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Markfor instance, the easy ones, like Tinker to Evers to Chance...
a more difficult one...the famous Merkle bonehead play...NY Giants facing the Cubs...1908 season, Because of Merkle's play, the Giants were forced to play the Cubs in a makeup game to decide who would go to World Series, Cubs went on to win their last World Series...(maybe this game is the real curse and not the stupid billy goat!)
Fred Merkle (running from first to second and never getting there)
Moose McCormick (running from third to home)
Al Bridwell (winning hit)
Jake Pheister (pitcher on mound at end of game)
Rube Kroh (center fielder who picked up ball)
Iron Man Joe McGinnity (wrestled ball from Cubs and threw it into stands)
Johnny Evers (alert 2nd baseman who touched second and, eventually got Merkle out)
Christy Mathewson (celebrating with Merkle running into outfield..)
John McGraw (manager of Giants)
Another theme...famous Snodgrass dropped ball which caused the NY Giants to lose the 1912 World Series
Fred Snodgrass (dropped easy fly ball in outfield)
But 2nd, and more costly gaffe occurred when 3 people descended on Tris Speaker's popup and didn't catch it...
Cristy Mathewson (called off Merkle on the popup)
Chief Meyers (was slow to get to it
Fred Merkle (should have caught it, but stopped
Tris Speaker (who hit popup that either Mathewson, Meyers, or Merkle should have caught...)