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Originally Posted by bluegoose
Speaking of Grady Little, I think most Red Sox fans would agree that no person has single-handed destroyed a team's hopes for a World Series title faster than Little did a few years ago.
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McNamara's decision to keep Buckner in the lineup in Game 6 of the '86 World Series was a huge mistake. And not because Buckner was error prone, but because the guy was playing on two bad ankles. He should never have been on the field.
And the only reason McNamara didn't look like an even bigger idiot in Game 7 was the fact that the rainout gave Hurst one more day's rest. McNamara wasn't going to start Oil Can Boyd no matter the situation and would have risked Hurst's arm to do it.