However, many baseball experts have realized that had the right fielder been backing up Buckner on the play, Ray Knight could have been thrown out at the plate. Had the press realized it at the moment (as well as emphasizing the fact that the World Series could not have ended on that play regardless of the outcome), they wouldn't have blasted Buckner and the Red Sox's failure to win the World Series that year would not have been placed on Buckner's shoulder's.