitching that went on that night
@doesntmatter46
Жыл бұрын
Vox recently posted a fascinating video called “Why are so many baseball players Dominican?” that tells the history of how baseball made it to the Caribbean. Worth checking out.
@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace
Жыл бұрын
I WAS AT THIS GAME. Life long New York Mets fan whose family had season tickets since 1962 (I was born in 72). This error, while it ended the game, was NOT what lost the game for the Red Sox. They had already given up a 2 run lead with 2 outs in the 10th inning before the ball went through Bucker's legs. They had TWO STRIKES ON TWO BATTERS WITH 2 OUTS IN THE 10th! One strike away from the championship TWICE (and Mookie Wilson was fouling a ton of pitches off before the wild pitch that tied the game). I'd place blame on the Sox manager, (John McNamara) and 2 of their pitchers (Calvin Schiraldi and Bob Stanley) long before I'd blame Buckner for the game 6 loss. And, most people who followed the game in the mid 1980's think Mookie would have beaten Buckner to the base. Mookie was one of the fastest runners in the league.. Buckner had 2 bad knees and 2 ankles in worse shape than his knees. He had also suffered an injury 10 years prior that nagged at him his whole career. Also... this was the SIXTH game of the 1986 World Series.. If the Red Sox had won the game, they would have won the Series 4 games to 2. This loss just set a Game 7 (I was at Game 7 too)... which the Red Sox were leading by 3 runs going into the 6th inning! Mets came back and won the game (and the Series) 8-5. Buckner's error did NOT hand the Series to the Mets. Red Sox pitching did. Bill Bucker was not a Hall of Fame level player.. but he was close to that! He was one of the best players in baseball during his career.. He definitely belongs in the Hall of the Very Good!
@rollingstoneworks3183
Жыл бұрын
I was twelve years old. I was watching the game under the covers on a tiny 8” black and white battery powered TV. I’d already been yelled at for not going to sleep…I had the volume as low as it could go so I didn’t get the TV taken away in the final innings. When the Red Sox went up 5-3 I nearly turned it off, but something made me keep watching. The rally, and then Mookies lame little grounder…I was reaching for the power button- this could go on all night. And then Mookie sprinting down the line…hold on, he’s gonna have to hurry to get him…naw, right at him…OH MY GOD!!! WHERE’S THE RUNNER!!! HOLY CRAP, THRY DID IT!!!!! I yelled as loud as I could, and immediately got chewed out by my mother and had the TV yanked away. But I didn’t care. I’d just seen history, and I’ve been a diehard Mets fan since, which ain’t been easy, since they haven’t won a title since this series. Thanks for the trip down memory lane…I’ll always love revisiting the moment I fell in love…cheers…
@Zach-mw5so
Жыл бұрын
My dad’s college roommate was from Boston and my dad’s from New York. They agreed to watch the game together in their room. My dad was ecstatic after the play obviously. His Boston buddy threw his beer bottle against the wall and shattered it, shouting F bombs over and over. My dad after said “there’s still Game 7” but his friend just said “it’s over. We were supposed to win tonight”
@LuisA-fc3ox
Жыл бұрын
Watched Buckner with the cubs in the 80s. Great player.
@addtheater5143
Жыл бұрын
I grew up near Boston and was 15 years old watching it on TV. It was the worst. It would take another 18 years to lift the curse. There's probably a number of videos that cover all the 'cursed' things that happened to the team between 1918 and 2004. There's a lot!
@zeus6793
Жыл бұрын
I was bartending at my college in Massachusetts this very night (yes, we had campus bars back then). When the ball went through his legs, the entire place erupted, and a whole bunch of very drunk Red Sox fans started getting totally out of control, and the next thing I knew, me and the Student Center director were hiding behind the bar, while beers, bottles, glasses, chairs, tables, all started flying through the air in a fit of rage. It took the Campus Police an hour to get everyone out of there and we were left cleaning up the mess until around 3 in the morning. And on top of it, they blew Game 7 and left us in the barrens for another 18 years. But....we felt much better after 2004.
