Your Average JoeBill Buckner Apparently Now Thinks He Can Joke About His Blunder in 1986
February 2nd 2010 17:00
(From Circling The Bases )
"My first thought when it happened was, 'Wow, I get to play in a seventh game of a World Series. How cool is that? And my other thought was how bad the people in Chicago must feel, Boston being here and their team not."
You know what Bill, enough with the jokes. You played a huge part in crushing the dreams of so many elderly Red Sox fans that night in New York. Fans that had waited their whole lives for a taste of victory.
Between 1986 and 2004, how many old Red Sox fans do you think might’ve bitten the dust and passed on to the big party in the sky before they could get some redemption? You think this is funny, Bill?
I was freshly 11 years old when you let that little white ball slide between your legs. My father was holding a bottle of that Welch’s Grape fake champagne in his hand in our living room when it got to two outs. Needless to say, he held that bottle for about a half hour before you eventually bungled that play and ended our night. My ole man proceeded to fall to his knees in the living room. I thought he was dead. My father was only about 36 at the time and he collapsed. Thank God he wasn’t a brittle old man at the time.
The next time you want to make a joke about your blunder, think about all the elderly in all of the assisted living homes around the Boston area that had their Red Sox caps on that night rooting like hell for you and your team. You crushed them. They were pushing up daisies in 2004. Too late! Demons not exorcised!
Ball through legs in deciding World Series Game 6 = FAIL…..I repeat…..Ball through legs in deciding World Series Game 6 = FAIL… Stop your joking!
Chuck
~TCFB~
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