Redesigned Boston.com dredges up misery of 1986 World Series
Baseball fans will require no explanation to appreciate this 404 error page delivered by the newly redesigned Boston.com.
For those who don’t know, the image captures what is perhaps the most famous error in baseball history, committed by Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Get it? Error? 404 error?
Says here even Buckner will laugh.
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