Memories of the 1986 ALCS

[mvp 78]

I don't need to read minds, just read the posts that have been written ad nauseam.

[a700hitter]

I don't need to read minds, just read the posts that have been written ad nauseam.

You find it impossible to post your opinion of the games and the players. What's the fun in that. You would much rather post your opinion (snarky criticisms) about the posters. As usual, you miss the point of things by a mile. Pathetic and miserable.

[mvp 78]

The point is that the original question was about the ALCS, but all you could do was bitch about losing to the Mets.

[a700hitter]

The point is that the original question was about the ALCS, but all you could do was bitch about losing to the Mets.

So what? 1986 was the most depressing time of my Red Sox fandom especially living in NYC at the time. Because of that, the entire 1986 season conjures up bad memories for me. Do you have a problem with that... you Psycho? I said nothing about forgetting every season prior to 2004. I have great memories for 45 years of the players and their feats. The 1978 maybe the best Red Sox team that I have seen. The 1975 - 1979 teams were stacked and fun. So go crawl into your hole of misanthropic misery and stay there . Edited January 28, 2014 by a700hitter

[a700hitter]

I don't need to read minds, just read the posts that have been written ad nauseam.

"ad nauseum"? Really? I made 1 post in this thread about the 86 season. That is ad nauseum? It was enough for you to take to your passive aggressive attacks where you hide behind not addressing a poster directly. I won't hide my attacks of you in any such cowardly way. In addition to the other things that I have said about you in this thread, my biggest problem with you is that you really are such a dullard, and there is nothing worse that a smart ass with a low IQ. Edited January 28, 2014 by a700hitter
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[a700hitter]

I apologize to the rest of TalkSox for cluttering up the place this morning.

[VA Sox Fan]

I only really remember game 5. Hendu was playing CF and knocked a warning track fly ball over the fence. I thought he'd be the goat. However, he redeemed himself with the biggest homerun of my childhood. His nice hop and spin heading to first will always be etched in my memory.

 

Nice memory mvp!

[Spudboy]

Lol.

 

Anyway, I have very vivid memories of the 1986 ALCS. In fact, the entire year was memorable for me as I married my good ex-wife in 1986.

 

My ( then ) Mother -in-law was best friends with a cousin of Anton Figg the drummer on the David Letterman show. She was able to get my Wife and I tickets to the show at NBC in New York City. This was a big deal for me as I was a HUGE Letterman fan then and there was about an 18 month wait for tickets at the time.

 

As some of you know, I loathe NYC. But I drove my Mustang GT down to Manhattan to go to the show on the night the Sox were playing the fabled Hendu game against the Angels. The Mets were playing the Astros in the Astrodome that night. During commercial breaks, the video monitors in the studio would show the live NBC feed of the game in Houston. Additionally, the wise ass announcer for the show would interrupt the dialog of the show with such necessary game updates as "Dave, Mookey Wilson is at bat".

 

The Mets won just as we were exiting Rockefeller Center and heading to parking garage. There was spontaneous celebration in the street. I drove us as fast as traffic on the LIE would allow out to East Hampton ( where my Wife's parents lived ) so I could catch as much of the Sox game as possible. I got to see almost the entire game and my Mustang was not vandalized. The Sox won!

 

So yeah, I remember that game.

[seabeachfred]

"ad nauseum"? Really? I made 1 post in this thread about the 86 season. That is ad nauseum. It was enough for you to take to your passive aggressive attacks where you hide behind not addressing a poster directly. I won't hide my attacks of you in any such cowardly way. In addition to the other things that I have said about you in this thread, my biggest problem with you is that you really are such a dullard, and there is nothing worse that a smart ass with a low IQ.

 

Can you believe those two dorks Ted? I'm reading their snarky and stupid remarks with my mouth open in near shock as I read those flat dishwatery utterances. And, of course, mvp's lodge brother has to weigh in with some stupidity of his own. It means I have to read something the guy said but at least I have him on ignore in all other cases so my contact with that obese dweeb is almost non-existent. I think the other guy is just a down and out miserable person; there is no other excuse for his miserable and nasty comments. I'm thinking the ignore button on that guy as well.

[User Name]

Fred, if you just learned how to take your time so you can comprehend what you read instead of banging on your keyboard like a monkey on crack denouncing your righteous indignation we would all be better off for it.

[a700hitter]

Can you believe those two dorks Ted? I'm reading their snarky and stupid remarks with my mouth open in near shock as I read those flat dishwatery utterances. And, of course, mvp's lodge brother has to weigh in with some stupidity of his own. It means I have to read something the guy said but at least I have him on ignore in all other cases so my contact with that obese dweeb is almost non-existent. I think the other guy is just a down and out miserable person; there is no other excuse for his miserable and nasty comments. I'm thinking the ignore button on that guy as well.

Ignore is a good choice.

[iortiz]

Ignore is a good choice.

 

The bitching thing again? LOL!

[Bellhorn04]

Baseball posts please.

[sk7326]

1986 was a blast generally ... I remember so many random games. The game that was called due to fog in Cleveland which causd Oil Can Boyd to observe "that's what happens when you build a ballpark by the ocean". Virtually every start Roger made - he was pretty amazing then.

 

Nothing beats a championship - and the three we have are great. But there is the buzz in 1986 and 1999 about Roger and Pedro starts which we have not had since, even with our amazing success. There really was a sense that each start you had a chance to really see something you'll tell your kids about ... the 2007 and 2013 teams have lacked that, although that is not a dig at the titles at all (in any way).

