From USA Today interview 11/24/2003:
In the interview, Kerry cautioned his rivals not to count him out just yet.
"I was about 30 yards away from Billy Buckner when that ball wiggled away," he says, a reference to the infamous error by the Red Sox first basemen when the team was on the verge of winning the World Series in 1986. "I had cracked a bottle of champagne, was jumping up and down — prematurely. Nobody should celebrate prematurely. This race is really open." | "That ball was seared, seared into my memory!" |
Game 6 of the 1986 World Series was held in New York City, on the evening of October 25, 1986. | To Red Sox fans, this just happened yesterday and we remember where we were. Except, it seems, for Johnny. |
According to the Boston Globe, John Kerry was at a banquet in Boston on the evening of October 25, 1986. More than 250 people -- including Gov. Dukakis, US Sen. John Kerry and an array of state Cabinet members -- attended the banquet at the World Trade Center in South Boston honoring Gov. Toney Anaya and Alex Rodriguez." A UPI report places Senator Kerry at Game 7 of the 1986 series. | Maybe that's where he met the UN Security council? |
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