Comments on: From Oh and Five to OMG! https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2024/10/04/from-oh-and-five-to-omg/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2024/10/04/from-oh-and-five-to-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-2284010 Sat, 05 Oct 2024 10:07:10 +0000 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/?p=91462#comment-2284010 In reply to David Policansky.

Buckner was a great player. (He was the 21st player in major league history to play in four decades. He ended his career with 2,715 hits and 498 doubles, having batted over .300 seven times with three seasons of 100 runs batted in (RBI). Buckner led his league in assists four times, with his 1985 mark remaining the American League (AL) record. He retired with the fourth-most assists by a first baseman (1,351) in major league history despite not playing the position regularly until he was 27 years old.). Wikipedia.

It is a real shame that he was so badly maligned for so many years after the Mookie Wilson error.

Two Mets games were rained out, cancelled in 1962. Since they would not effect anything, they were not made up. Thus, the 62 Mets still have the lowest all time winning percentage: .250. The White Sox this year finished at .253.

with love, artie

]]> By: David Policansky https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2024/10/04/from-oh-and-five-to-omg/comment-page-1/#comment-2283775 Sat, 05 Oct 2024 04:22:12 +0000 https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/?p=91462#comment-2283775 Indeed, Artie. I experienced the 1986 series from the other side. Bill Buckner could barely walk, let alone field. The Red Sox had a good, healthy first baseman but refused to put him in with a lead. That loss was on the manager. I would like to see the Phillies win so that Dave Dombrowski gets his third World Series win with his third team. The Red Sox fired him right after he won his second. But failing that, I will root for the Mets. By the way, what happened to the other two games in 1962? The Mets went 40-120, but the season was 162 games.

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