20 Years Later, Bill Buckner is Still the Wrong Guy

By ericlincoln, Section MLB
Posted on Wed Oct 25 2006 at 9:53 PM EST
More on: World Series; Boston Red Sox; New York Mets (all tags)

By C. Eric Lincoln

Two months ago I sat down to write much of the following column about Bill Buckner after a conversation with Tim Teufel, an old Met and an old friend. We had talked about anything and everything, and then our chat turned to Game Six--- that Game Six--- 20 years ago on October 25, Mets versus Red Sox. I asked Tim Teufel about Bill Buckner and Tim said he felt "terrible" for the guy "since it wasn't his fault anyway."  

Bill Buckner is a good and decent man who was caught standing in the way of history which threw him under its oncoming, intractable path. History has somehow blamed Bill Buckner for the Red Sox loss of that World Series, and for one of the biggest blunders in Series history. So 20 years later, crawl back in time with me once more, and examine the images of that moment. The truth is out there. There may be goats and villains. But Bill Buckner isn't one of them.

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