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Buckner to manage Brockton Rox

Published Jan. 4, 2011 12:00 a.m. ET

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Former Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner has agreed to become manager of the independent league Brockton Rox.

Buckner played for five teams in 22 major league seasons and had 2,715 hits. But he's best remembered for allowing the Mets' Mookie Wilson's groundball to go through his legs with two outs in the 10th inning of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, giving New York a series-tying victory.

The Red Sox went on to lose the series, missing out on their first championship since 1918. They would not snap the ''curse'' until 2004.

Buckner said in a statement that he's excited to return to Massachusetts.

Rox CEO Chris Carminucci praised Buckner's vast baseball knowledge, and called it a ''great day'' for the Rox.

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