GAME SIX

 It's game two of the World Series Saturday night. FYI we have the Jays at 20-1 to win the World Series- we placed the bet in the Spring. 

But October 25 is the anniversary of the greatest world series game we have ever seen. 1986. Mets v. Red Sox in Shea Stadium New York. The Sox were up 5-3 going into the bottom of the tenth inning. If the Sox win, they are world champs. 

There were runners at the corners, the Sox were up 5-4 and there were two outs when Mookie Wilson stepped to the plate. The Red Sox were one out from being world champs. But this is why we love October baseball. 

The first event during Mookie's at bat was a wild pitch that moved Ray Knight from first to second. Kevin Mitchell, who was on third, scored the tying run on the wild pitch. 

Vince Scully, the greatest baseball announcer, was on the call. 

Pay attention to how Scully calls the famous error. Starting with a normal call of a little roller towards first, his voice rises as the ball goes between Buckner's legs. Then after declaring that the Mets won, he and partner Tim McCarver remain silent as the Mets and all of Shea celebrates. 

Fun fact: earlier in the game a Mets fan parachuted into the stadium during the game. The player at bat when the parachutists landed? The ill-fated Bill Buckner who had ignominy waiting for him a few innings away. 

Enjoy this great call of perhaps the best at bat in World Series history. 

Go Blue Jays!