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I'm no John Cena fan but am I to understand that some people actually want Shawn Michaels holding the #1 belt in the company? Really?

Hey two mintues in and we get Morgan's first shot at statistics.

In a bit of surprise Travis Buck has made the A's opening day roster. I'm hoping they give him a shot to play everyday in rightfield and keep Swisher at first with Dan Johnson on the DL as it would be pointless to have him make the team and sit on the bench.

Final Four: National League Finals: 1980 Montreal Expos vs. 1980 Houston Astros Game 1: Astros 4, Expos 3 Astros come from behind with a three-run 9th, capped by an Enos Cabell two-run double for the win. Game 2: Expos 4, Astros 1 Astros tried another 9th inning miracle by loading the bases with one out but Joe Morgan grounded into a game ending double play. Game 3: Expos 8, Astros 6 Astros chased Bill Gullickson out of the game in the 4th, building a 6-1 lead, but the Expos score three in the 5th and four in the 6th to comeback for the win. Rodney Scott continues his shockingly good tournament going 4 for 5. Game 4: Expos 3, Astros 1 12 innings Chris Speier hits a walk off homerun off of Dave Smith in the 12th to move the Expos one win away from the finals. Game 5: Expos 6, Astros 4 Montreal wraps up the N.L. title with another walk off homerun this time off the bat of Ellis Valentine. They are now a remarkable 14-1 at home in the tournament. Expos win series 4 games to 1 Series Stars Ellis Valentine: 9 for 24, 5 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI Warren Cromartie: 9 for 20, 2 2B, 4 RBI Woodie Fryman: 1-0, 3 G, 2 SV, 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER Final Four: American League Finals: 1988 Minnesota Twins vs. 1980 New York Yankees Game 1: Yankees 9, Twins 8 The Yankees pound Frank Viola for 7 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings and hold off a late Twins rally for the win. Game 2: Twins 10, Yankees 6 Twins return the favor by smacking around Ron Guidry to even the series. Tom Herr was 3 for 5 with a homerun. Game 3: Yankees 10, Twins 2 Yankees bang out 13 hits and score nine runs in the final three innings to take back the series lead. Bobby Brown went 4 for 5. Game 4: Yankees 13, Twins 11 There is no pitching to be found in this series as the two teams combine for 33 hits. The game is highlighted by a six run 8th inning by the Bombers to erase an 11-7 Twins lead. Kent Hrbek goes 3 for 3 with 5 rbi in the loss. Game 5: Yankees 4, Twins 3 Finally we get some good pitching in this series but it fittingly ends on offense as Eric Soderholm’s three-run homer in the 9th sends the Yankees to the finals to set up an all 1980 final. Yankees win series 4 games to 1 Series Stars Rick Cerone: 9 for 21, 4 2B, 4 RBI Eric Soderholm: 6 for 14, 1 HR, 7 RBI Goose Gossage: 3 SV Final Four: Championship '80 Expos vs. '80 Yankees

I checked their website and looks like it is every Saturday this year, although now they will go with a single timeslot of 3:30 PM EST/12:30 PM PST for the year instead of the split timeslots of the past.

A's picked up Todd Walker today and he might be the opening day first baseman. This could be a long year.

