Comments on: Oh, What A Night – October 25, 1986

By: paul nassau

paul nassau — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:07:13 +0000

Since everyone’s giving their age, I was 56 at the time and had been a lifetime Dodgers and then Mets fan. I think the Mets had won 108 games that year and we all thought they would win the Series. (Unlike 2006) So it was shocking when they came to their last at-bat trailing by two on the brink of elimination. My feelings during the bottom of the 10th match those of everyone else here so I won’t bother recounting them. But Game 7 did seem like an anti-climax. Pops

By: metsaddict77

metsaddict77 — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:45:53 +0000

i was 9 years old, and my mother made me go to bed and wouldn’t let me stay up to watch the end of the game.the next day i heard about what happened and threw a fit cause i missed it.my mom felt bad about it, so i got to watch the whole game 7.i still have the 7th game on VHS.

By: tlagee

tlagee — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 22:49:24 +0000

I was 31 at the time and was at my Mom’s house in Glen Cove. I have never experienced such a low – the top of the 10th – followed by such a high! When the error happened I lifted my mom in the air!

There was no doubt that the Mets would win the 7th game.

The day after the game I started a new job – news editor of a new TV show on an upstart network that had only two stations at the time. The network was FOX and the show was A Current Affair with Maury Povitch. I remember arriving at work still glowing about the game and wanting to talk about it. I saw a couple of cameramen and said “how about that game?” they looked confused and said “What game?”.

I agree with those who say that Buckner took the full load of the blame unfairly. Stanley was indeed let off the hook. In a post-game interview he said something like “ya gotta make that play”. What a jerk!

Good debate on whether Mookie could have beaten Buckner to the bag.

Just an aside – my step-father actually left the game in the top of the 10th when the Mets fell behind. (No blood relation there).

By: Metstheory22

Metstheory22 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:26:29 +0000

My wife made dinner plans with friends and of course I did not want to go unless they were going to have the game on. Thank goodness they did. We watched the game and it was great watching it with other Mets fans. Only thing better, would have to be there at the Stadium for the end.

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:08:08 +0000

My bad i hit submit accidentally.

To finish, I remember the party breaking up before the bottom of the 9th cause i recall being sad as I got home that the Mets were losing as I listened on the radio to the bottom of the 9th as i sat in my living room with the lights off. All I remember after that was running out the house toward my best friends house after hearing the call as the ball rolled under Buckner’s legs and the Mets winning the ballgame.

Game 7 I watched where I saw all the prior games other than game 6. At the neighborhood hangout the local grocery store on a 13inch black and white tv with about 7 or 8 of us from the area gathered as the Mets won the W.S.

The tv was black n white but it’s funny cause my memories of that game are all in color.

Nothing I think can ever match that W.S. for me.

By: Mr North Jersey

Mr North Jersey — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:58:42 +0000

October 25th 1986 fell on a Saturday and I remember going to my soon to be wife at the time niece’s birthday party. We couldn’t watch the game cause the only tv happened to be in the living room so I forget who at the time but someone got their hands on a radio and we had to step outside from time to time to hear how the game was going. I remember the party breaking up before the bottom of the 9th cause i recall being sad as

By: jessep

jessep — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:59:11 +0000

I knew they’d win Game 7 after Endy’s catch too. I mean if you look back, how could they not? What team realistically has the most memorable moment of a Game 7 LCS and then lose the series?

By: jessep

jessep — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:47:53 +0000

What I always found interesting was the way people reacted and still do. Was your celebration for Game 6 equal, less than or greater than Game 7?

I remember when Endy made his catch against the Cardinals. And looking back on it, I doubt if the Mets won that series I would have had a greater feeling than when Endy made the catch. For some reason that catch let out years of frustration… but there was obviously still baseball to be played.

By: Kelly H

Kelly H — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:01:00 +0000

I was too young and not a baseball fan yet, but the way you told the story I felt like I was there celebrating with you! Awesome post!

By: Joe D

Joe D — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:52:06 +0000

The best way I can explain it for myself is that after game six, I knew we were going to win game seven. I think most Mets fans felt that way. It was as if the fate of the series was no longer in the hands of the Mets or the Red Sox, and that the stars already decided the Mets would be World Champs. After game seven, sure we celebrated, but it wasn’t the same as the night before. I think we were all worn out and it was a feeling of satisfaction and relief, while game six was more like shock and awe.

By: alex68

alex68 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:27:27 +0000

i was in DR, working with my father in his foundation, then we went to watch it at the colmado by the house, i was mad as hell too, then…. ….. …… …… ……..
Mets WIN!!! talk about freaking out and yelling like a f’ing lunatic on the streets, ppl thought i was fighting with someone with all the yelling “TU ERE LOCO CONO, VAMO CONO!!!!”
ahhh, memories!!