HOUSTON — The only thing more unforgiving than the last hop and the error itself might be that Bill Buckner likely will be remembered forever for that one moment in the 1986 World
Series in a 22-year major-league playing career.
But the former outfielder/first baseman was one of the best hitters of his generation, the 1980 National League batting champion for the Cubs, the
No. 2 hitter for one World Series team and the No. 3 hitter for another, the White Sox’ hitting coach in 1996 and 1997 and Kris Bryant’s first professional hitting coach at Class A Boise.