I didn't lie.
I said that Buckner signed as a FA with the Sox in '90.
And that the vast majority of fans had no problem with him.
ALL TRUE.
Apparently, Buckner's not the only one who was afflicted by dementia.
It's extremely well documented how Buckner was ravaged by RSN. And unjustly so.
No amount of denial on your part will change that fact.
"Buckner had no idea how his life would change after that single stupid play. Indeed, before Tom Brady was the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time), Bill Buckner was The Goat, instantly ushered into the Mickey Owen/Fred Snodgrass/Bonehead Merkle pantheon of baseball fall guys.
“I don’t think it ever entered his mind at the time that he was going to have to wear this for the rest of his career,’’ Hurst said.
Infamy stalked Buckner. Jokes and replays. Over and over.
When he was released by the Sox the following year, he said, “I think everybody in this town, including the Red Sox, holds that against me. I think I deserved better. I don’t think it has to be brought up the way it was.’’
Buckner played for two teams after leaving Boston but came back for a final season in 1990, slugging his way onto the squad out of spring training. He got a huge ovation when he was introduced before the home opener. It was his final season in the majors and it was brief (22 games). He retired at the age of 40 and became a minor league hitting instructor.
But the grounder followed him into retirement. In 1993, Buckner got into a dustup with a wiseguy fan outside of Pawtucket’s McCoy Stadium. A week later, he abandoned baseball and moved his family to a ranch in Meridian, Idaho." ----Dan Shaughnessy, quoted from the Boston Globe
He never was "forgiven" until the Sox won without him, and brought him in to throw that first pitch in 2008.
If the Sox had continued to fail to win the World Series, he'd most likely have never been "forgiven".
Funny word to use for a guy who actually didn't even cost them the game, let alone the Series.
But then, that's the typical Boston fan for you. He knows all the ins and outs of the games, without ever having actually played one.
Talk about dementia.