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To forgive or not to forgive? Baseball blunders?
Watching the world series between the mets and red sox I witnessed something even I couldnt believe my eye's, a routine ground ball going between Bill Buchners leg as Carter comes in to score the winning run.
The horrific things that the beantown fans did to that poor man made me feel so sympathetic towards him especially when it wasnt really totally all his fault, Boston fans your team simply just messed up in that inning one play after another then unforunately Bill Buchner error was the straw that broke the camels back.
This error plaqued this man his entire life, and yet no one was willing to take equal blame for their blunders that happened in that inning leading to his fatal error..
It wasnt until Boston finally won the world series the following yr Buchner was invited back to Fenway Park, the fans then gave this man
a standing ovation as Buchner broke into to tears.
Its a game, yes he a pro, but still human......to go for so long and not to be forgiven to me was something rather cruel....and again as I stated
earlier...go back to that night....and look at that inning as a whole, you
would agree that it wasnt all his fault.....those fans wanted someone or something to place the blame on......his error was most obvious is all
take back all the things his team mates blundered that inning....that error would not have effected the outcome of the game.
You thoughts on this....
5 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
It's true that Buckner was welcomed back to Fenway Park warmly for the 2005 opener, but he was granted a similar, and identically sincere, pardon years earlier.
Buckner made the Red Sox coming out of spring training 1990. When he was introduced at the home opener that season, the crowd cheered him, and everyone knew why.
The "after they finally won" scenario makes for a better story, but really was an afterthought. TRUE Red Sox fans had wrapped their arms around him (and not just his neck) a generation prior.
- 1 decade ago
i am not sure if you have ever played the game but mistakes and bonehead plays have been a part of the game since Alexander Cartwright and the Knickerbocker Baseball Club invented the game but also once you are in the bigs it is a different story plays should be made and thats it they can call it nerves but playing in front of a million people on tv daily that should not be a problem the world series though nerves will be up o course but that is something that a good player can overcome yes forgiveness is needed to a point
- 1 decade ago
I'm actually going to defend Buckner, even though I'm a yankee fan. The Pitcher (forget who) would have been the accident IF buckner got it, he wouldn't have been to the bag in time to get the out, so it didn't really matter if or not he missed the ball.
Source(s): ESPN Classic's Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame Bill Buckner. - cuffeeLv 45 years ago
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