A.L. West Finals: (12) 1988 Minnesota Twins vs. (6) 1983 Chicago White Sox Game 1: Twins 6, White Sox 5 Tim Laudner hit a grand slam in the 6th off LaMarr Hoyt. White Sox had the tying and winning runs on in the 9th but Jeff Reardon held them off. Game 2: Twins 15, White Sox 4 Every Twins starter scored at least one run as they crushed Floyd Bannister and the White Sox bullpen. Dan Gladden led the way going 3 for 5 with a homerun. Game 3: White Sox 3, Twins 2 Richard Dotson allowed just one earned run in 7 2/3 innings as the Sox steal a win back in the Metrodome. Game 4: Twins 7, White Sox 5 Twins escaped to take a 3-1 series lead as the Sox nearly made a miraculous comeback from being down 7-0 in the 9th. Game 5: Twins 5, White Sox 4 10 innings Twins wrap up the series on a walk off….ground out. With John Moses on 3rd, Gladden hit a chopper to Scott Fletcher and he was unable to throw Moses out at the plate. Kirby Puckett was 3 for 4 with a homerun. Twins win series 4 games to 1 A.L. West All-Region Team C: Tim Laudner, '88 Twins 1B: Kent Hrbek, '88 Twins 2B: Tom Herr, '88 Twins 3B: Gary Gaetti, '88 Twins SS: Dick Schofield, '86 Angels LF: Dan Gladden, '88 Twins CF: Rudy Law, '83 White Sox RF: Harold Baines, '83 White Sox SP: Frank Viola, '88 Twins RP: Jeff Reardon, '88 Twins Region MVP: Gary Gaetti, .365/.402/.667, 96 AB, 20 R, 35 H, 4 2B, 2 3B, 7 HR, 23 RBI A.L. East Finals: (13) 1987 Toronto Blue Jays vs. (6) 1980 New York Yankees Game 1: Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2 An Eric Sodherholm rbi single in the bottom of the 8th broke up a 2-2 tie. Game 2: Blue Jays 3, Yankees 2 Lloyd Moseby hit a two out, rbi double in the top of the 9th for the winning run. Jim Clancy got the complete game victory. Game 3: Blue Jays 6, Yankees 2 Jesse Barfield was 2 for 3 with a homerun and Dave Stieb allowed just one earned run on four hits in seven innings. The ’80 Yankees now trail in a series for the first time in the tournament. Game 4: Blue Jays 3, Yankees 2 11 innings Willie Randolph booted a groundball with two out in the 11th and then Ron Davis uncorked a wild pitch to score George Bell from third for the winning run. Game 5: Yankees 7, Blue Jays 6 10 innings Randolph drew a bases loaded walk from Jeff Musselman in the 10th to force in the eventual winning run and the keep the Yankees alive. Game 6: Yankees 3, Blue Jays 1 Gaylord Perry and Goose Gossage hold the Jays to five hits to help force a Game 7. Game 7: Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2 Davis pitched three scoreless innings in relief and Reggie Jackson hit his 12th homerun of the tournament as the Yankees complete the series comeback and now put three teams from 1980 into the Final Four. Yankees win series 4 games to 3 A.L. East All-Region Team C: Rick Cerone, '80 Yankees 1B: Don Mattingly, '85 Yankees 2B: Willie Randolph, '80 Yankees 3B: Graig Nettles, '80 Yankees SS: Tony Fernandez, '87 Blue Jays LF: George Bell, '87 Blue Jays CF: Lloyd Moseby, '87 Blue Jays RF: Reggie Jackson, '80 Yankees SP: Tommy John, '80 Yankees RP: Goose Gossage, '80 Yankees Region MVP: Reggie Jackson, .350/.441/.825, 80 AB, 20 R, 28 H, 2 2B, 12 HR, 19 RBI, 13 BB So there you have it, three teams from 1980 into the Final Four. The '80 Yankees aren't a huge shock as they won 103 games that year but laid an egg in the ALCS. Didn't see the other three teams getting in though. Final Four: A.L. Finals '88 Twins vs. '80 Yankees Up Next: Final Four: League Finals

Durazo wasn't in the Majors last year so I'd assume he's not on the list. Harley, it's true. They found out today he has torn cartilage in his hip.

I think the board drafting has to end tommorrow night and then just let MJ fill in the final roster spots.