@darrinlindsey
Жыл бұрын
I had been a fan of Bill Buckner since the mid 70s. He was everything a great baseball player should be. A great hitter, great fielder, hard-nosed competitor etc. The only thing he didnt have was a good set of legs.
@johnnyc0882
Жыл бұрын
Buckner was trying to pick it up fast to beat Mookie and lifted his glove early
@lilJJslayer
Жыл бұрын
buckner was a decent player what a shame i felt that as a 8 year old back in '86' we got one for him though in 2004 rip billy boy
@michaelforbes4547
Жыл бұрын
I haven't watched it since it happened and I STILL refuse to watch it today (sorry guys). As a Sox fan in 1986, it STILL hurts too bad. It was only 37 years ago.....
@WillBernstein
Жыл бұрын
Idk about that being a pitcher error on that last tying run.... it looks like he was throwing a slider, and that's where a "backfoot slider" SHOULD go! Maybe there was a miscommunication between the Pitcher and Catcher (maybe the Catcher was expecting a fastball), but with a runner on 3rd it is ALWAYS the Catcher's job to block the ball with his glove, body... anything to make sure that man from 3rd doesn't inevitably score. Still heartbreaking for Buckner. What an amazing career, and sadly this is all he's really remembered for. In the end though, as a New York sports fan, I must admit the majority of us get the schadenfreude of watching Boston lose.
@D1ngusKhan
Жыл бұрын
Roger Clemens has an interesting story, went from sure-fire hall of famer to pariah due to a combination PED use and being a colossal prick.
@timbaker6540
Жыл бұрын
Buckner is one of my favorite all time players
@zacharyliles8657
Жыл бұрын
Echoing everyone here in saying it is a shame that this is what Bill Buckner is mostly remembered for. He really was a great player and there are a ton of reasons why the Red Sox lost that series and Buckner is only a very small part of the whole picture. It seems like the last few years his reputation has been rebuilt a little bit and he's remembered more for being an excellent player rather than just that one awful mistake
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Yeah it is a shame, plenty more went wrong and he shouldn’t be to blame!
@JT-Rebel
Жыл бұрын
I know you've never seen me do this before, but I'm going to have to be nitpicky here (I know I know, super unusual of me). The play that brought in the winning run you saw from Buckner is an official stat called an *Error*. The play that brought in the tying run you saw from Bob Stanley is an official stat called a *Wild Pitch*. Man it's crazy how far ya have come along on all of the American Sports including the NCAA Sports in such a short amount of time.
@katscully
3 ай бұрын
You should check out this ‘86 World Series. The GREATEST in baseball history when they played hard.👍🥂
@antoniocarlin5026
Жыл бұрын
Mexican MET Fan here...!! since 1986 (I was 9 years old...now I´m 46) BEST World Serie ever!! Best Team Ever!! Strawberry, Dykstra, Hernandez, Carter, Gooden, etc etc...Long Live the Mets.... #fucktheyankees... Thanx for the reaction, Im drinkin beer with a tear in my eye ;)
@pglanville
Жыл бұрын
Buckner was a very good player. He never made the hall. Mets actually won the World Series the next day.
@JKM395
Жыл бұрын
It’s perfectly fine to feel bad for Buckner. Anyone could have blown that play. It happens. But for him, it ruined his life.
@NoUploadJustComment
Жыл бұрын
The Mets won 2 World Series. Each time was cinema quality. Look into their 1969 season. Its a great story.
@estern001
Жыл бұрын
BTW, Roger Clemens is your other Nolan Ryan. Guys that specialize in "the Heat."
@ORagnar
Жыл бұрын
The big thing was the decades long drought without a World Series win. That's what put the pressure on. They did finally get that win in 2004 against my team, the St. Louis Cardinals, though that was 18 years later. The Chicago Cubs had an even longer drought when they finally won in 2016 (just one year later than was "predicted" in the movie "Back To The Future II"). After Chicago won they had a massive parade where the crowd that turned out to watch was one of the largest crowds in world history for any event. .o
@burtoncapps5477
Жыл бұрын
Actually guys, it was game six which tied the series 3-3. The "curse" was the entire comeback from being down . The Red Sox was down to tbe last strike to win. They had the celebration preparation in the Red Sox club house and when they tied tbe the game it all disappeared. The Mets won the World Series in game seven.
