5/5 🧵 The emotional weight lands hardest around bigger baseball memories. Valentine talks about watching Mazzilli homer in the 1979 All-Star Game like a proud parent, while both men revisit the 1986 Mets with a mix of joy and honesty. Even in victory, Valentine admits Bill Buckner’s infamous error complicated the moment for him because of their personal history, and Mazzilli goes out of his way to defend Buckner as a great player treated unfairly. That’s the thread running through the whole piece: memory without bullshit, affection without pretending the game was ever simple. 📎 Source
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