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The 1986 World Series pitted the National League champions New York Mets against the American League champions Boston Red Sox. The Mets won the Series in the seventh game, after overcoming a nearly hopeless deficit in Game 6 — a game in which the Red Sox were twice one strike away from victory and that ended on a famous error by Boston’s first baseman Bill Buckner after their lead had already been blown. Game 6 has been cited in the legend of the “Curse of the Bambino” to explain the major comeback
