Key points to remember: 1. Buckner was only on the field because John McNamara (Red Sox manager) wanted him to be on the field to celebrate. Buckner was hurt and had no business being out there. He could barely move! 2. Mookie Wilson would have beaten Buckner to the bag. At that point, Howard Johnson comes to bat with 1st and 3rd and the inning continues. That's also why Buckner missed the ball. He was rushing! 3. Bob Stanley is the one who blew this game, not Buckner. He is the one who threw a wild pitch which allowed Mitchell to score the tying run! 4. The Red Sox were up 3-0 in Game 7 and still could have won. They had Bruce Hurst pitching who had already beaten the Mets TWICE in the series, but they coughed up the lead and lost! Buckner to blame for 1986? HARDLY!

@joseelno1

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly people forget all those points.buckner was a good Dodger too

@davidlevy4291

2 жыл бұрын

Seriously! thank you so much. He deserved for the Boston sports media and organization to be speaking up for him like this while he was living.

@jakeoviatt875

Жыл бұрын

Your first point is not fully correct you are right about John had him go out there but you also forget to mention that bill had the ultimate choice he was the one to say yes or no because he was the senior John just gave him the option he didn’t force him too he’s the one that chose to go out there so in that sense you three less points mean nothing because he fucked up

@ralphabreu5022

Жыл бұрын

Boston fans are morons To blame Bill Buckner. Stanley couldn't close out the game

@desertdogguy

Жыл бұрын

Excellent Points.

Just another despicable story about this man. Absolutely incredible that you would make this "tribute" about the one play. He deserved better. He was g*d da*ned good ball player and seemed like a good man as well.

@paleo704

4 жыл бұрын

He was a lousy bum who cost us the World Series

@RoeserFan1

4 жыл бұрын

You're all class

@qaz-fi1id

2 жыл бұрын

Ya this was trash, nothing but a roast session

How the hell are you gonna make a tribute and open up with the play, cmon

@paleo704

4 жыл бұрын

Because it’s who he is

@jmanfro1

4 жыл бұрын

@@paleo704he was a great ball player. That's what he was.

@paleo704

4 жыл бұрын

Jay the Crusader LMAO in what way was he “great”? His numbers are average at best and he cost his team a World Series. What a legacy

@mmundle941

4 жыл бұрын

@@paleo704 lol a man died who was a good enough ball player to make the mlb. At least not open with the play

@paleo704

4 жыл бұрын

The MaceN all of that is meaningless and passing the buck. This bum missed the easiest routine ground ball in history and yes it cost them the series. This fan won’t forgive

You win as a team you lose as a team. Buckner never deserved to be known for that play. He didn't throw the wild pitch, he didn't blow a series lead. The error came in a tie game. The red Sox weren't winning. They already had blown the lead. Shameful really. Buckner was a great player who never should've went through that.

@vernpascal1531

5 жыл бұрын

Very well said. he had 2700 plus hits and an excellent career. He shouldn't be remembered for just that one play. How would any of us like being recalled for our most embarrassing moment in life and that is all?

@virgilacevedo

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. True baseball fans will look back at his entire career and not just that one play. RIP

@GentileMysteriesConspiracies

5 жыл бұрын

He missed that ball on PURPOSE morons, just like Matt Ryan and Devonta Freeman laid down in the 2nd half of Superbowl LI to let the Patriots come back on LEAGUE COMMAND. Buckner's PURPOSEFUL miss is covered by author Brian Tuohy of "The Fix Is In : The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, & NASCAR."

@virgilacevedo

5 жыл бұрын

@@GentileMysteriesConspiracies WOW!

@zachjohnson9220

5 жыл бұрын

American Mysteries & Conspiracies he obviously didn’t mean to do that

Rest in Peace Bill Buckner. You were a great ball player.

no one wants to remember there was also a game 7 which boston was winning at one point

RIP Bill Buckner and you was a very good baseball player

The guy who caught the baby in Curb Your Enthusiasm.

The fact he got all the hate is insane he took so much hate yet he stood strong and didnt let it define him.

