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Thursday, October 28, 2004
Bill Buckner When I started following baseball as a little boy in the late '70's and early '80's, there weren't too many players on the Mets to root for, so my favorite player was Bill Buckner, who played for the Cubs, a division rival of the Mets. Buckner might have been a Hall of Famer if he had stayed healthy late in his career and reached 3000 hits; he finished his career with 2715. The blame placed on Buckner for the Red Sox loss in 1986 has always been absurd. Somehow there is a myth that if Buckner had cleanly fielded Mookie Wilson's grounder, the Sox would have been champions. In fact, Buckner's error broke a 5-5 tie in the bottom of the tenth of Game 6. But Calvin Schiraldi, who blew a 5-3 lead in Game 6 and then lost Game 7 too, was far more responsible. Last night some Red Sox fans had a large sign saying that they "forgive" Buckner. Buckner's response reminds me why he was my favorite player: "This whole thing about being forgiven and clearing my name, you know, I mean ... cleared from what? What did I do wrong? It's almost like being in prison for 30 years and then they come up with a DNA test to prove that you weren't guilty. "I've gone through a lot of, what I feel, undeserved bad situations for myself and my family over a long period of time, and for someone to come up to me and say, 'Hey, you're forgiven.' I mean, it just kind of brings a really bad taste in my mouth." Buckner is absolutely right. He had a great career and played hurt throughout the '86 season. For some reason, Johnny Pesky was never maligned by Boston fans like Buckner was. In Game 7 of the World Series - ironically against the St. Louis Cardinals - Pesky was said to have held the ball while Enos Slaughter scored from first. Whether Pesky actually hesitated and held the ball is now a matter of controversy - and it is more likely than not that if he did hold the ball it was for only about a second - but for decades he was blamed for the Red Sox loss. Despite this, following his retirement, Pesky managed the Red Sox and served as a broadcaster for the team. Never was he subjected to the abuse that Buckner has incurred. | "
