Talk:1986 World Series

Series quotes

section was deleted March 15, 2021; In my opinion, the Buckner play and Scully's call are iconic and worth being kept. Is there a general guideline on "quote sections" for these World Series pages and/or consensus on what constitutes an important quote?Patrik Walter (talk) 12:54, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

Curse

can the line in the opening paragraph mentioning the Curse of the Bambino be removed? the phrase itself didn't even gain popularity or notoriety until 1990. how could the 1986 WS spread the legend of the "Curse of the Bambino" four years prior? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.223.226.6 (talk • contribs) .

Per your reasoning, it sounds like it might need to be reworded at least. Assuming the Curse of the Bambino article is accurate, the 1986 World Series was the final straw in the creation of the "curse" concept - but the article makes it pretty clear that the curse wasn't mentioned until after this series so certainly this series didn't spread the idea. Personally, I don't care much for the curse nonsense at all but others will probably want it in this article in some form. —Wknight94 (talk) 15:20, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I reworded to say it was cited in the Curse legend to explain why Buckner committed the error. Also removed and rewrote some unnecessary info.

--Aaronhumes (talk) 22:13, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

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Michael Sergio

Shouldn't this article mention something about the Michael Sergio incident? I did not see anything at all in the article, so I simply added a "See also" reference to the Michael Sergio article. Thanks. (64.252.145.131 (talk) 20:55, 21 December 2009 (UTC))

Bill Buckner

Sorry for going a little off-topic and asking here! Being a non-american which made his first touches with baseball at age 18 or so, this always nagged on me: After Buckner let the ball through (Game 6 etc.), he doesn't go after the ball anymore and the Mets instantly burst out in celebration. But... why wouldn't the Sox try and make another out, maybe at home? Which would make it the 3rd out and nullify any scoring in this play, right? I'm sure any American old enough to have learned how to write knows why, but would it be warranted to mention the reason here or on Buckner's page? red (talk) 22:49, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

I saw the play and to clarify; once the ball gets by Buckner the runner scores easily and since he cannot make a force play at first the game is over. 172.242.246.2 (talk) 05:21, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

According to the article, at the time of Mookie Wilson's at bat, there were no other runners on base except Ray Knight. Buckner was unable get to the ball in time to throw either Wilson or Knight out. Frank Lynch (talk) 13:14, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Did you know?

The 1986 World Series was nicknamed "The Shuttle Series" because there is Air Shuttle service linked between Boston and NYC.

Megacheez (talk) 03:09, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

I actually came to this Talk page to mention that exact point. Additionally, the Eastern Shuttle (back then Eastern operated the shuttle, but they went under 5 years later,) flew in and out of LaGuardia, which is fairly close to Shea Stadium, so it really felt like you could just hop a plane from one ballpark to the other. Unfortunately, nostalgic musings of an old fart are still Original Research, so we'd need to dig up a published source for a citation. --Eliyahu S ^Talk 23:25, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

References

Ron Darling

This needs to be corrected: "Despite the struggles both pitchers faced in Game 7, both Bruce Hurst and Ron Darling were the best starting pitchers on their respective staffs during the World Series. Both finished with 2–0 records and sub-2.00 ERAs." Darling pitched in Game 1 against Hurst and lost a 1-0 decision. Only one Met in team history (Jerry Koosman) has more than a single World Series win. (Koosman won two in 1969 and another in 1973.) 47.20.68.95 (talk) 20:55, 27 July 2024 (UTC)