Editor's note: This column appears in the Oct. 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine. When Bill Buckner and Mookie Wilson started signing baseball items together, I nearly threw up in my mouth.

Baseball player Bill Buckner, known for his career as a first ... The game was tied in the bottom of the 10th inning, bringing the Mets’ Mookie Wilson up to bat with a runner on second base ...

Mookie Wilson, who played most of his Major ... Baseball greats Dwight Gooden, Jose Canseco, Tommy John, Bill Buckner and Bucky Dent have all been special guests since the first hot stove dinner ...