1986 World Series
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| Dates | October 18–27 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Ray Knight (New York) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | John Kibler (NL), Jim Evans (AL), Harry Wendelstedt (NL), Joe Brinkman (AL), Ed Montague (NL), Dale Ford (AL) | ||||||||||||
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Mets: Gary Carter. Red Sox: Wade Boggs, Jim Rice. |
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| ALCS | Boston Red Sox over California Angels (4–3) | ||||||||||||
| NLCS | New York Mets over Houston Astros (4–2) | ||||||||||||
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| Television | NBC | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jack Buck and Sparky Anderson | ||||||||||||
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| Team (Wins) | Manager | Season | |
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| New York Mets (4) | Davey Johnson | 108–54, .667, GA: 21 1⁄2 | |
| Boston Red Sox (3) | John McNamara | 95–66, .590, GA: 5 1⁄2 |
The 1986 World Series pitted the National League champions New York Mets against the American League champions Boston Red Sox. The Mets won the Series in the seventh game, after overcoming a nearly hopeless deficit in Game 6 — a game in which the Red Sox were twice one strike away from victory and that ended on a famous error by Boston's first baseman Bill Buckner after their lead had already been blown. Game 6 has been cited in the legend of the "Curse of the Bambino" to explain the major comeback.
The New York Mets finished the regular season with a franchise record 108–54, winning the National League East division by 21 1⁄2 games over division rival Philadelphia Phillies. They then won a tightly contested 1986 National League Championship Series, four games to two, over the Houston Astros, clinching the series in a sixteen-inning Game 6. The talent of the team was colored by controversy during much of the season, with scrappy players both on and off the field. On July 19, 1986, Mets infielder Tim Teufel and pitchers Rick Aguilera, Bobby Ojeda, and Ron Darling were arrested after fighting with policemen outside a bar in Houston. Just three days later, they played a game which became a microcosm of their season when two Mets were ejected after a bench-clearing brawl. A total of three ejections in the game forced starting catcher Gary Carter to play third base, and the Mets to play a pitcher in the outfield, with left-hander Jesse Orosco and righty Roger McDowell alternating between the pitcher's mound and the outfield as needed. Despite the adversity, they still won the game in the fourteenth inning on a three-run homer by Howard Johnson. Former NL MVP George Foster was released a few days after the game, based partly on his refusal to move from the Mets' bench during the fracas.
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