Rafael Betancourt

THURSDAY Southern Illinois vs. Kansas, 7:10/4:10 PM Texas A&M vs. Memphis, 7:27/4:27 PM Pittsburgh vs. UCLA, 9:40/6:40 PM Tennessee vs. Ohio State, 9:57/6:47 PM FRIDAY Butler vs. Florida, 7:10/4:10 PM Vanderbilt vs. Georgetown, 7:27/4:27 PM UNLV vs. Oregon, 9:40/6:40 PM USC vs. North Carolina, 9:57/6:47 PM

Jorge Julio, now on the Marlins

Eigh teams left, three from 1980 with the possibility of an all 1980 match-up in the N.L. side of the Final Four. Here's a recap of the National League region/division finals. N.L. East Finals: (14) 1980 Montreal Expos vs. (4) 1985 St. Louis Cardinals Game 1: Cardinals 8, Expos 4 Cardinals jumped out to a 6-0 lead after three innings and Darrell Porter went 3 for 4 with a homerun (6th out the tournament) and 4 rbi. Game 2: Cardinals 6, Expos 1 Andy Van Slyke hit a three-run homer in the first and Danny Cox pitched a complete game. Game 3: Expos 4, Cardinals 1 Bill Gullickson and Woodie Fryman combined to keep the Cardinals bats in check and snap their nine game tournament winning streak. Game 4: Expos 1, Cardinals 0 Steve Rogers out duels John Tudor as the two staff aces surrender a combined seven hits. The lone run comes in the 2nd on an Ellis Valentine triple. Game 5: Cardinals 5, Expos 2 Another strong outing by Cox (8 IP, 4 H, 2 ER) and another big game for Porter (4 for 4, HR, 4 RBI) help in handing the Expos their first home loss of the tournament. Game 6: Expos 6, Cardinals 4 Rodney Scott hit a two out, bases loaded single off of Ricky Horton in the top of the 9th to break 4-4 tie and force a deciding Game 7. Game 7: Expos 10, Cardinals 2 Expos hammer Tudor for 8 runs in 6 innings and Rogers strikes out 10 in a complete game victory as the 1980 Expos shock the world as a 14 seed to win the N.L. East Region to advance the 80's Final Four. Expos win series 4 games to 3 N.L. East All-Region Team C: Darrell Porter, '85 Cardinals 1B: Jack Clark, '85 Cardinals 2B: Tom Herr, '85 Cardinals 3B: Mike Schmidt, '83 Phillies SS: Chris Speier, '80 Expos LF: Barry Bonds, '88 Pirates CF: Andre Dawson, '80 Expos RF: Ellis Valentine, '80 Expos SP: Steve Rogers, '80 Expos RP: Woodie Fryman, '80 Expos Region MVP: Andre Dawson - .368/.394/.655, 87 AB, 14 R, 32 H, 6 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 3 SB N.L. West Finals: (9) 1987 San Francisco Giants vs. (7) 1980 Houston Astros Game 1: Astros 6, Giants 4 A four run 3rd for the Astros off of Dave Dravecky does the damage here. Game 2: Astros 10, Giants 2 Enos Cabell goes 3-5 with a homerun and Joe Niekro pitches a complete game as the Astros cruise to the 2-0 lead. Game 3: Astros 7, Giants 5 16 innings After the Giants blew 4-2 lead in the 9th, in the 12th Jose Cruz hit an rbi double to give the Astros a 5-4 lead. In the bottom of the inning Chili Davis would answer with a solo homerun to tie the game back up. Finally in the 16th the Astros ended it with two runs, the critical blow coming on a Cesar Cedeno triple. Game 4: Astros 5, Giants 2 Eight strong innings from J.R. Richard wraps up the sweep for the Astros as they go an amazing 16-3 through the N.L. West region. Astros win series 4 games to 0 N.L. West All-Region Team C: Alan Ashby, '80 Astros 1B: Will Clark, '89 Giants 2B: Joe Morgan, '80 Astros 3B: Kevin Mitchell, '87 Giants SS: Jose Uribe, '87 Giants LF: Kevin Mitchell, '89 Giants CF: Chili Davis, '87 Giants RF: Dave Parker, '85 Reds SP: Vern Ruhle, '80 Astros RP: Ted Power, '85 Reds Region MVP: Joe Morgan - .370/.453/.765, 81 AB, 17 R, 30 H, 9 2B, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 13 BB, 4 SB Soooo, was there something in the water in 1980? I'm going to have to chalk this up to just a bizarre fluke but with the way the Astros dominated and the way the 1980 Yankees have dominated so far I am wondering about the 1980 Strat-O-Matic set. Final Four: N.L. Finals '80 Expos vs. '80 Astros Up Next: A.L. Elite Eight