People forget that Buckner's legs were shot, and that his legs were so heavily taped and wrapped that he could barely bend over!! I'll remember him for his heroics as a Dodger!! 🔥💜🔥

@paleo704

4 жыл бұрын

Then his dumbass should’ve have selfish and been out there. F him

@brookeggleston9314

4 жыл бұрын

@@paleo704 The manager is the "dumbass" that put him out there!! You've got a real strange idea of why people are put in the line up and who put them there!!

@paleo704

4 жыл бұрын

Brook Eggleston he was a bum

@brookeggleston9314

4 жыл бұрын

@@paleo704 No, you're the bum around here!!

@paleo704

4 жыл бұрын

Brook Eggleston I didn’t cost a team and city a World Series. That idiot did

I have been a Cubs fan since 1967. Bill Buckner is, was, and always will be my favorite player. He played with an unparalleled intensity, despite longstanding ankle issues. His talent prevailed through many less-than-stellar Cub seasons. Cubs Nation has fallen on black days with his premature passing. RIP, 22 Bill Buckner 22

@robertosso5210

5 жыл бұрын

why didnt the red sox fans put bob stanley thru the same thing make his life a living hell. remember bob stanleys error was bigger than buckners was because that tied the game

The worst was when people threatened the guy for what happened. Terrible, I remember as an S.F. Giants fan when Buckner played for the Dodgers & Cubs. This play cost him a Hall of Fame Bid, made his family move away from threats to him. The things people said on the radio about the guy. Imagine how Buckner felt about the play that lost the game.Its too bad the Red Sox didn't win the series in 86' since this play would've been forgiven. You lose as a team, when you root for a team you go down with them, you celebrate with them as well when they win.

Rip Bill.

People forget he started the 9th Inning rally in game 5 against the angels. He lead off with a single

@kevinmichael9482

Жыл бұрын

I remember! Buckner came through in the clutch all year for '86 Sox. Buckner amassed 2'715 hits over 22 seasons-- that's one heck of a career (borderline Hall of Famer, imo).

Rest In Heaven Bill Buckner My Condolences To Bill Buckner Family And Friends

if the ball didnt go under buckners legs and the inning is over in all probability the mets still win because they had all the momentum from tying the game

@GentileMysteriesConspiracies

5 жыл бұрын

He missed that ball on PURPOSE morons, just like Matt Ryan and Devonta Freeman laid down in the 2nd half of Superbowl LI to let the Patriots come back on LEAGUE COMMAND. Buckner's PURPOSEFUL miss is covered by author Brian Tuohy of "The Fix Is In : The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, & NASCAR."

@robertosso5210

5 жыл бұрын

@@GentileMysteriesConspiracies no lol

@robertosso5210

5 жыл бұрын

@@GentileMysteriesConspiracies yes the fix is in just like the yankees were told to drop the last 4 games of the 2004 alcs against the red sox that for sure was fixed

@robertosso5210

5 жыл бұрын

@@GentileMysteriesConspiracies how is it possible that buckner was told to purposely miss the ball how did the league know that a slow ground ball was going to be going to buckner?

@stevilknevil107

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao... if you’re gonna “lay down the second half” of the super bowl on “league command”, then why would you get yourself into the lead in the first place lol? If you’re told to throw a game, then why the hell would you jump out to a huge lead in the first half? You’re just making the scripted game (a) less believable to viewers, (b) more likely to get screwed up, and (c) more likely to be discovered as a fraud. It’s like if you make a fake ID... you make a name like Michael Smith... not BananaRama Dingdomg lol. Likewise, why take a 3-0 series lead in the first place (Red Sox Yankees 2004) if the plan is to lose the series? Makes no sense at all and would just draw unwanted scrutiny. But then again, I’m talking to a guy who literally has “conspiracies” in his name... so I’m probably wasting my breath

If Buckner had fielded the ball cleanly, there is a good chance that Mookie Wilson would have beaten him to the bag anyway.

@jasperhalsey8574

4 жыл бұрын

doubt it. He's right there.

I like how salty red sox's fans are till they get good then learn to love Bill buckner.

