It remains the worst defeat in baseball history. The 1986 Boston Red Sox World Series defeat remains the worst in baseball history. There is virtually no chance that any team will ever suffer a more agonizing loss. Murray Chass, a New York Times baseball columnist, recognized the possibility the day before it happened. On October 25, 1986, Mr. Chass wrote "Now they have a 3-2 edge in the World Series, they need only one victory – if not tonight tomorrow night – and the skeptics wonder gleefully (while their fans tremble prayerfully) if the Red Sox have set themselves up for the ultimate collapse." Did they ever.
Keith Hernandez Went to the Clubhouse
Keith Hernandez flied out to center field for the second out of the tenth inning. The Red Sox were leading 5-3 and needed one more out to become World Champions. Hernandez walked into the dugout and didn’t stop. He picked up his hat and glove, went the clubhouse, sat down in manager Davey Johnson’s office, and turned on the television.