So we're now down to just eight teams and no World Champions as the '80 Yankees smacked the '83 Orioles around in four games, outscoring the O's 37-15. The '87 Blue Jays blew the division title the last weekend of the 1987 season but they aren't blowing it here as they took care of the '88 Red Sox in five games. In the West both series ended in thrilling Game 6's. The '88 Twins eliminated the '86 Angels on a Kent Hrbek homerun in the top of the 10th off of Doug Corbett. Then in the most improbable moment of the tournament, Jerry Dybzinski (3 homeruns in 909 career at bats) of the '83 White Sox hit a walkoff homerun against Dan Quisenberry in the 13th inning to eliminate the '84 Royals. With the elimination of the '83 Orioles, the '85 Cardinals are now the only World Series team to still be alive in the tournament. Stats are for all three rounds. A.L. West Semi-Finals (12) 1988 Minnesota Twins def. (9) 1986 California Angels 4-2 Game 1: Angels 3, Twins 0 Game 2: Twins 5, Angels 2 Game 3: Angels 14, Twins 3 Game 4: Twins 9, Angels 4 Game 5: Twins 6, Angels 1 Game 6: Twins 5, Angels 2 10 innings Gary Gaetti: .364/.395/.649, 77 AB, 15 R, 28 H, 2 3B, 5 HR, 19 RBI Tom Herr: .333/.402/.469, 81 AB, 15 R, 27 H, 5 2B, 10 BB, 4 SB (6) 1983 Chicago White Sox def. (10) 1984 Kansas City Royals 4-2 Game 1: White Sox 4, Royals 2 Game 2: Royals 6, White Sox 0 Game 3: White Sox 6, Royals 3 Game 4: White Sox 15, Royals 2 Game 5: Royals 4, White Sox 3 10 innings Game 6: White Sox 5, Royals 4 13 innings Rudy Law: .361/.411/.542, 83 AB, 20 R, 30 H, 5 2B, 5 3B, 11 RBI, 14 SB Harold Baines: .363/.386/.550, 80 AB, 12 R, 29 H, 4 HR, 21 RBI A.L. East Semi-Finals (13) 1987 Toronto Blue Jays def. (9) 1988 Boston Red Sox 4-1 Game 1: Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 5 Game 2: Blue Jays 3, Red Sox 1 Game 3: Blue Jays 9, Red Sox 1 Game 4: Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5 Game 5: Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 4 Lloyd Moseby: .270/.353/.514, 74 AB, 14 R, 20 H, 5 HR, 15 RBI Jimmy Key: 5-1, 2.73 ERA, 3 CG, 56 IP, 50 H, 17 ER, 12 BB, 32 SO (6) 1980 New York Yankees def. (2) 1983 Baltimore Orioles 4-0 Game 1: Yankees 13, Orioles 10 Game 2: Yankees 10, Orioles 4 Game 3: Yankees 5, Orioles 1 Game 4: Yankees 9, Orioles 0 Reggie Jackson: .339/.413/.857, 56 AB, 15 R, 19 H, 9 HR, 14 RBI Willie Randolph: .396/.500/.642, 53 AB, 15 R, 21 H, 6 2B, 12 RBI, 11 BB, 4 SB A.L. West Finals (12) '88 Twins vs. (6) '83 White Sox A.L. East Finals (13) '87 Blue Jays vs. (6) '80 Yankees Up Next: N.L. Elite Eight

Four 1's, three 2's, and a 3. What is this, the women's tournament?

You mean Billy Packer couldn't be hit by a car instead of the UNC mascot? Oregon survives, barely. At least they won to make the Pac-10 the only conference with two teams into the Elite Eight. DOIN' IT FOR THE CONFERENCE!

