Merkle's "Bonehead" Play

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Posted By: Giants Fan

Ninety-eight years ago today. Show us your Merkle.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/deaths/fred_merkle_obituary.shtml (good account)



(First row, sixth from left)


Good pitching will always beat good hitting and vice versa.

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Posted By: Frank Evanov

Frank

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Posted By: warshawlaw

That had to hurt...

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Posted By: John S

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Posted By: Griffin's

bottom row, far right

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Posted By: Rhys

How about the only known single signed baseball of the umpire who was working the bases that day, Bob Emslie.

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Posted By: Bruce Babcock

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Posted By: Scott Gross

It's kinda' funny, I only own one t3 and only one e95 (I guess it's the profile):




"When I see what happened to Fred, I wish I had never gotten that hit." -- Al Bridwell

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Posted By: joe brennan

David, Love that T206 potrait. Is that the famous police line up portrait?

People said it was a million dollar wound. But the government must keep that money, cause I ain't never seen a penny of it.

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Posted By: Brian H (misunderestimated)

Worth noting that 1908 was also the last time the Cubs won the Series -- perhaps the Merkle incident is actually the curse that has hung over the Cubbies for 98 years (and counting).

Also, I think some of the "credit" for the Merkle incident must go to the heady play of Johnny Evers who convinced home plate ump Hank O'Day (another guy who "slept with the rule book") to call poor Merkle out at second after the Giants had seemingly won the contest.