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...swept in Boston, Boyd began to imagine himself in the baggy flannels of another day. By the time he came to in the first inning, Game 3 was decided, and when another start in the seventh game seemed to be rolling his way like a grounder to Bill Buckner, rain washed it past...
...understand finally. I came to it late, but I do understand now. This was worse, more bitter than ever. A total self-immolation, by guys we love and admire--by Schiraldi who got us there, Gedman who performed with such quiet efficiency, Buckner who, though hobbled, had fielded flawlessly. I even grieved for Bob Stanley (nine times out of 10, Gedman stops that ball, even though it must technically be ruled a wild pitch; and Stanley did what he was brought in to do--he got Wilson to hit an easily playable ground ball). Yes, this was much worse--worse...
...bountiful, if not precisely beautiful, 6-5 game came along, leaving one for the title promising everything to everyone. Two runs ahead with an out to victory in the tenth inning, Boston mined 68 years of unthinkable disaster in the shape of infinite singles and First Baseman Bill Buckner's all-time error. For their part, having fallen behind 2-0 and 3-2 in games, the Mets lost some of their hauteur and most of their breath. "I don't care anymore," Third Baseman Ray Knight said, "if we're compared with the 1927 New York Yankees...
...save a run and maybe a game; Red Sox Batting Champion Wade Boggs compensating with his glove at third base until his bat finally stirred; Mets Leftfielder Mookie Wilson reeling under fly balls in the shadow of the great wall but always catching them at the last; and poor Buckner teetering everywhere. "When you got two feet killing you," said Buckner, bracing his wobbly ankles in high black boots, "you don't know which way to limp." In the exquisite moment of game five, Buckner mounted just enough head-first slide to beach himself on home plate. It was hard...
Successful surgery has been performed on Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner, pitcher Jeff Sellers and first-base coach Walt Hriniak, the club said Thursday...