Edited January 28, 2014 by sk7326

[sk7326]

The way I think about the ALCS in 1986 at this point though - it's one of this team's greatest achievements, though the season ended in disappointment. For a youngster like Thunder, I'd place it in the same house as the near comeback against Tampa in 2008, which is EXTREMELY underrated among proud moments for the franchise. The Red Sox in that series by the sixth inning of Game 5 were DEAD, throw them in a shallow grave by the interstate and drive away level dead. And to come off the mat and tease us like that. I wish they had won, but you have to be proud of them.

[User Name]

Too much to ask for with the geriatric duo and their pet puppy on rampant assault. @bellhorn

 

On topic: This thread made me do a little more research on the tragedy of Donnie Moore, and it seems that the general consensus (that Moore committed suicide because of the big HR he gave up to Hendu), is just a load of incorrect narrative. Dude was a mess.

[mvp 78]

I remember being so excited for the Dave Henderson/Spike Owen trade and moving their baseball cards to my Sox binder. The 20 strikeout game! My favorite player having his last great season. Don Baylor getting hit by pitches. Buckner's sweet hightop cleats. The chicken man flicking balls off the monster with ease. Bruce Bleeping Hurst!

 

Oil Can pitched my first 3 visits to Fenway.

[sk7326]

I remember being so excited for the Dave Henderson/Spike Owen trade and moving their baseball cards to my Sox binder. The 20 strikeout game! My favorite player having his last great season. Don Baylor getting hit by pitches. Buckner's sweet hightop cleats. The chicken man flicking balls off the monster with ease. Bruce Bleeping Hurst!

 

Oil Can pitched my first 3 visits to Fenway.

 

The trivia answer is ... Phil Bradley ...

[Bellhorn04]

The way I think about the ALCS in 1986 at this point though - it's one of this team's greatest achievements, though the season ended in disappointment. For a youngster like Thunder, I'd place it in the same house as the near comeback against Tampa in 2008, which is EXTREMELY underrated among proud moments for the franchise. The Red Sox in that series by the sixth inning of Game 5 were DEAD, throw them in a shallow grave by the interstate and drive away level dead. And to come off the mat and tease us like that. I wish they had won, but you have to be proud of them.

 

I felt so bad for Marty Barrett - a journeyman guy who played out of his mind that postseason and would have been World Series MVP and Red Sox hero.

[mvp 78]

I felt so bad for Marty Barrett - a journeyman guy who played out of his mind that postseason and would have been World Series MVP and Red Sox hero.

 

Wasn't Hurst listed as MVP during the 9th inning of game 6?

[sk7326]

I felt so bad for Marty Barrett - a journeyman guy who played out of his mind that postseason and would have been World Series MVP and Red Sox hero.

 

Yeah, I thought it was Bruce Hurst too. Also, IIRC Barrett was the ALCS MVP. I felt awful - just a fiesta of poor managing by McNamara. If you actually look at the matchup, our win would have been a heck of an upset. Another thing, if you look at the two World Championships Boston sports lost out in 1986 ... the teams that won titles, the Bears and the Mets probably should go down as a couple of the biggest underachievers in the history of the sport. That the Mets only got two playoff appearances out of that core is kind of amazing.

[a700hitter]

OMG! We're talking about the World Series and the regular season now. The damn topic was the ALCS!! Stay on topic, and there will be none of this feeling bad or disappointed stuff you bitching moaners!

[sk7326]

OMG! We're talking about the World Series and the regular season now. The damn topic was the ALCS!! Stay on topic, and there will be none of this feeling bad or disappointed stuff you bitching moaners!

 

I think there is a gap between disappointment and the darkest hours as a Red Sox fan. I have 300 games of the Butch Hobson managerial experience to sell you on the latter.

[a700hitter]

I think there is a gap between disappointment and the darkest hours as a Red Sox fan. I have 300 games of the Butch Hobson managerial experience to sell you on the latter.

Hobson had an excuse. He was a coke addict. Do you remember the story about the time he went home and left his kid at the ballpark? That must have gone over big with his wife. The Hobson days were a dark period. I was pissed when they gave Walpole Joe the bum's rush out the door because they were afraid to lose Hobson to another organization. Morgan Magic was an exciting time after brainless McNamara got canned.

[iortiz]

Too much to ask for with the geriatric duo and their pet puppy on rampant assault. @bellhorn

 

On topic: This thread made me do a little more research on the tragedy of Donnie Moore, and it seems that the general consensus (that Moore committed suicide because of the big HR he gave up to Hendu), is just a load of incorrect narrative. Dude was a mess.

… but people do not get it when you are attacking a poster or judging his posts. f*** off *******!

[iortiz]

I didn't follow baseball in those years but my most disappointing moment would be the collapse that we had in 2011. Edited January 28, 2014 by iortiz

[mvp 78]

OMG! We're talking about the World Series and the regular season now. The damn topic was the ALCS!! Stay on topic, and there will be none of this feeling bad or disappointed stuff you bitching moaners!

 

Does a sad trombone follow you everywhere you go?

[Bellhorn04]

Wasn't Hurst listed as MVP during the 9th inning of game 6?

 

Yeah, my bad.

[a700hitter]

Does a sad trombone follow you everywhere you go?

You seemingly do.

[NativeBostonian]

I wish I could say I remember anything bout that series. But, I was still sperm. I was born in 89.