The great goalie Jacques Plante once said: “How would you like a job where when you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?” None of us, I suspect, would like to be known for their worst professional blunder. There have been many Bill Buckner retrospectives this week, and I don’t need to do another one. I would, however, commend to your attention (actually to Chip’s attention) Vin Scully’s call of that moment. Scully describes the play, describes Ray Knight crossing the plate to send the World Series to game 7, and then says nothing for 1 minute and 47 seconds, including silence through two replays of the error.
Two touchdowns beat two safeties: DC 14 – ATL 4
