I'm a Yankees fan, not a Red Sox fan so it's easy for me not to hate the guy, but it's always interesting how things play out.
Some say even if Buckner caught the ball, Mookie Wilson would have beat him to the bag.
Even if he got the out, it would have gone into the 11th, who knows what would have happened there.
I feel like everyone acts like that was the deciding play of the World Series. But there was still a whole other game left to play. So that's on the Red Sox as a team, not on Buckner.
And a few Red Sox players probably got off easy because of it. The game wouldn't have even been tied if not for Bob Stanley's wild pitch a few pitches earlier. Despite it being ruled a wild pitch, still looked like a very catchable ball by the catcher Gedman.
And then there's the other pitcher Schiraldi. Came into the game with lead in the 8th, gave up a run to tie the game. Then had a 2 run lead going into the 11th. Gave up 3 straight hits giving up a run, before finally being pulled with 2 men still on base. Which leads to the Stanley's wild pitch and the Buckner error.
Then Schiraldi enters Game 7 in the 7th inning with a tied game, immediately gives up 3 runs and doesn't even get an out.
If Buckner makes the catch but the Sox still lose, Red Sox fans everywhere would probably hate Stanley and Schiraldi. Hopefully those guys thanked their lucky stars everyday for Buckner's error, otherwise it would have been them (ok maybe nowhere near the extreme of the Buckner hate, because those plays were not as egregious as the Buckner play, but still you know what I'm saying).