RIP Bill Buckner

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RIP Bill Buckner

#1 Post by bazodee » Mon May 27, 2019 1:01 pm

Former Red Sox player Bill Buckner passed away this morning.

I hope he was able to find some peace during his latter years.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/283 ... =editorial
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Re: RIP Bill Buckner

#2 Post by Bob78164 » Mon May 27, 2019 1:46 pm

bazodee wrote:Former Red Sox player Bill Buckner passed away this morning.

I hope he was able to find some peace during his latter years.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/283 ... =editorial
My understanding is that he and Red Sox Nation came to a rapprochement after Boston won its second World Series title this century. --Bob
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Re: RIP Bill Buckner

#3 Post by Beebs52 » Mon May 27, 2019 2:34 pm

Back in the day when Jeff used the Kodak seats at Wrigley Field, which were quite awesome, 4 rows from the 2nd batter warmup circle, a friend of his would do his Sigma Chi stuff when Buckner was waiting. He looked back and acknowledged.
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Re: RIP Bill Buckner

#4 Post by Estonut » Mon May 27, 2019 3:17 pm

Poor guy. I hadn't heard that he had foreshadowed the error (around 2:30 in the video below). He did not deserve the treatment he endured for decades. People forget that the Sox still played (and lost) Game 7. RIP
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Re: RIP Bill Buckner

#5 Post by littlebeast13 » Mon May 27, 2019 7:35 pm

Everyone has seen Buckner's infamous error replayed over and over again.... but probably weren't aware that he's a bit player in another famous highlight. Buckner is the Dodgers' left fielder who can be seen climbing up the fence in a futile attempt to get to Hank Aaron's record breaking 715th homerun...

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