Speaking of collapses, Oregon now only up four with 50 seconds to go when it seemed over just a few minutes ago.

Holy crap this is a monumental collapse by USC.

CONTROVERSY~! Oh well, I hadn't noticed he traveled. All I could think of while it was happening was what a terrible decision he was making trying to force the shot and he still makes it.

The '88 Pirates magical run that has captured the nation is finally over as they ran into buzzsaw in the '85 Cardinals. The series did have marathon 15 inning Game 1 that ended on a Jeff Robinson wild pitch to score Jack Clark from 3rd. The Expos may no longer exist but their 1980 team is still alive as they tossed aside the '88 Mets in five games. In the West the the the '80 Astros acutally had to sweat for once in this tournament after falling behind 2-1 to the '89 Giants but they won three straight to win the series. Unfortunately the Giants reign of terror is not quite over as the '87 Giants beat the '85 Reds in a seven game thriller in which five of the seven games were decided by one run. Stat lines are for all three rounds. N.L. East Semi-Finals (4) 1985 St. Louis Cardinals def. (16) 1988 Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 Game 1: Cardinals 1, Pirates 0 15 innings Game 2: Cardinals 12, Pirates 3 Game 3: Cardinals 7, Pirates 1 Game 4: Cardinals 3, Pirates 2 Willie McGee: .368/.392/.559, 68 AB, 9 R, 25 H, 3 3B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 7 SB John Tudor: 2-0, 1.05 ERA, 42 1/3 IP, 23 H, 5 ER, 10 BB, 30 SO (14) 1980 Montreal Expos def. (7) 1988 New York Mets 4-1 Game 1: Expos 4, Mets 3 Game 2: Mets 7, Expos 2 Game 3: Expos 7, Mets 3 Game 4: Expos 7, Mets 4 Game 5: Expos 9, Mets 5 Andre Dawson: .387/.400/.710, 62 AB, 12 R, 24 H, 4 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 15 RBI Rodney Scott: .412/.446/.549, 51 AB, 7 R, 21 H, 3 2B, 2 3B, 12 RBI, 8 SB -Rodney Scott hit .224 in 1980, odds are this won't keep up. N.L. West Semi-Finals (9) 1987 San Francisco Giants def. (13) 1985 Cincinnati Reds 4-3 Game 1: Reds 4, Giants 3 Game 2: Reds 5, Giants 4 Game 3: Giants 6, Reds 4 Game 4: Giants 6, Reds 3 Game 5: Giants 5, Reds 4 Game 6: Reds 5, Giants 4 Game 7: Giants 1, Reds 0 Candy Maldonado: .338/.353/.554, 65 AB, 10 R, 22 H, 2 3B, 3 HR, 11 RBI Rick Reuschel: 4-0, 0.96 ERA, 47 IP, 43 H, 5 ER, 10 BB, 27 SO (7) 1980 Houston Astros def. (3) 1989 San Francisco Giants 4-2 Game 1: Astros 5, Giants 3 11 innings Game 2: Giants 6, Astros 5 Game 3: Giants 2, Astros 1 Game 4: Astros 6, Giants 5 Game 5: Astros 10, Giants 1 Game 6: Astros 3, Giants 2 Joe Morgan: .410/.486/.869, 61 AB, 13 R, 25 H, 8 2B, 6 HR, 19 RBI Vern Ruhle: 5-0, 2.91 ERA, 43 1/3 IP, 45 HR, 14 ER, 4 BB, 18 SO N.L. East Finals (14) '80 Expos vs. (4) '85 Cardinals N.L. West Finals (9) '87 Giants vs. (7) '80 Astros Up Next: A.L. Sweet 16

