Red Sox Welcome Back Bill Buckner...and the Frauds Applaud

It's hard to recall any one player in recent baseball lore that has been as vilified as Buckner for one single play in one single game.

That, and the manner in which the bile grew with each passing day and poisoned more than one generation of fans who would have better spent their time enjoying the game and their team than spending precious hours being bitter about having their title stolen from them.

Pathetic.

Rest assured that, despite the welcome back, the good tidings, the smiles, and the applause, many a ticket holder left that game still laughing and deriding Buckner for how he single-handedly ruined a game, a Series, a season, a City, a region, and the dreams and aspirations of many who since have lived tortured lives mired in a living Hell from which there is no escape.

One can only hope that, as he was leaving Fenway Park, Buckner secretly thumbed more than his nose at those who sentenced him to such ignominy for so many years. He deserved so much more than this one moment returning to the sunshine.

And those who still will curse Buckner and remind their children of the man who purloined their dreams in a wanton act of thievery? They deserve exactly what they get for the rest of their miserable lives. Living in the mental squalor they created and will pass on to the next generation of lemmings.

Though some will thankfully see this lie for what it is. A sad excuse that turns base hits into hate and poisons everything and everyone around it.

Congratulations to Red Sox ownership for righting a massive wrong. 

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