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Posted By: sean

I put the blame on mcgraw as well. He had as sharp a baseball mind as you can get. With that in mind he should have been very aware of the gill incident 3 weeks earlier. I think his guilt is proven by the fact that not only did he not flip out on merkle (which he did countless times on other teammates) but he gave him a raise next season. Johnny Evers in one of my favorite players ever and that was once of the most brilliant plays simply because evers knew the rules (better than the umpires even). If the Gill incident hadnt happened, I would call this a freak play. Since it did happen, however, I am putting the blame on the one person who should have known about the gill incident and plastered it in his teams brains. I still think Mcgarw was one of the sharpest managers ever (if not THE best) but he missed a big one here.