RIP Bill Buckner

Am I the only Dodger fan who remembers when Buckner took a home run away from the batter (someone remind me who the batter was and who the other team was) and immediately crashed into the wall? Into some pole, I think. He was knocked flat on his back, but quickly jumped up and threw out the runner on base. And as soon as he'd thrown the ball, he fell unconscious; the throw and the fall were all one motion. My recollection is that he was carried off the field. Some Dodger fans, including me, feared that he'd never play again. And then a few years later, he made that damned error --the only thing he did that people remembered. RIP

Buckner was a great player. Over 22 years, his batting average was .289 (#415 in baseball history) and he had nearly 3,000 hits. And no, it was not his fault that they lost the World Series anymore than it was Scott Norwood’s fault that the Bills lost the Super Bowl or Steve Bartman’s fault that the Cubs lost in 2003. The Red Sox shouldn’t have been in that position to begin with, and it was only Game 6.

The dialogue on this story is shameful and disrespectful. We shall remember Mr. Buckner as an excellent ballplayer and family man. RIP.

He didn't want to be defined by it. He's dead. Now, here's the play over and over and a story that focuses mostly on that play.

Game was tied when the error was made, so there was no guarantee the Sox would have won the game anyway, especially on the road with a flimsy bullpen. McNamara, Gedman, Stanley, Schiraldi all played significant roles in setting up that collapse. Clemens, too, if it's true he asked out, as McNamara claimed.

@cgh7337

5 жыл бұрын

Calvin Schiraldi LOL. I remember when that scrub played for the Cubs. He stunk.

HE SHOULD BE IN THE HALL AND YOU PEOPLE DID THIS TO HIM

A great ballplayer even if you factored in a dozen plays like the Mookie Wilson ground ball...and a great person for the class, perspective, and good humor he maintained in the years after his retirement from the MLB.

"I see the play and switch the channel" *abc* starts with the frickin play.

RIP 🙏 Bill

He was "infamous" because NY and Boston are big markets. If this had happened with Brewers or Royals things might've been different.

Buckner's error may have made him infamous, but he more than made up for it with his future heroics. I hope his rest is peaceful. It's also awesome knowing how the Boston fans forgave him for his miscue, when they won the 2004 world series.

FAKE NEWS: It did not cost the Red Sox Game 6 of the World Series. Game was tied 5-5 and emotionally lost at that point. I know, being a huge Red Sox fan in 1986 and a sports journalist. Stupid media blamed him to appease stupid obnoxious fans.

Remember that the lead had already been given up. Such a scapegoat.

Had no idea that he predicted it. Poor guy was a scapegoat. The whole team lost that game and a game 7. RIP to Bill Buckner

I like how they only showed 2 seconds of the standing ovation he got at Fenway in 1990

@TexasMan77

3 жыл бұрын

No it was 2008. Boston still hated him in 1990.

@nope5023

3 жыл бұрын

@@TexasMan77 no it wasn’t, it was 1990

what red sox fans didnt understand and didnt realize is that when the mets tied the game on the wild pitch whether the ball went under buckners legs or not the mets still would of won the game was over once the mets tied the game the red sox couldnt recover from that

Sports are appalling for this reason, with it's pile on the dog mentality. The only thing worse than the opposing team are your teammates. This guy was ridiculed and tortured for years and for what? He may have lost the game but he didn't lose the series. SMH

Omg he predicted it?!!

You know if he had gotten to 3000 hits I believe that pretty much automatically would have put him in the HOF (in the 80s anyway)

Bill Buckner was one of the greatest players ever. I watched every play of the 1986 World Series and despite being a RedSox Fan I thought that series was the most entertaining series in Sports history especially game 6 right from the 1st inning when a man landed in Shea Stadium in a parachute!!

I would have never forgave ANYONE if I was Bill, was and still 1 of my all time favorite players, Jodi you are 1 strong woman, Love you Bill Buckner

He wasn’t gonna make it to the bag in time anyways. I feel so bad for him and I cried when he went back to Fenway.

@paleo704

4 жыл бұрын

I did too. Couldn’t figure out why we let that bum back into our house

He made an error that cost the Red Sox game 6. The Red Sox as a team lost game 7 and The World Series.

