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Baseball is full of incredible plays that on many occasions manage to give the ninth important victories, but there are also plays with errors that turn out to be very expensive, especially if it is a World Series.
By 1986, Boston made it to the series for the title representing the American League, while Mets he did it for the National League. Leading 3-2 in the series and leading 5-2 in the 10th inning, the Red Sox was three strikes away from winning the Fall Classic.
The pitching started to get complicated. The Mets had three hits to cut the deficit to two, a wild pitch of Bob Stanley I put the margin to the minimum, and with a runner in the second, came Mookie Wilson to the batter’s box and hit a ground ball for first base that went through the middle of the legs of Buckner.
With that play, The Mets tied the series at three victories per team, and ended up winning the World Series in Game 7, extending the streak for Boston without getting a title for the famous “Curse of the Bambino”, same that was finished until 2004.
A brilliant career overshadowed by a mistake
Throughout his major league career, Buckner wore the coat of five different novenas. Debuted for Los angeles dodgers in 1969 with whom it lasted eight seasons. Then he went to Cubs, Red Sox, Angels and Kansas City Royals. By 1990, he had a comeback with Boston, retiring that same season in June.
Received the National League Batting Champion Award in 1980 and a year later he went to Stars game. He posted 2,715 hits and finished with a .289 batting average. Despite the large numbers, Buckner is remembered for the costly 1986 World Series mistake today.
As of May 27, 2019, Bill Buckner passed away at 69 years of age after fighting Dementia with Lewy bodies, a disease characterized by progressive deterioration of the brain.
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