I have been a Yankees fan for more than 40 years, but I have to hand it to the Sox and the crowd at Fenway for the way they handled Bill Buckner's first pitch yesterday.

Here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJeD62glbyM

Buckner was a great player. He did not deserve all the grief he got after the Mookie Wilson incident. The main thing I remember about that series was the way Buckner played his butt off, despite being injured. I don't remember what his injury was, but he was definitely gimpy.

I only saw the highlights from the ceremony, but seemed like a really good deal.

I'm sure Sox fans don't hold as big a grudge against him since they have actually won a World Series and 'the curse' is over. I wonder if they would have responded the same if they hadn't won one? Probably would have been the same, but who knows?

I've always found your posts enlightening and thought-provoking.......but you're a 40 year member of the evil empire? Ugh.

I agree though.....the Sox still pissed away game 7, that's often forgotten by the media machine.....and they wouldn't have made it that far anyway without his gritty play.

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1981 240d - 135k - Arlene

Cut me some slack. I was 6 years old, my home town Washington Senators sucked, and the Yankees still had Mickey Mantle. I don't think I had much choice. I also stuck with them through all the lean years.

Just some early season ribbing.......a 40 year old fan is much more tolerable than one....oh say, starting around the Jeter era.

I loved the Mick, although too young to watch him play.....I remember reading his biography as a kid...my liver still hurts.

I'm in the middle of a Mets/Phils series right now.....good times, good times.

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1981 240d - 135k - Arlene

Hats off to the Sox fans. Dang, Bill still looks like he could play a bit!

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1983 M-B 240D-Gone too.
1976 M-B 300D-Departed.

"Good" is the worst enemy of "Great".

Buckner was a helluva player, IIRC he batted in over 100 runs that season. They tried to get him to come to the last ring ceremony but he wasn't ready I guess. I wonder if Red Sox Inc. made him a nice offer to get him to attend and get some well deserved adulation. A couple WS heals a lot of wounds.

For me, yes it was heart-breaking, but they had ample opportunity to redeem themselves and pissed those chances away. Could have made a defensive switch at 1st...

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