Bruce, the Internet surfer, found references to a new movie call Game 6 about the 1986 World Series when the Mets beat the Boston Red Sox. The movie came out this weekend but in limited release. We had to take the subway to Times Square to see it at the AMC Empire 25 Multiplex. I guess after a while I got tired of the College Point Multiplex even if it is within walking distance of home. The protagonist of the movie, Nicky Rogan, played by Michael Keaton is a playwright whose show opens on October 25, 1986, the day of Game 6 of the World Series. Rogan who is a diehard Red Sox fan wants to see his team win a world series. He skips his opening and goes to a sports bar to watch the game on TV. The highlight for me was seeing Mookie Wilson hit the ball that Bill Buckner at first base could not handle. I always fantasized about playing a video of that inning while Pagebyrner was chained to a chair. With that play, the Mets tied the series at 3-3 and eventually won game 7.
The movie was somewhat of a disappointment. It was not nearly as good as the Red Sox movie Fever Pitch, a romantic comedy with Drew Barrymore.
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"I always fantasized about playing a video of that inning while Pagebyrner was chained to a chair." Prior to 2004 this would have been pure hell for me for I wouldn't have had any euphoric memories to cling to while watching the ball go through Buckner's wickets. I would have been like droog Alex from A Clockwork Orange, chained to a chair with his eyelids clamped open suffering through "rehabilitation." But thanks to Schilling & Co. I have become rehabilited, me droog.
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