McNamara should not have pulled Roger Clemens after seven innings. Clemens was the best pitcher in baseball that year, and had given up only one earned run. There is some debate regarding whether or not Clemens asked to be pulled for a pinch hitter in the 8th inning because of a blister on a finger of his left hand, or if McNamara decided on his own to send up a pinch hitter to try to add to the Red Sox 3 to 2 lead. If Clemens had stayed in, the Sox may or may not have prevailed, but it's almost certain the Series would have concluded in some different and far less memorable manner. McNamara should not have sent Calvin Schiraldi into Game 6.
People have short memories, especially the sports writers.
Every written account that I have read of the 1986 Series describes Schiraldi as some kind of bum that the Mets gave up on the year before because he didn't have the goods. Well, he had the goods in the 1986 regular season - a 1.41 ERA over 25 games and 51 innings. He certainly had a rough Series, but he wasn't alone. No one in the Red Sox bullpen was having a good Series but Bob Stanley. Despite Schiraldi's problems in the Series, he was still McNamara's best option out of the bullpen.