@patrickhinojosa165
Жыл бұрын
The clubhouse attendants had draped the Red Sox lockers with plastic and brought in champagne bottles for the celebration. They had to hurry and remove everything when the Mets came back,
@rollomaughfling380
9 ай бұрын
13:02 Just a note: bad pitches aren't errors, as the pitcher isn't fielding when making a pitch. Now if, say, someone bunts, the pitcher fields it and makes a bad throw to first-that would be an error. But a wild pitch is just that-a wild pitch, and is not counted as an error.
@kevinb314
Жыл бұрын
He had to move multiple times and basically go into hiding. The most hated man in Boston EVER. It was Brutal
@johnwhite345
Жыл бұрын
As a Red Sox fan I think the Bucky Dent home run hit off Mike Torrez was worse because it was the Yankees.
@estern001
Жыл бұрын
Yes, as weird as the name Mookie is, we now have Mookie Betts in MLB. You will find there are "Baseball Names." See Buster Posey.
@crockwell1966
Жыл бұрын
McNamara was to blame more then Buckner imo. He shouldn't have been out there.
@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace
Жыл бұрын
Schiraldi and Stanley get some blame too. Both pitchers choked.
@KnightlyNerds
Жыл бұрын
My dad grew up with Marty Barrett, I even got a signed ball from him when retired and came back home, and went to school together. We were Dodgers fans in my house but my Dad always has a soft spot for the Red Sox after watching his friend's hopes get crushed that night.
@ImOutOfMtDew
Жыл бұрын
The pitching is way more to blame than Buckner.
@phillipsilva1069
Жыл бұрын
They didn’t win the world started at night after the Mets won game six the series was tied 33 then the Mets won game seven and won the World Series Boston would have won if they won that game 6
@amj4
Жыл бұрын
This is the Mets song that was more famous in 1986 kzitem.info/news/bejne/uqOf3qFsiaaHdXY
@darrinlindsey
Жыл бұрын
I had been a Mets fan since '79. They were cellar dwellers through most of the 70s. They slowly started signing guys that had been great players, but were at the end of their careers. Then guys like Doc Gooden, Daryl Strawberry and Kevin Mitchell came up through their system. They had a very mediocre last month of that season, to finish with 108 wins.
@travishenderson9635
Жыл бұрын
Even if he fields that ground ball I think Mookie is still safe.
@addictedtoJB
Жыл бұрын
The Red Sox had a chance to win it all the next day but they didn't show up. Lost all motivation after that loss.
@btnhstillfire
Жыл бұрын
He was the scapegoat. As you got to see, the whole team made mistakes that cost them.
@l.sueszabo9618
Жыл бұрын
Lifelong red sox fan. This one still hurts.
