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Old 05-09-2022, 12:58 PM
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So I'm looking at a T206 Fred Merkle earlier today and the seller has listed it as "Merkle's Boner".

Obviously my WTF curiosity spikes and I had to google it.

Posting here as it is quite the story and I might NOT be the only person on the boards that hasn't heard it.

https://lastwordonsports.com/basebal...f-fred-merkle/
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Nice looking CJ card, but the real boner is that a collector 100 years ago decided to tack it to a wall.

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So I'm looking at a T206 Fred Merkle earlier today and the seller has listed it as "Merkle's Boner".

Obviously my WTF curiosity spikes and I had to google it.

Posting here as it is quite the story and I might NOT be the only person on the boards that hasn't heard it.

https://lastwordonsports.com/basebal...f-fred-merkle/
I remember that story but reading it again is a classic.
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It's weird that that card features a random play at third base (many years later?), with mainly a bunch of Detroit(?) players involved.
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So I'm looking at a T206 Fred Merkle earlier today and the seller has listed it as "Merkle's Boner".

Obviously my WTF curiosity spikes and I had to google it.

Posting here as it is quite the story and I might NOT be the only person on the boards that hasn't heard it.

https://lastwordonsports.com/basebal...f-fred-merkle/
If I am not mistaken there is a Scoops card titled "Merkle Pulls Boner"
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I wonder, does current baseball have a lot of rules that aren't enforced?
I don't know if it is a rule, but the first and third base coaches generally do not stand in their coaching boxes.
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About 15 to 20 years ago one of Fred Merkle's daughters gave permission to the Lucas County Public Library (Toledo, Ohio) to display her collection of her father's baseball cards and artifacts. I remember it was full of tobacco and candy cards from the era, all devoted to Fred Merkle. I had just started collecting prewar cards at the time, so I went to the main branch to see it. it really inspired me to build a prewar collection. I wonder what ever happened to that collection. I hope that it still is the family's possession.

Here is one of my Fred Merkle cards.
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