Figured should get this up already since it sort of starts tommorrow, although not really in my view. I'm taking both Thursday and Friday off this year although I'll miss the late games on Friday. If you haven't already signed up for March Madness On Demand, do so now. I really can't give enough kudos to CBS for doing this for free again. TUESDAY Florida A&M vs. Niagara, 7:30/4:30 PM THURSDAY Davidson vs. Maryland, 12:20 PM/9:20 AM Texas Tech vs. Boston College, 12:25 PM/9:25 AM Stanford vs. Louisville, 12:40 PM/9:40 AM Oral Roberts vs. Washington State, 2:40 PM/11:40 AM Old Dominion vs. Butler, 2:40 PM/11:40 AM Belmont vs. Georgetown, 2:45 PM/11:45 AM Pennsylvania vs. Texas A&M, 3:00 PM/Noon George Washington vs. Vanderbilt, 5:00/2:00 PM VCU vs. Duke, 7:10/4:10 PM Central Connecticut State vs. Ohio State, 7:10/4:10 PM Michigan State vs. Marquette, 7:20/4:20 PM Weber State vs. UCLA, 7:25/4:25 PM Wright State vs. Pittsburgh, 9:30/6:30 PM Xavier vs. BYU, 9:30/6:30 PM Eastern Kentucky vs. North Carolina, 9:40/6:40 PM Gonzaga vs. Indiana, 9:45/6:45 PM FRIDAY Albany vs. Virginia, 12:15 PM/9:15 AM Georgia Tech vs. UNLV, 12:25 PM/9:25 AM North Texas vs. Memphis, 12:30 PM/9:30 AM Long Beach State vs. Tennessee, 2:35 PM/11:35 AM Winthrop vs. Notre Dame, 2:35 PM/11:35 AM Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Wisconsin, 2:45 PM/11:45 AM Creighton vs. Nevada, 2:50 PM/11:50 AM Miami of Ohio vs. Oregon, 5:05/2:05 PM TBA vs. Kansas, 7:10/4:10 PM Illinois vs. Virginia Tech, 7:10/4:10 PM Purdue vs. Arizona, 7:20/4:20 PM New Mexico State vs. Texas, 7:25/4:25 PM Villanova vs. Kentucky, 9:30/6:30 PM Holy Cross vs. Southern Illinois, 9:30/6:30 PM Jackson State vs. Florida, 9:40/6:40 PM Arkansas vs. USC, 9:45/6:45 PM

Mark Ellis

Aaron Cook

With Winthrop gone this will be the first time since 1995 that no double digit seed advanced to the Sweet 16. That year no one below a 6 seed advanced past the first weekend.

