AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL BY RED SOX LEGEND BILL BUCKNER
Item Number: 739
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Baseball autographed by Red Sox legend Bill Buckner
Bill Buckner (born December 14, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. Buckner was a speedy baserunner, who twice finished in the top-ten in the league in stolen bases and twice led the league in doubles (1981 & 1983). Despite winning a batting crown in 1980,representing the Chicago Cubs at the All-Star Game the next season and accumulating over 2,700 hits in his twenty year career, he is best remembered for a crucial fielding error during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series a play that has since been prominently entrenched into American sports lore.
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In reality, it was merely a fielding error in a game already tied after Boston relievers couldn't hold a two-run, two-out lead in the 10th inning of what should have been the game that gave the Red Sox a World Series win. But considering the cursed history of the Red Sox — no World Series championship since 1918 (until, of course, 2004!); Game 7 losses in 1946, '67 and '75 — there are many who remember the play as if the World Series trophy itself rolled through first baseman Bill Buckner's legs. A rainout gave Boston another day to recover for Game 7, and despite holding and eventually squandering a three-run lead in that game, it was Buckner's error that's held responsible for losing the Series.