Thought the Mets-Red Sox's World Series R.B.I. Baseball recreation was cool? That's not the half of it. The clip was created by 24 year-old Conor Lastowka, who had just quit his gig as a database manager. He'd heard about a YouTube contest that offered $25,000 for the best pop culture satire. Lastowka immediately thought of the 1986 World Series.

The game has become infamous among sports fans for first baseman Bill Buckner's dubious error that cost the Red Sox's the final game. Lastowka decided to use the game to create the game pitch for pitch. According to Yahoo News, he eat alot of Wheat Thins (uh-huh) as he downloaded the game's original broadcast and got to work, using an emulator on his computer. By the 10th inning, the game had to be perfect. For example, it took him 200 tries to get the Mets' Keith Hernandez to fly out to center field.

"Recreating it like I did makes you appreciate how improbable it was," Lastowka said. "Even when you're trying to do stuff like that, it's amazing to see everything that had to happen."

Next, the Mets' Mookie Wilson hit a dribbler towards first base. The announcer yells, "Behind the bag... It gets through Buckner!" Lastowka's changes history a bit and has the ball bounce off the Red Sox's Bill Buckner, which causes the character to cry momentarily.

Four hours of play were spent to recreate that one inning, and another six hours were spent matching the footage with the announcer. Lastowka's clip clocked in at 8 minutes, 39 seconds and was way over the 3 minute time limit for the YouTube contest. (D'oh!)

So, Lastowka posted the clip online. And got absolutely no prize money.

There is a happy ending, his R.B.I. Baseball vid landed him a job at Legend Films, a colorization and restoration house for old films. "I love the spirit behind baseball," Lastowka said. "It's definitely the kind of thing I'd like to do again."

Okay, sure. Thing is, the back story is way more interesting than the actual vid. Wonder what the drama is with that 11-minute Mario dude... Somebody get VH1 on the line, because I'd like to pitch "Behind The Fanboy Video Game Clips."

Full Piece Here [Yahoo] Thanks, Eric!