Bill Buckner, a baseball stalwart who compiled 2,715 hits for five different teams over a 22-year career, died Monday. In May 1984, the Cubs dealt Bucker to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for star closer Dennis Eckersley and utility infielder Mike Brumley. Two and a half years later, Buckner would be front and center for one of the most infamous moments in baseball history. "Bill was a great, great baseball player whose legacy should not be defined by one play." Time, a change in the Red Sox ownership and the club's success in the new millennium helped heal the wounds of 1986.

Source: Fox News May 27, 2019 19:18 UTC