The World Series ring sits in a jewellery box rarely opened, deep inside a safety deposit box thousands of miles from here.
John Gibbons doesn’t talk much about the 1986 World Series, about the championship ring he hardly looks at or thinks about. When the New York Mets won that World Series, Gibbons was something of an afterthought.
He had been called up in August to replace the injured Gary Carter. He spent October as the bullpen catcher. He wasn’t on the playoff roster.
When the champagne was sprayed in celebration, “I kind of stayed out of it,” he said.