1986 World Series

The 1986 World Series, the 83rd playing of the modern championship series in Major League Baseball, was a memorable battle between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox which helped to spread the legend of "The Curse of the Bambino" to mass public awareness.

Aftermath

Game 7 was delayed a day due to rain, but on Monday, October 27, the Mets came from behind again to win the game 8-5, and claim their second World Series title.

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Due to the destruction wreaked by Met fans storming the field when the team clinched the division championship at home, security was tight at Shea Stadium for Game 7 and the crowd was well-behaved (by New York standards) in their celebration of the city's first baseball world championship in eight years. It would take a decade for a New York team to bring the winner's trophy back.

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