Finally after nine months I've completed the three World Series DVD boxsets that were released last year, concluding with maybe the two most forgotten games in World Series history. 1975 World Series Game 7 - Reds 4, Red Sox 3 (boxscore and play account) -They have some cancer kid throw out the first pitch, or at least they say "represents kids with cancer" so I don't know if the kid actually had cancer or if it was just someone's kid from the Red Sox front office and they needed an excuse to let him throw the first pitch. If he actually did have cancer all I could think of was that was pretty fucked up to make the cancer kid wait until a possible Game 7 to throw the first pitch. -Some guy named Ned Martin calls the first half of the game and he was a longtime announcer for the Red Sox but I've never heard of him. He seemed like a bit of a homer or at least more so than Dick Stockton or Marty Brennaman. -Don Gullet had zero control in this one, walking in two runs with the bases loaded in the 3rd. -Bill Lee shockingly almost comes up with a huge bases loaded hit with two outs in the 5th as he crushed one to center, catching the slick fielding Cesar Geronimo a bit off guard as he was obvioulsy playing shallow but recovers to get the final out and prevent the Red Sox from potentially blowing the game open. -Lee made a fatal mistake in the 6th against Tony Perez. Lee would occasionally throw a slow moving, eephus type, curveball. In Perez's first at bat Lee would freeze him for a called strike with this pitch. It was the only time in the game he'd throw this pitch yet he throws it a second time to Perez in the 6th, who of course seeing it once had the timing down and launched it over the Green Monster to cut the Sox lead to one. -It's amazing that a Game 7 that was decided in the 9th inning would be completely forgotten but because of Game 6 that's what happened. Joe Morgan hit a little bloop, similar to Luis Gonzalez's hit in Game 7 of 2001, off of Jim Burton to score Pete Rose with the winning run. Rose led off the inning with a walk, Geronimo sacraficed him to 2nd, pinch hitter Dan Driessen grounded one to the right side to advance Rose to 3rd, and then came Morgan's winning hit. I think it is this sequence that created the "manufacturing runs" monster that Joe Morgan is today. -Nothing too interesting in the extras on this disk with no additional, original game clips like the other two sets. Only thing of note would be Carlton Fisk's postgame interview after Game 6 but not sure why they didn't just tack it on to the Game 6 disk. Here's a list of the extras: 1. Championship Rally 2. Pre-Game Introductions of the Reds (before Game 3) 3. Pre-Game 1: Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski 4. Pre-Game 3: Johnny Bench, Carlton Fisk 5. Pre-Game 7: Sparky Anderson, Darrell Johnson 6. Postgame 6: Carlton Fisk 7. Johnny Bench: The Big Red Machine 8. Pete Rose: Game 6 9. Pete Rose: Thrill of Game 7 10. Carlton Fisk: Homerun in Game 6 11. Carlton Fisk: Red Sox Beat Reds 3 Game to 4 12. Luis Tiant: Fisk's Homerun 13. Fred Lynn: Fisk's Homerun 14. Fred Lynn: Impact on Major League Baseball 15. Marty Brenneman: Game 6 the Best Ever 16. Joe Morgan: Game 6 17. Tony Perez: Reds Dominance 18. Tony Perez: Unmatchable World Series 19. Tony Perez: Game 7 Comeback 20. Tony Perez: Great Cincinnati Fans 21. Tony Perez: The Big Red Machine 1986 World Series Game 7 - Mets 8, Red Sox 5 (boxscore and play account) -Game was delayed by rain for one day which appeared to be a big break for the Red Sox as it allowed them to bring back Bruce Hurst and skip over Oil Can Boyd. -First time on the set the vid quality was some what poor for the first two innings but it is fine after that. -Bill Buckner gets a loud ovation when he comes up for his first at bat. Now that's just mean. -This was the postseason for homeruns off of outfielder's mits as Darryl Strawberry becomes the 3rd when a Rich Gedman shot in the 2nd goes off of his mit although it would have been a great catch by Strawberry if he had come up with it. Ron Darling hadn't allowed an earned run in his first two starts but was roughed up here as the Gedman homerun came right after a Dwight Evans homer. -Back in Game 5 Gedman had seen six pitches from Sid Fernandez and swung and miss at all six. Here in the 5th inning against Fernandez again he swings and misses at his first and then takes strike three. -Vin Scully mentions that Bruce Hurst had been named World Series MVP before the Mets miracle comeback in Game 6. This was kind of surprising to me as I figured Dave Henderson or Marty Barrett would gave won it although it would have been hard to argue with Hurst. It was just about after this conversation about Hurst that things come unraveled for him and the Red Sox in the 6th. -Calvin Schiraldi was the real goat of this series as he follows up his awful performance in Game 6 with another one here. He pitches the 7th giving up a lead off homerun to Ray Knight to give the Mets the lead, a single to Lenny Dykstra, a wild pitch on a pitch out, which then would allow Dykstra to score on a hit by Rafael Santana. -Red Sox stormed back in the 8th with two runs and had the tying run on 2nd with none out but Jesse Orosco, who was only about 51 at this time, saved the day to get the Mets out of the inning. Orosco would then have an rbi single in the bottom of the inning. -Some idiot threw a smoke bomb on the field with two out in the 9th, delaying the final out for several minutes. -All the extras were on a seperate bonus disk that I went over back in June. That's it. Again it is good to see MLB actually doing something better than the NFL for once by releasing these sets. Although the two selections that have been announced so far for release this year (1987 & 1977) have been dissapointing choices, I'll definitely still be picking them up. Next up I'll try to start watching the Notre Dame set I picked up a couple of months ago but not sure yet how many writes up I'll do for that one, if any.