Source: www.thewildcard.com --- Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Baseball is a game of failure. The best players fail seven out of 10 times. But with failure also comes opportunity — the chance to improve and make each play better than the last. Unfortunately for Bill Buckner, he will forever be remembered for making the most infamous error in Baseball history. Thirty-one years ago on this date, the Boston Red Sox led the New York Mets 3-2 in the 1986 World Series as they headed to Game 6. The Red Sox, up 5-3 in the bottom of the 10th inning, needed just three more outs to end the “Curse of the Bambino” and win their first championship since 1918. But with two outs in the 10th, Gary Carter kept the series alive with a base hit to left field, sending Kevin Mitchell to the plate for the Mets. Mitchell knocked a Calvin Schiraldi pitch to center field to continue the rally. Ray Knight then stepped into the box and shot a ball back up into center, scoring Carter and cutting the deficit to 5-4. After a Boston pitching change, Bob Stanley had the Mets’ down to their last strike until a pitch inside to Mookie Wilson proved too hard to handle for catcher Rich Gedman. The ball skipped to the backstop, causing Mitchell to score and bringing the score to 5-5. That’s when it happened. Wilson then hit a routine ground ball to Buckner at first. The first baseman waited on the ball instead of being aggressive, and it skipped between his legs and rolled into right field. Knight came around to score and win th ...
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