I probably would but Texas and Kansas are hooping it up at 8:00 as well. In realted news: Nolan Ryan is expected to hold a press confrence tommorrow announcing his signing with the Astros.
I watched that game on the tube in LA with a devoted Dodger dogger. He was as crushed as the LA-LAs were!
I had tickets. Unfortunately, I had to give them away due to my brother-in-law's first of FOUR marriages.
Hard to believe that a Nationally Telvised game, back in the day when nothing was televised, turned into a no hitter. Thing of beauty.
Bobrek or BobFinn or Behad, Have you guys ever heard of a book called "The Greatest Game Ever Played"???
Yes, I read it last year. Wonderful account of that game. As I have said many times, I still get upset just thinking about it.
Written from a Mets fan standpoint, but still has lots of good information about individual Astros players, coaches, and management, including a detailed, inning-by-inning account of the epic Game 6, including what was going on in the respective dugouts. Most interesting is the Mets' mortal fear of Mike Scott, a theme repeated over and over. I highly recommend this book to anyone who's interested in personal anecdotes and reflections about the 1986 Astros-Mets NLCS from those who were involved. Written in 1987, the memories were still fresh in their minds.
Yup, thats the book. I really didnt become a Stros fan till 87. I read that back in 88 or 89. Made me feel like I had been at that game. I remember one of the chapters was called "The dread Scott case". Like you said, thats where they talked about how Scott would be pitching game 7 and that the Mets would have mentally lost that game before it started.
86 was really the year i fell in love with pro sports, in general. the astros in the NLCS...the rockets in the Finals. the funny thing is how those games used to all be on during the day time. i remember watching NBA Finals games while sitting in English class in 6th grade! coming home from school, even as late as 1989, and watching pistons-bulls eastern conf. championship games.
I was a truly devoted Astros fan then (I still am, but now my kid's sports take up a lot of time). I saw every pitch of every inning of every game of that NLCS. Mike Scott would have dominated game 7.
Just adding my little book review. I also own the book (and wasn't asked), and it's one of my faves as well. Strongly recommend it, but it's hard to find these days as it's out of print.
the great thing about the book is that it reveals how much Scott had totally psyched out the Mets. One of the reasons they took Game 6 so seriously is that they had no confidence that they could beat Scott in Game 7. Davey Johnson managed Game 6 like there was no tomorrow.
Speaking of books, anyone who hasn't already read, should read Ball Four by Jim Bouton. It was essentially his diary of the 1969 season in which he eventually was traded to the Astros. It was the first "tell-all" sports book and discussed a lot of taboo subjects at the time.
That's a great book. Another one is "Nice Guys Finish Last" Written by Leo Durocher (it's out of print) He came out of retirement to manage the Astros in 1972. The main reason he took the job was to be able to manage the "next" Willie Mays, Cesar Cedeno. A player who could do it all. Durocher said Cesar's "me no play, me have tummy ache (or headache) was the complete opposite of Willie Mays, but Cedeno did have Mays' talent. Jerry Reuss -"who thought he was better than Sandy Koufax", and a few other players. The chapters are short but they reveal an awful lot about the modern day player. Leo Durocher's rookie year he was Babe Ruth's roomate on the Yankees.
