1986 World Series
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Nov 8, 2026
speaker_15UNKNOWN
The Metal Eel, on the street, on the edge, Wednesday at 5.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Game 7 of the 1986 World Series is brought to you by Miller Lite.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For great taste, there's only one light beer.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
By Aetna, the insurance people.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was the best of times.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was the worst of times.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That was the beginning of the tale of two cities, and in a few hours, that will be the story of the 1986 World Series.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Saturday night, the Boston Red Sox tangled with ghosts of Christmas past, and the New York Mets swear that they saw the craggy visage of Casey Stengel rubbing his leathery face, winking his eye, and saying, Amazing.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Communications for the next hundred years.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We have not had a team come from behind in this 1986 World Series, and the Mets are fully cognizant of that.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And here are the fellas who are going to try and do it for the first time in 1986.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Len Dykstra in center, and Wally Backman at second base.
3 HRS 49 MINS LATER
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But more than that.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to game six of the 1986 World Series.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Mets are not only alive, they are well, and they will play the Red Sox in game seven tomorrow.
speaker_5UNKNOWN
With freedom of speech, tonight after baseball.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The fourth game of the 1986 World Series is brought to you by Lohenbrau.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Brewed in the great beer-drinking countries of the world, this world calls for Lohenbrau.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
By Ford and your Ford dealer.
3 HRS 31 MINS LATER
Marv AlbertSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right, Gary Conner and Ron Darling, let's get back upstairs to Vin and Joe.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right, Marv, a reminder, stay tuned following local news for the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, except on the West Coast and most Mountain Time zone stations where it will be seen at its regular time.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Game 5 of the 1986 World Series comes tomorrow night at Fenway.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Till then, for Joe Garagiola, this is Vin Scully wishing you a very pleasant good evening from Boston.
Charlton HestonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Like you went for me.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Welcome to the 1986 World Series.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Red Sox and Mets arrive here on the wings of remarkable playoff victories.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Their triumphs over the Angels and Astros were unforgettable baseball theater.
29 MINS LATER
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Away and he smothers it into right field.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So they pitched him away and he went with it and singled a right.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And Marty Barrett comes up with the first base hit of the 1986 World Series.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Boy, what a story he
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then three years later, a day of decision homer by Bucky Dent broke hearts all over New England.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This is Fenway Park, and this is Game 3 of the 1986 World Series.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hello again, everybody.
Bob CostasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Bob Costas.
speaker_17UNKNOWN
That'll sure stay with us.
speaker_17UNKNOWN
And, of course, the 1986 World Series, the Red Sox and the Mets, the residue of all that excitement, the euphoria in New York, the heartbreak in Boston, Wade Boggs crying, Mookie's ground ball going through Buckner's legs.
speaker_17UNKNOWN
I mean, that's all part of the tapestry of baseball.
speaker_17UNKNOWN
And then perhaps if it had to be the last World Series that I'll be associated with, the 1988 World Series, the Grand Slam by Canseco in the first inning, Kirk Gibson's dramatic home run, Oral Hershiser saying his prayers and listening to hymns in the dugout.
speaker_20ADVERTISER
The mating season, tonight after our house.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Tonight's Game 2 of the 1986 World Series is brought to you by your Toyota dealer and the all-new affordable Tercel.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Who could ask for anything more? By Merrill Lynch, your world should know no boundaries.
Vin ScullySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
By Miller Genuine Draft, cold-filtered for real draft smoothness.
Bill DonohueHOST
And coming up in the number three spot, we switch gears as we do time to time, and we welcome in the great drummer for Twisted Sister and the Good Rats, Joe Franco, will talk to us.
Bill DonohueHOST
Finally, last but not at all least, we'll welcome in a star of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series at Shea Stadium, the immortal parachutist himself, Michael Sergio, will chat us up.
Bill DonohueHOST
So it sounds to me like we're going to have A pretty good time tonight on Sports Talk New York.
Bill DonohueHOST
As always, before we begin, I invite you to follow me on my Facebook page.
1 HR 25 MINS LATER
Bill DonohueHOST
That's Joe Franco, ladies and gentlemen.
Bill DonohueHOST
Up next on Sports Talk New York, we head back to the world of sports with you guys.
Bill DonohueHOST
with the Game 6 parachutist from the 1986 World Series, Michael Sergio.
Bill DonohueHOST
So stick around, folks.
Mark MorthierHOST
Ray Knight, who batted .391, drilled in five runs and hit one home run, was voted the World Series MVP.
Mark MorthierHOST
Many years later, ESPN voted the 1986 World Series as the fourth greatest series of all time.
Mark MorthierHOST
The Mets would not win another National League pennant until 2000.
Mark MorthierHOST
In 2015, they won their fifth pennant, but they have not won the World Series trophy since that glorious 1986 season.
Michael KayHOST
Did you know that he recorded the final out of the 1969 Mets World Series victory? And then, later on in his career, he was traded for Jesse Orozco.
Michael KayHOST
And Jesse Orozco retired... or recorded the final out of the 1986 World Series.
Michael KayHOST
So Jerry Kuzma's fingerprints on both of the only two championships the Mets ever won in 1969 and in 1986.
Michael KayHOST
So rest in peace to Jerry Kuzma.
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