Ray Knight, the man who scored the winning run in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, dropped an unbleeped F-bomb on a live SNY broadcast Saturday while celebrating the 40th anniversary of the New York Mets’ last championship.
Knight, 73, joined his former teammates at Citi Field in Queens as the current Mets hosted the Miami Marlins. Asked about his emotions seeing his old teammates, the Georgia native did not hold back.
Knight told SNY he loves his former teammates and that several of them exchanged kisses on the cheek during the reunion. He said people could think what they want about that, adding an expletive to make clear he did not care, before saying he likes going to war with those men.
SNY was caught off guard by the comment, which aired without a bleep.
The reaction online was largely celebratory. One Mets fan on X called Knight “still awesome,” while another described the moment as “peak masculinity.” One Yankees fan called Knight “a typical classless Met,” but that view appeared to be in the minority.
Knight arrived at the on-field ceremony in a wheelchair pushed by fellow former third baseman Howard “HoJo” Johnson, though he was able to stand under his own power and take his seat alongside his former teammates. The reason for the wheelchair was not made clear.
Knight is best remembered for scoring the winning run in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series after Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner’s error. He then homered in the seventh inning of Game 7 to help seal the Mets’ title and earned MVP honors. He later played for the Baltimore Orioles in 1987 and the Detroit Tigers in 1988 before retiring.
In 1996, Knight was hired as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, replacing Davey Johnson, who had previously managed the 1986 Mets. Johnson died in September at age 82.
