[legend42]

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I keep forgetting that most of you weren't even born in 1986.

I don't think there's ever been a pro athlete, in any sport, who looked worse running than Billy Buck at the end of his career. He literally looked like an old man, with knees that were barely held together, in shoes that were way too tight.

You've seen Kirk Gibson's famous HR, where he can barely get around the bases? That HR trot was close to Buckner's top speed, and I'm only exaggerating slightly.

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I know you were replying to me but not necessarily referring to me. but I remember Buckner quite well. I can still picture him stumbling around third base and then face-planting into home for a big run in game 5 IIRC (he said later "I didn't slide, I died").

Can't blame him for his knees, and I don't even blame him for Mookie's famous wicket shot in game 6. I do blame him for his horrendous job at the plate in that series, though.You hear a lot of talk about how Rice had no RBI's in that WS, but I'd like to hear how many times Buckner made the last out of an inning (never counted myself, but I know it's a ton- his OBP was .212, Rice's was .455).