One of a two-book series on the rivals that met in the 1986 World Series, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets, including biographies of every player, coach, broadcaster, and other important figures in the top organizations in baseball that year. This book on the 1986 season re-tells the story of that year’s classic World Series. After four games, each team had won two away games and neither had won at home. Then the Red Sox won Game Five at Fenway, and were one game away from winning their first World Championship in 86 years. It came to the point they were one pitch away from baseball Nirvana. And then…. Just about everyone knows what happened, but there are takes on it here you might not have read elsewhere. Mostly, this is the story of each of the players, coaches, managers, and broadcasters, their lives in baseball and the way the 1986 season fit into their lives. As with many of the books published by the Society of American Baseball Research, this was a true collaborative effort. There are 74 different SABR members who contributed to making these two books on the Mets and Red Sox a reality. It took us two books to tell the story as well as we wanted. Be sure to pick up the companion 1986 New York Mets book for the rest of the story! Table of Contents: Tony Armas by Augusto Cardenas Marty Barrett by Mark Kanter Don Baylor by Malcolm Allen & Alfonso L Tusa C Wade Boggs by Steve West Oil Can Boyd by Bill Nowlin Mike Brown by Nick Waddell Bill Buckner by Dave Williams Roger Clemens by Rick Bush Steve Crawford by John DiFonzo Pat Dodson by Bob LeMoine Dwight Evans by Bill Nowlin Wes Gardner by Joanne Hulbert Rich Gedman by Tyler Ash Mike Greenwell by Joe Wancho Dave Henderson by Paul Hensler Glenn Hoffman by Clayton Trutor Bruce Hurst by Gregory H Wolf Tim Lollar by Gregory H Wolf Steve Lyons by Donna L Halper Al Nipper by Gregory H Wolf Spike Owen by Norm King Rey Quinones by John Gregory Jim Rice by Alex Edelman Ed Romero by Bill Nowlin Kevin Romine by Thomas Ayers Joe Sambito by Gene Gumbs Dave Sax by Rich Bogovich Calvin Schiraldi by David Forrester Tom Seaver by Maxwell Kates Jeff Sellers by Niall Adler Bob Stanley by Will Anderson Dave Stapleton by Tyler Ash Mike Stenhouse by Mark Sternman Sammy Stewart by Bill Nowlin Marc Sullivan by Armand Peterson LaSchelle Tarver by Mike Richard Mike Trujillo by Mike Richard Rob Woodward by Bob LeMoine Owner, Jean Yawkey by Joan M Thomas General Manager, Lou Gorman by Daniel R Levitt Manager, John McNamara by Mark Armour Coaches Bill Fischer by Bob LeMoine Walt Hriniak by David E Skelton Rene Lachemann by Norm King Joe Morgan by Rory Costello Broadcasters Joe Castiglione by Curt Smith Ken Coleman by Curt Smith Ned Martin by Bob LeMoine Bob Montgomery by Bill Nowlin Six 1986 Red Sox Games April 29, 1986 by Cecilia Tan and Bill Nowlin May 19, 1986 by Michael Huber May 20, 1986 by Doug Skipper August 21, 1986 by Bill Nowlin September 4, 1986 - Mets/Red Sox exhibition game by Saul Wisnia September 28, 1986 by Tom Flynn The 1986 American League Championship Series by Allan Wood Why was Bill Buckner still on the field at the end of Game Six? by Bill Nowlin The Revenge of 1912 by David Kaiser A Parade for the Fallen by Bob Brady The 1986 World Series by Matthew Silverman Mike Sergio by Bill Nowlin By The Numbers by Dan Fields How the Red Sox Were Built by Rod Nelson