T206 Reference / Reflections.....Tuesday Nite Trivia

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by king11

Hooray! Who knew that obsessive reading about the 1908 pennant race could be so useful and rewarding?

Thanks so much, Ted, for your generosity and your fun question. I have learned so much from you here on Net54, and I deeply appreciate your generosity - both for the card and for all of the research you have shared. Thank you.

king11

Yes indeed, the 1908 National League contest was one of the great ones. It came down to 3 teams at the end of the season....Cubs, Pirates, and Giants. And, the Cubs prevailed....
as a consequence of the controversial call of Abbaticchio's drive down the Right-Field line, and the Fred Merkle controversial base-running mistake, respectively.
Check-out the SABR biography of Ed Abbaticchio, it is very interesting.....https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ed-abbaticchio/

Thank you, king11, for all your kind words.


TED Z
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