Red Sox Fans Gave Buckner A Huge Ovation At City Hall Parade Four Days After Game 6 Error

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Red Sox Fans Gave Buckner A Huge Ovation At City Hall Parade Four Days After Game 6 Error
Big League Stew found this 4/9/2008 on joyofsox.blogspot.com [flag]
Following up on this morning's post -- that every single Boston sportswriter neglected to mention that Bill Buckner had received a standing ovation at Opening Day at Fenway in April 1987 -- here's an article from Sports Illusrated showing that Boston fans had forgiven Buckner four days after the Red Sox had lost the World Series: November 10, 1986 The Hub Hails Its Hobbling Hero By Peter ... [link]

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The Twi-Nighter: Can Bill Buckner be 'forgiven' any more?
Published 4/9/2008 at Big League Stew
... , Redsock correctly notes that Buckner received a warm welcome in 1987 and a "similar reception" to Tuesday's when he returned to play for the team in 1990. Later, the site was updated to include a great link to Peter Gammons' ...

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