Word: buckners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bill Buckner opened the Globe yesterday to read that he didn't know yet, but Boston was sacking...
...Buckner always reminded me and my brother of the cartoon character Asterix, with his bushy mustache, but then again Jerry Remy did too. Is it better to be fired outright than to disappear mysteriously like Remy did? Remy was in new Britain last summer, a hitting instructor for the Double-A Britsox. Not even Pawtucket...
...Buckner will always remind me of Asterix, may be because I'd rather think of a spunky little Gaul than the sixth game of the 1986 World Series...
...Bill Buckner (25 strikeouts in 629 at-bats; Marty Barrett (31 strikeouts in 625 at-bats...
...World Series between the Mets and Red Sox will long be remembered as one of the most dramatic in Fall Classic history. Undoubtedly the most memorable play was Mookie Wilson's ground ball that eluded Bill Buckner's glove in the 10th inning of Game Six, enabling the Mets to tie the Series and force a seventh game. What many may not remember, however, is how Wilson managed to stay alive at the plate again and again against Boston's Bob Stanley. For 3 bonus points, how many two-strike pitches did Wilson foul off before drilling the fateful grounder...