>> buckner makes the catch.m," one of the most famous scapegoats in history, former red sox first baseman bill buckner redeems himself by catching a baby from a burning building. red sox fans dating the curse of this season, this september, back to that clip. >> we have a new buckner curse. >> there it is. >> should have just let it lie. you know what happened it was all larry gavin, not a red sox fan. >> exactly. sabotage. >> buckner known for letting a ground ball cao through his legs in game six of the '86 world series perhaps costing boston a championship. "catching hell" explores the phenomenon of scapegoating in sports. >> if anyone understands what it means to be a scapegoat, it's bill buckner. for years he became the poster boy for the annual disappointment that haunted new england. but it was more than a metaphor that gnawed at buckner. it was the play itself. for over 20 years he still couldn't understand how he had missed the ball. >> with us now, the director of "catching hell," lifelong red sox fan,

from bill buckner's error in 1986 to buckie dent's homer that dashed boston's home in 1978. as he points out, last night's loss was only the beginning of the misery. >> there was a three minute separation between this horrible loss in baltimore and the great victory for the rays in tampa. three minutes later. >> reporter: the rays comeback so soon after even more incredible. they were down seven runs in the eighth inning. teams do not come back from those deficits. the rays did. >> a line shot down the left field shrine.

accordance with public policy, and individuals wishing to address the board on agenda items can call buckner board office -- called the board office prior to the meeting being called. you need to call them out prior to the item being called. item g is the consent calendar. i need a motion and a second. any options objected now? >> we would like to remove k21, and we would like to make a correction on page 105. for foster homes, it should cebe hsa. the listed code should be 61,814, and 05-76-- there should be a credit of $60,000, and that is it. >> any items removed brennan reserve removed? any items severed for discussion? >> item k19 i have a couple of questions on. >> roll call will take place if there are no other comment spirit go no other comments. >> i would like to move forward item i, which is the resolution for approval. and we have the reconsideration of resolution 108, already approved on august 23. can i get a curriculum report? you are reporting for the commitment bowman -- for the commitment? >> it was forward with a positive recommendation, and i believe we did recommend an am

remarkably boston, the same city that 25 years ago watched its world series hopes dribble through bill buckner'segs, lost 20 games this month. >> this is a cold, hard slap in the face. no team has ever had a collapse this bad. >> reporter: even for the casual fan, last night was a water cooler moment. if you were up for it, you're still talking about it. if you were asleep, you can't believe what you missed. boston is not alone. the atlanta braves choked, too, completing their own epic collapse last night. >> and the phillies have taken the lead. >> disappointed. but we love the braves. we'll be pulling for them. >> being a red sox fan, you almost expect it sometimes. >> reporter: it's not even october yet, but for millions of baseball fans it feels like a long winter. peter alexander, nbc news, new york. >> don't ever want to hear baseball isn't exciting. that's our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- w

from bill buckner's error in 1986 to buckie dent's homer that dashed boston's home in 1978. out, last night's loss was only the beginning of the misery. >> there was a three minute separation between this horrible loss in baltimore and the great victory for the rays in tampa. three minutes later. >> reporter: the rays comeback so soon after even more incredible. they were down seven runs in the eighth inning. teams do not come back from those deficits. the rays did. >> a line shot down the left field shrine. gone! >> reporter: in the national league, the braves' loss also included a ninth-inning breakdown and extra-innings drama and resulted in a late-night celebration for the st. louis cardinals. four games, two epic meltdowns, one evening that's already gone down in baseball lore and, depending on which team you cheer for, either elation or agony. jeff glor, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. >>> and on our table tonight is the black community brain washed? candidate herman c

when bull buckner made the historic remark the game was already tied. then they had the epic comeback against the yankees in 2004 to finally break the streak and then this year. >> brown: for every loser and a lot of focus today on the losers,. >> right. >> brown: there are winners and there was some excitement in what st. louis and tampa did, deserves some real recognition. >> absolutely. they both played very good baseball. they didn't give up when it would have been very easy to give up, given how far behind they were. they kept grinding which is what you have to do in baseball. it's such a marathon, 162 games in the regular season. you start in april when it's cold. you play through the heat of summer, and then you come back around to october when it's cold again. there's no sport like it that way. they kept grinding. the tampa bay rays, in particular, looked so far out of it. they've lost key players, including carl crawford, who went to boston and made the botched last play that ended the game for the red sox last night. they lost all these key pl

it's like the ball going through buckner's legs collapse. okay. that made me feel even worse. not to mention the sox have the third-highest payroll in baseball, $161 million. which is why so many fans in boston looked like this overnight. which is why i looked like this overnight. of course, we're not alone. the atlanta braves blew a giant lead this month and choked, too, which is why our resident braves fan, dr. richard besser, looked like this overnight. >> sometimes, it's hard to be a fan. >> reporter: so, how are we supposed to overcome our woes? ask julie andrews. ♪ simply remember my favorite things ♪ ♪ and then i don't feel so bad >> reporter: so, rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens. that's what i have this morning. that's it. >> that's your favorite things. >> whiskers on kitten. >> that was brilliant. >> once again, look at that. >> look at it this way, my dodgers were out of it back in april. you had the whole season. >> you know how much better that makes me feel? >> zero percent. >> yes. >>> coming up, an exclusive look inside the house of the husband of mi

in the eighth. 7-0. [ overlapping speakers ] >> you think this is worse for red sox fans than bill bucknerbsolutely awful. for me '86 is the worst and will remain the worst. >> one more great thing about baseball. >> and then let's go on. we've got new polls out. >> in baseball, you don't get to pick who's up at the plate in the big moment. in basketball you give the ball to michael jordan. >> in baseball you do get to pick who's pitching in the big moment. and girardi did not pitch rivera. i have to go with something, i'm sorry. >> in this epic baseball moment that one coach just tanked. no. >> i didn't get the patriots score against buffalo this past sunday. >> why? >> why's he doing this to boston? >> so finally, i wanto follow-up on the last thing about baseball. you and i have played a lot of sports. there are some like golf especially, it's 95% mental. when you know you can put it close to the cup, you put it close to the cup. when you know you can't, good night. basketball the same thing. when you're hot shooting, you're hot shooting and you can't miss anything. football not so much