The red Sox manager had him play first base with messed up legs.

I have a signed ball by him

@allencollins6031

Жыл бұрын

Nice

Hmm, he wasn’t invited back until after the WS wins. 🙄 Total bullshit....

RIP

Larry David served him right

Strange how things turn out with his dementia. He probably burnt out his brains always thinking about that play every single day. Really, he was tormented for years and probably never forgave himself.

What about the passed ball? No one ever mentions that. If that don't happen Mookie fouls off a few more..Or strikes out.. Or pops out. Or hits a home run Or gets a hit. .What about that freaking passed ball? After seeing all the replays over the decades in super slow motion, the ball took a little bad hop to the side at the same time Bill Buckner might have took his eyes of the ball for a millionth of a second and BOOM..Baseball history.. The Red Sox didn't lose the series then and there..They just didn"t win it that night..There was another game..Game seven..Who's to blame for The Red Sox losing that game?..The whole team? The Mets? Bill Buckner? No..Let's blame it on Babe Ruth..Cut me a freakin' break..I was glad to see these amazing Mets finally win after waiting since I was 11 in 1969..I thought The Red Sox had a killer team in 1986..I thought Bill Bucker was great..I loved seeing Wade Boggs crying in the dugout..Bill Buckner was more of a man than Wade Boggs ever was..So we had to wait a few more decades for The Red Sox to finally win it all..After having so many kick ass teams for decades and decades..And I'm a die hard Mets fan..But maybe I'm a baseball fan even more..Every great team should have a chance to win it all at least a few times in 86 years..Or a hundred and something years like The Cubs did in 2016..That's real baseball isn't it.?.frankny65yroldwhitekid rock and roll fan..And baseball fan

Dude the base runner was almost at first when the ball goes through his legs even if he got it no way he’s making that play

@greysonG10

2 жыл бұрын

Even if he Wilson did wind up safe, the run doesn't score from 3rd if Buckner got the ball.

not as easy a play as everyone says it was. The ball had a lot of spin on it so when it hit the ground instead of bouncing like a ball hit that high should have, it stayed low to the ground. Still, in little league you're taught to get down on one knee and block the ball with your body if you miss it but no way Buckner could have with two bad knees. Managers fault for not making a defensive position change at the start of the inning.

News reporters and journalists are subhuman.

Requiescant in Pace William.

Hi

Sport fans are nuts!

journalism at its worst !!!!!!!

We hardly knew ye, Billy.

amk abc

First

first, go brewers.

ADIOS CHOKER!!

@ewduke1

5 жыл бұрын

someone failed you in life

@ThatFaceMelter94

5 жыл бұрын

You're an example of 1 of the many pieces of shit on this earth.

@Master_Petes_Theater

5 жыл бұрын

Rumor has it that your significant other said the same when leaving you for "greener pastures". Coincidental? I think not.

@jesuschristthemosthighgod3094

5 жыл бұрын

Bobby Joe Blumpkin Burn in Hell you Trump Weasel 🐉

He missed that ball on PURPOSE morons, just like Matt Ryan and Devonta Freeman laid down in the 2nd half of Superbowl LI to let the Patriots come back on LEAGUE COMMAND. Buckner's PURPOSEFUL miss is covered by author Brian Tuohy of "The Fix Is In : The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, & NASCAR."

@brookeggleston9314

5 жыл бұрын

Just another conspiracy theory!!

@Master_Petes_Theater

5 жыл бұрын

Your YT monniker says it all...

@GentileMysteriesConspiracies

5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, that is how YOU became a sports addicted BIRD BRAIN with concussions and more bastard kids and child support payments than the 1986 Mets themselves !

@Master_Petes_Theater

5 жыл бұрын

@@GentileMysteriesConspiracies Nice try. Is that your theory about my life? Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong... on all counts! And fyi? Birds are highly intelligent. Hence my YT monniker! Besides, why would Buckner intentionally screw up just to endure the everlasting hatred of the "fans"? What would be a compelling enough motive to throw away all the adulation he amassed before this incident? He suffered plenty.