Yogi Berra: The Best Player Ever Not To Play In A World Series
By Since in all candor I don’t really care about the whole WaPo ombudsman thing, I thought I would pick on this baffling claim by the executive editor (who was once, amazingly, the sports editor):
HH: Yup. So I think you’d have to agree that the Cleveland Indians of ’97 and ’99 were perhaps the best team ever not to have won the World Series?
JB: Well, as a Long Island native, I’d have to go with the ’86 Mets, but that’s just me.
The best team never to win a World Series was… the ’86 Mets? Gee, I don’t know why everyone was so upset with Bill Buckner, seeing’s how the team came back and won in Game 7 and all.
On the actual point, I might actually go with the ’54 Indians…