@lindajane8962
Жыл бұрын
Yup. We were at my parents house that night cuz I wanted to watch the Sox win with my Dad who was five years old when they last won it. Had champagne on ice waiting...the heartbreak was real! 😭
@jonathanwilliams6451
Жыл бұрын
Don't blame Buckner. Thank dinosaurs. "When I'm in a slump, I comfort myself by saying if I believe in dinosaurs, then somewhere, they must be believing in me. And if they believe in me, then I can believe in me. Then I bust out." - Mookie Wilson
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
I’ll need to read that again 😂
@casmatt99
Жыл бұрын
Didn't even mention the Curse of the Bambino, which you correctly referenced in the beginning. The owner of the team traded away Babe Ruth in his prime, a sin so unforgivable that the team went without a championship for 86 years until 2004
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, we really appreciate it! I know what you mean, we’ll have to have a deeper dive into that Trade as like you say, it sounds so crazy that it even happened
@MrGlenspace
Жыл бұрын
The Mets fell behind in game 7. I was there but made another great comeback for the victory. Buckner played for a few more seasons until 1990. In game 6 even the scoreboard said congratulations to the Boston red Sox world series champs. They also had to recover the champagne waiting for them in the locker room.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info, appreciate it 😊
@cteal2018
Жыл бұрын
To correct the timeline... Boston was leading the series, and would have won the championship if they took this game, and beating the "curse" 20 something years early. The Mets winning tied the series forcing a game 7, which the Mets won.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info mate 😀
@77Cardinal
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy watching you two reacting to baseball. It's great to see you discover these great moments. I have a story and a request that goes along with this video. The story. I was the program director of a local pop music radio station in California. On that night everybody from the radio station but the DJ on the air was at the home of the station's sports reporter. We knew this game was big news and a lot of our listeners couldn't watch it at home because they were at work or away from a TV. As the game kept changing hands the suggestion was made that we should do live phone updates on air from the watch party. I called the DJ and we set up call-ins from our sports reporter, Doug Gavel. At first it was just current score and such. But as the game went to extra innings with the game on the line, we interrupted music programming and did an extended play by play live with Doug commenting off the video on TV. We broke the news live and the party crowd in the background was echoed by shouting we could hear through the neighborhood. Now the request. The play by play announcer on the TV network was Vin Scully. He never played the game as a professional but he's in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame along with other noted broadcasters who called some of the greatest moments in the game. I enjoy watching your reactions to these moments and ask that you react to some of the great moments of sports broadcasting in North American sport given in real time by Hall of Fame broadcasters as they happened. Cheers and thanks to you both!
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, really appreciate the comment and the suggestion, I’ve noted this one down. Thanks again 🙏
@johncentamore1052
Жыл бұрын
To twist the knife for Red Sox fans a bit (Yankees fan here, sorry), watch the 1978 one-game playoff to see why Bucky Dent has 3 names in Boston, even to this day.
@Hottiedonkey
Жыл бұрын
"Forever known as "Bucky Fucking Dent."
@ForestOfSleep
Жыл бұрын
Mets owner Steve Cohen actually went out and bought the "Buckner Ball" and put it in the Mets Museum with a bunch of other memorabilia. But this game didn't even lose the Red Sox the world series, the next game did. The fans were just looking for a scapegoat and Buckner jus happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. But then again, you can argue he shouldn't have been playing when he had half a good leg at the absolute best. Lou Gehrig took himself out of the lineup when he got sick, sometimes your body has just had enough.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Yeah he was definitely a scape goat for this loss!
@NVKyleBrown
Жыл бұрын
This tied the series up at 3-3. The Mets went on to win game 7. And you're very right that it wasn't on Buckner alone, a lot went into setting up that situation. A lot of fans are unreasonable about such things though. :-( It's maybe the thing baseball does best - build tension to singular moments that can define careers, for good and ill. Sometimes people forget everything that led up to and made the moment possible though.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Steve Bartman is a great example of this, made the scapegoat for a series the cubs blew pretty much by themselves.
@jeffreyamolsch6009
Жыл бұрын
The Red Sox went on to lose the series and wouldn't break the curse until 2004, 18 years later.
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
A series of errors that resulted in such a long wait! At least they got there. Appreciate the comment Jeffrey, thanks 🙏
@NOxSPLOOSHxPLANE
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Boston and it took us awhile but we forgave him (most of us did) I forgive him but I'll never forget
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I don’t think you could forget that!
@Zaron_Gaming
Жыл бұрын
Ahhh at 12:10 I honestly feel pain and sadness for what's about to happen. The poor man.
@brianstacey2679
Жыл бұрын
The Red Sox were a good team, but that Mets team was one of the best. So many great players. The Sox had no business being in that series and had gritted their way to 7 games. If the Mets could have just stayed clean off the field, no telling how maay they would have won.
@dc07932
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes nothin more 80s than my Metsies railing lines and women in the dugouts
@dc07932
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact the Ace of the 86 Mets Dwight Gooden, missed the celebration and the parade for winning the World Series because he overslept and woke up in a crack house that morning
@vodriscoll
Жыл бұрын
As a Yankee fan, and therefore a Red Sox hater, I loved this!
