Source: storylineblog.com --- Wednesday, November 25, 2015
I don’t watch a lot of Baseball. But when the World Series comes around, I watch a game or two. That way when people are talking about it in the line at Starbucks, I can say something like, “How ‘bout them Mets?” My hope is they don’t try to engage in conversation about it and talk about stats or something. Photo Credit: Marques Stewart, Creative Commons So when I was watching a game a few weeks ago, for some reason, they showed a clip from the 1986 World Series between the Red Sox and the Mets. In the clip, a ball was hit down the first base line, and a routine catch went through the legs of Bill Buckner. A costly error that resulted in an immediate Mets World Series win. I’m not sure why they showed the film from almost thirty years ago, but I was irritated when I saw it, and flipped the channel to yet another CNN interview with Donald Trump. I was angry because I’d seen an interview with Bill Buckner earlier this year. He recalled the incident, the shame he felt, and the intense and unending ridicule from the press and from fans for years following the incident. Tears came to his eyes as the interviewer pressed in. He still can’t watch much Baseball, because his error is shown over and over again. The guy made a mistake. It was an error repeated time after time in Baseball. Errors are a part of the game. Heck, they’re a part of everyday life. But that day, his error became more. Everyone needed someone on whom to pour out thei ...
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