1986 World Series, Game 7: Red Sox Mets

Boston Red Sox 5 at New York Mets 8, F Both teams were facing their final game in one of the most dramatic postseasons ever: the Mets finally triumphant in an epic NLCS vs. the Houston Astros; the Red Sox fighting the Curse of the Bambino and the California Angels in the and of course both clubs coming directly off the heels of the infamous Bill Buckner Game 6. And so the 1986 season for all the marbles came down to this final game at a packed and raucous Shea Stadium. A rainout of the originallyscheduled Game 7 the day before allowed the pressure to build for another 24 hours.