@DNReacts
Жыл бұрын
I bet you did 😂
@JasonMoir
Жыл бұрын
The Mets didn't win the World Series with that error, just Game 6. It forced a Game 7 which they ended up winning. Buckner made an error but didn't deserve the crap he received for so many years.
@Frostwriter111
Жыл бұрын
My dad was at that game, and he said that moment was the loudest thing he has ever experienced. He said he was a little worried that the stadium would collapse with how crazy the fans were going, and I think he was only half-joking.
@areguapiri
Жыл бұрын
I wish they could see the celebration. And also the story of the entire series/postseason of 1986.
@juliansousa3781
Жыл бұрын
Do the 2004 comeback against the Yankees! Our pain famously ended in 2004!
@dougim
Жыл бұрын
Next do the 2004 ALCS.
@SlugCult718
4 ай бұрын
Even the British know about the curse of the Bambino? I find that fascinating. 😂 And I find it hilarious because I'm born and raised in the Bronx, just minutes from Yankee Stadium. So it's in my DNA to hate Boston.
@coyotelong4349
Жыл бұрын
Lol as an American Tottenham fan (also Diamondbacks fan 🐍 ⚾️) I think you’re referring to the terrible 1982 (?) FA Cup song Spurs recorded? That was when Ozzie Ardiles played for the club I think
@Senrabekim
Жыл бұрын
Major note, that wasn't the error that won the Mets the World Series, they still had to play game 7. And Frankly Boston fell apart long before that ball came Billy Buckner's way. As far as the city of Boston forgiving Buckner; please see Boston, the 2nd worst city for sports fans in America. Honestly I think Buckner makes the hall without that error though. his numbers are fantastic, 2715 hits in 2517 games played, 22 seasons in the show, .289/.322/.408. an extremely solid career.
@JPMadden
Жыл бұрын
1985-1986 was an exciting time for sports in New England, when I was ages 15-16. I had always watched hockey (the Bruins), but I began to watch football, basketball, and baseball. It started in late 1985, when the always terrible Patriots (sounds strange after the Tom Brady era) barely made the playoffs and became the first of now four teams to win three road games to reach the Super Bowl, exorcising some demons along the way against the rival Miami Dolphins. We knew they would likely lose against the great Chicago Bears team, and they did in spectacular fashion, but it was still exciting. Along with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Celtics dominated the 1980s. The two teams combined to win eight of the ten championships. The Celtics won in 1986 with one of the greatest teams in NBA history. Every game felt like an inevitable victory, a step toward their coronation. Aside from the Finals win in six games, there wasn't any worry. Then there's the Red Sox. Like many New Englanders who grew up during the New York Yankees dominance (and Red Sox ineptitude, mostly) from the 1920s to the 1960s, both my father and grandfather were Yankees fans. I had watched Red Sox games, and even been to one, but I wasn't a fan. In the years prior to 1986, the Red Sox had some winning seasons, but only 4 of 26 teams made the playoffs back then. In the first round of the 1986 playoffs (the ALCS) against the California Angels, the Red Sox were down one game to three and "one strike away" from losing Game 5 when they did to the Angels what was usually done to them. They tied the game in the 9th inning and won in the 11th, and then they easily won Games 6 and 7. In the World Series, they were "one strike away" from winning, yet they lost. People said, "if it was in a movie, nobody would believe it." One of my local news stations put together a montage of highlights and lowlights, with the Bruce Hornsby song "The Way It Is" playing in the background ("That's just the way it is, some things will never change"). I still remember lying in bed after the Bill Buckner error, thinking "what happened?" One of the Boston sportswriters wrote: "If the Red Sox win today, it is only so it will hurt more when they lose tomorrow." Try to find a video (without a copyright problem) of how fans reacted in 2004 to the first World Series win in 86 years. I've seen footage of people visiting cemeteries and decorating the headstones of those who didn't live to see it.
