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The 1986 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1986 season. The 83rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion New York Mets and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox. The Mets overcame a two games to none series deficit to defeat ...
The 1986 Red Sox were leading the heavily favored New York Mets 3 games to 2 in the 1986 World Series when Game 6 went into extra innings.For his part, Buckner was batting just .143 against Mets pitching, and he was 0-for-5 in Game 6.
The 1986 National League Championship Series was a best-of-seven Major League Baseball postseason series between the NL East champion New York Mets and NL West champion Houston Astros. It was the 18th NLCS and the first MLB playoff series in which the opponents were two "expansion" teams that had begun play in the same season ( 1962 ).
The 1969 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) 1969 season. The 66th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets. The Mets won the series, four games to one, to accomplish one of ...
The 1986 New York Mets season was the Mets ' 25th season in the National League. They improved from a 98–64 record in 1985 to finish the season with a franchise record 108–54 record, giving them the division title. They went on to defeat the Houston Astros in six games in the NLCS and the American League champion Boston Red Sox in seven ...
The 1964 World Series, and the season leading up to it, later became the subject for the David Halberstam New York Times bestseller October 1964.The Series is seen as a bellwether point in baseball history as it was the last hurrah for the 1950s Yankee Dynasty of Mantle, Maris, Ford and Berra, among others, and it demonstrated that the National League's growing enthusiasm to sign black and ...
The 1986 Senior League World Series took place from August 11–16 in Kissimmee, Florida, United States. Taipei , Taiwan defeated Brenham , Texas in the championship game. This was the first SLWS held in Kissimmee.
Game 5 was an ugly and low-scoring 12-inning affair that was won by the Mets, 2–1, taking a 3–2 series lead headed back to Houston. Game 6 was the most notable contest of the series, as it went sixteen innings, the most of any postseason game outside of the World Series until 2005. The Mets tied the game with three runs scored in the top of ...