The Buckner bungle was the most disappointing. You had one job, block the damn ball and we win. Nope.
86 was a crap year overall. We had the Challenger disaster in January, then the Pats got destroyed by the Bears in the Super Bowl, the Bruins got swept by Montreal, then in summer the one bright spot was the Celtics winning it all, and then Red Sox...we know the rest of that story.
It’s funny, I’ve never been a Boston sports fan, but often found myself rooting for them as an “underdog.”
-that Super Bowl loss to the Bears. Hated McMahon, Perry, all of them except Payton. Could not believe they gave the TD carry to Perry over Sweetness. Great team, but just pure arrogance.
-when Bruins finally beat Montreal in ‘88, after 18 straight series losses to the Habs
-Pats first Super Bowl win over the Rams
-2004, especially the ALCS. I remember saying after the Sox made it 3-1, Boston is coming back. Literally screamed when Damon hit that grand slam in Game 7. And of course, Schilling’s bloody sock.
-beating Vancouver in 2011. I LOL’d.
-big boxing guy, so loved watching Irish Mickey Ward in his trilogy with Gatti. McNeely, not so much.
All in all, between the Pats, Sox, Celtics and Bruins, Boston has done pretty damn good, especially since that first Super Bowl. I’m not sure you’ll ever see a championship run for a city like that again.