@gregcable3250
Жыл бұрын
Clemens is one of the greatest pitchers ever with 354 wins and 3rd on the all-time strikeout list at just over 4,600 (first of course is "The Ryan Express" who had over 1,100 more than Clemens and almost 1,000 more than 2nd place, Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson--a lefty who stood 6'10"). So Clemens was just early in his career, but every knew then he was bound for greatness.
@KevinQuinn81
Жыл бұрын
3:07 - I Googled it and it looks like it was Liverpool that released the "Anfield Rap" before the 1988 FA Cup Final against Wimbledon. Fascinatingly, it was a trend that started with the infamous "Super Bowl Shuffle" that the Chicago Bears recorded in 1985. For both the Bears and the Mets, they recorded these songs as hype BEFORE they won anything and it seemed to have worked. Not so much for Liverpool in their case. 4:25 - The headline they show here includes a fascinating bit of history. The first part they isn't highlighted says "Seaver scratched from Series." This is referring to Mets legend but then-current Red Sox pitcher Tom Seaver. Seaver was at the end of his legendary 20-year, hall of fame career but was well past his prime and was being left off the World Series roster by the Red Sox. He would retire after the season, calling it a career having won a Rookie of the Year, 3 Cy Young Awards, and a World Series with the Mets in 1969. He was probably the best pitcher of his generation and certainly the best in Mets history (and that's saying something because while we usually suck, we always have great pitching). 5:15 - 3-2 to the Red Sox Damo. This misunderstanding comes up at the end because they still had another game to play. One in which the Sox led! More of that to come. Initially, Red Sox fans were super vitriolic to Buckner and blamed him solely for everything that happened, even though it was a tie game at that point and Mookie was a speedster who likely beats out Buckner's throw to an also slow Stanley at first. Hell, so many things conspired for this moment to come up in the first place: McNamara pulling Clemens, Schiraldi's bad throw to second on the bunt, Stanley's wild pitch, McNamara not putting in a defensive replacement for Buckner heading into the 10th. However, there were a bunch of things that happened afterward too that could have mooted the error. Since this tied the series at 3 (looking at you Damo!), they still had Game 7 to play. In that game, the Sox jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and as good as Clemens was that season and in Game 6, Bruce Hurst was better (at least against the Mets) and shut them down in the first 5 innings of Game 7. But then he got lit up for 3 in the 6th inning and the Mets tied it and then Schiraldi came back in to stop the bleeding but gave up another 3 in the 7th to blow the game open and the Mets never looked back. Thankfully, Sox fans and baseball fans at large began to see that it wasn't all his fault and were less mean about it but you still here jokes to this day about it.
@MG-qd1kf
Жыл бұрын
Recommend movie called Fever Pitch (Jimmy Fallon) about a Red Sox fan who has a VCR tape of the Buckner play that he plays in his depression. Weirdly loosely based on a Colin Firth movie also called Fever Pitch about Arsenal. Both are about sports obsessed fans like all of us. Shame about the Buckner play but it’s a pretty famous WS ender.
@kevinhennessey3189
Жыл бұрын
So I was was watching this game as a 34 year old Red Sox fan. After Buckner was hit by the pitch Little the manager should have pulled him for a pinch Runner and Put Dave Stapleton in as a defensive replacement. IOW Buckner should not have been on the field. Never forgave Grady Little for this boneheaded call Little was the villain not Buckner. Actually they should have put in Don Baylor in to pinch hit for Buckner the previous inning which would have forced the Mets to change pitcher. Buckner spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs of all teams. So he was triple cursed Cubs, Red Sox and being put in a position to fail by a Brain Dead Manager. Just Sayin. 😪
@jameshurley9551
Жыл бұрын
Crazy thing, this was game 6. That wasn't even for the World Series. They had to come back the next night and lose again. Someone should do a video on all the heartbreaking game 6's that teams couldn't recover from. 2002 Giants (very sad for me), 2013 Rangers. When you lose a demoralizing game 6 it's really hard to even show up the next night.
