The author is writing this commentary 26 years later , on 9 January 2013 .
Author has n't seen Pete since that day at Fremantle Oval near to the close of the 1986 season .
The author is writing this commentary 26 years later , on 9 January 2013 , and he has n't seen Pete since that day at Fremantle Oval near to the close of the 1986 season .