while looking up the start time for the big usa vs mexico game on espn.com, i noticed that espn classics has a series where, well, this…

“Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame Bill Buckner For Red Sox Losing The 1986 World Series”

i think my list is probably better:

• wade boggs kept him out late the night before, just talking about stuff.

• roger clemens recommended a bad restaurant that, along with the butterflies in his stomach, kept him in the bathroom all morning.

• his father didn’t come to see him play.

• he caught his girlfriend in bed with lenny dykstra.

• he was born with a rare bone disease. the doctors said he wouldn’t be able to keep his glove down for the rest of his life.