Tag Archives: 1986 World Series

A Review of ESPN the Magazine

I heard a joke somewhere that ESPN is what a drunk psychic thinks he has. It’s a silly joke that will give you an icy ghost or a gunshot wound for a good laugh. ESPN is one of the greatest innovations of the 1970s and should be considered an achievement of near biblical proportions. There […]

The Chicago Cubs’ Billy Goat Curse: 1945 World Series Curse Stands the Test of Time

On October 6, 1945, William Sianis, owner of Chiffle’s Goat Tavern in Chicago, and Murphy’s Rock Goats were about to enter Wrigley Field before World Series IV. Sianis was furious and, according to legend, greeted the Chicago Cubs by shouting, “The Cubs don’t want to win anymore!” The Cubs went on to lose the 1945 […]

Jeff Pearlman’s The Bad Guys Won Details the ’86 Mets

Current day New York is a Yankee town, no doubt about it. As a loyal and long-standing Met fan, it kills me to say it but it’s undeniable. The Mets have just now begun to receive any national attention (positive, that is) while those Bronx Bombers gather back page after back page and hours upon […]