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Well, no one gave a shout out for the passing of Bart Starr, but I will give one for the passing of Bill Buckner, a great Cub of my youth. He won a batting title with the lowest average in years, at .324. He hit .300 every other year from 1972 to 1980, finally, breaking the streak by regularly hitting .300. He had over 2700 hits. He hustled through bad knees and had a great mustache. And he made one error that did NOT cost the Red Sox the 1986 World Series. 

Thanks for the memories, Mr. Buckner. 

Rest in Peace. 

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Two great players in their day. One gets too much attention for a very human error. The manager should take the blame. The other does not get enough recognition for winning 5 NFL titles in the 60's. When defenses were allowed to play defense.

RIP Bart and Bill.

Yes, I second the condolences for both men. Buckner played a part in three of the most memorable baseball moments of my life: Climbing the fence in Atlanta trying to catch Henry Aaron's 715th homer, singling against the Angels in the '86 playoffs to start the rally capped by Dave Henderson's homer, and, of course, Game 6 of the '86 World series. RIP Bill and Bart.

Buckner never struck out three times in one game. Ever. 

Lots of meaningless stats get thrown around these days, that don't really grab my attention.  But this is so impressive. I did not know that.  Unbelievable!

One more note on Bart Starr. From his obituary in today’s Los Angeles Times: “It was obvious they thought I was not going to stay,” Starr told the Times in 1987. “In our first photo session, they gave me No. 42 [Quarterback numbers typically are single digits through the teens.] On my first bubble-gum card, I was No. 42.”

See below:

https://www.tradingcarddb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/3200/cid/806157/1957-Topps-119-Bart-Starr