@cardboardbelt
Жыл бұрын
I think it's a real stretch to call him a borderline Hall of Famer. The Dude only made one All-Star game and has one batting title. Of course that doesn't mean he wasn't a very very valuable player everywhere he went. Buckner had already played 16 full seasons in the major leagues and had gotten a few votes here and there for NL MVP five different years. He's the kind of usually reliable player who fans typically love and of course if he had been on the field and the Red Sox had finally won the World Series after so many heartbreaking years for Boston fans it would have been a really nice story. His untimely error just became symbolic for all of those shattering losses. Since their last World Series win back in 1918, the team had been in three more fall classics, each time losing in agonizing 7 game series. Still one of the great wins in Red Sox history (one you guys should cover), came in game 6 of the 1975 series. Unfortunately that was followed with a game 7 loss to lose the Series again. In 1978 they were tied with the Yankees after 162 regular season games, so the teams faced off in a singe winner-take-all game for the division title (this was before any wild card teams were allowed in the playoffs). Of course they found a dramatic way to lose that game too, when Bucky "bleeping" Dent hit a homer to give the Yanks the lead. The pressure to win the Series had been building and building for a long time in Boston before Buckner's error. And yeah there was a lot of talk about the 'curse.' It's actually strange trying to explain it to someone coming into the story after 2004 and four newly minted Red Sox World Series wins. Lots of us genuinely thought we'd never see it happen.
@nazfrde
Жыл бұрын
The Mets didn't win the Series during that game (it was only game 6). The Sox had another chance 2 days later in New York, but they got trounced 8-5 after being ahead 3-0 after 5 innings. Schiraldi was the losing pitcher in game 7. The game was supposed to be played on Sunday Oct 26 (the day after game 6), but there was a huge rainstorm in NYC that day, so the game had to be postponed. Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd was the schedule starting pitcher, but with the extra day off, Boston manager John McNamara decided to give the start to Bruce Hurst instead, since he had an extra day of rest. When Boyd found out he had been bumped from starting, he got so drunk he was not even available to pitch even if the team had needed him. On the face of it, Hurst was a better choice to start than Boyd, but who knows what might have happened had it not rained out Sunday?
@GreenJeepAdventures
Жыл бұрын
For me, the greatest error in baseball was in the 2002 WS between the Anaheim Angels and San Fransisco Giants, who featured Barry "the Asterisk" Bonds. It wasn't a play on the field, but rather a coaching decision. The Giants had a 3 games to 2 lead, and in game 6, they were leading 5-0 in the bottom of the 7th with 8 outs to go. The starting pitcher, who played excellent for 6 innings, gave up back to back singles, so the manager decided to pull him. The Angels then rocked them for a 3 run homer and another 3 runs next inning, tying the series. They would go on to win game 7, and destroy Barry Bonds only shot at winning the WS. In a game of woulda, coulda, shoulda, I felt they should have kept their starting pitcher on the mound.
@swearwolf7785
Жыл бұрын
I’ll never forget this, I was maybe 8 or 9 and played first base, growing up just south of Boston. Buckner would be in Cooperstown if this didn’t happen, solid ballplayer who was hanging on with old, bum knees. From that point on I wore #6 from little league all the way through high school. Ironically my other all time favorite player HoJo was on that Mets team.
@Murchad99
Жыл бұрын
I'm a New Yorker who was around at that time, and that's literally the first and only time I've ever heard "Metsmerized". Which is tragic, because as a Yankee fan I would have roasted my Mets fan friends for DECADES if I'd heard it sooner.
@LiveFromThePorcelainPalace
Жыл бұрын
And while it's not a fielding error... if you ask me the worst World Series blunder was when Babe Ruth decided to try to steal second base in the 9th inning of Game 7 with 2 outs and the Yankees down by one run. He got caught stealing to end the 1926 World Series with Lou Gehrig at bat. Yes... THAT Babe Ruth . The same guy who would hit 60 home runs the next season! Arguably the greatest player who ever lived made a completely boneheaded decision that cost his team the World Series.
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