There are people whose talent is wasted. The people who do things that make you shake your head in amazement. The people to whom you wish you could bow down and genuflect at their feet.
This magnificent bastard recreated the bottom of the 10th inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series in RBI Baseball, using Vin Scully's call as the backing track. A click on the link will take you to the video.
I decided to re-enact Game Six of the 1986 World Series in RBI Baseball, my favorite video game of all time. Game Six is one of the most surreal, unbelievable displays of sports in history, and hopefully now that the Sox have emerged victorious in the World Series, it can be seen more as an utterly stupifying comeback, and less of a devastating choke job.
So this took a long time, and I heard more of the RBI theme music in those hours than a man ever should. But I also learned a good deal about the game. Namely these two things:
-Vin Scully is a great announcer. During the 20 minute plus bottom of the tenth, the other "color man" in the booth chimes in for about 3 different comments, one of them just being "Golly!" The difference between a run of the mill broadcaster and a hall of famer is very apparent, but I cut most of the color guy out because of time constraints.
-Secondly, the blame that Bill Buckner has taken for this loss over the years is just shockingly high compared to the Red Sox pitching staff. They are the true people who choked the game away. Obviously Buckner made a terrible error, but they put the Red Sox in an unbelievable position, one that you can't imagine any of today's modern super-closers ever ending up in.
Without further ado, here is the video: The 1986 World Series Game 6 Re-Enacted in RBI Baseball.
This guy should be working in Hollywood. Or at ESPN. Good stuff.
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