When we think about Bill Buckner, and it was definitely pointed out during many of his obituaries, we immediately associate him with a "ground ball." You know the history: The Boston Red Sox, one ...

The Buckner ball and the rest of Swirsky’s collection currently for sale by Heritage Auctions is like a time capsule of New York sports — he’s got Reggie Jackson‘s third home run ball from ...

The ground ball that got past Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner gave the New York Mets a dramatic victory in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets went on to win the decisive Game 7. A ...

Buckner played 22 seasons, won the NL ... he will be remembered most as a member of the Boston Red Sox for the ground ball that went between his legs in the 10th inning of Game 6 against the New ...

Red Sox reliever Bob Stanley, who would be on the mound when Mookie Wilson’s ground ball went through Buckner’s legs. 8. Buckner was one of the Red Sox's best hitters down the stretch in 1986.

The Bill Buckner ball is back in play. The prize souvenir from the 1986 World Series will go on eBay this month with a $1 million price tag, put up for auction by the Grammy-nominated songwriter ...

Knowledgeable baseball people say Buckner’s career makes a case for the Hall of Fame, yet he was haunted for decades by his inability to field a single ground ball that many modern fans think ...

Stanley threw a sinker-ball, designed to produce ground balls to infielders. What was supposed to happen did happen—Mookie Wilson tapped a slow grounder at Buckner at first base.

The Mets had already erased a two-run deficit on Oct. 25, 1986, when Mookie Wilson chopped a ground ball down the first-base line. The baseball rolled past Buckner’s glove and between his legs.

Ian Crouch about the Boston Red Sox’s Bill Buckner, ... And it was a cruel trick of the ball on a night in October in 1986, ... jabbing his glove to the ground and coming up empty, ...