100 Years Ago Today: The Merkle Incident

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Posted By: Pcelli60

I always preferred "boner"...This is a significant date in the history of the game. And its interesting how it all ties in to the fortunes of this years Cub team and the quest for that elusive title..
Fred was not a bonehead, in fact he was regarded as a smart ballplayer. With that mad rush of people at the end of the game, he properly high-tailed it out of there for the clubhouse.
Now John Evers was pretty smart too. A couple of weeks before this game in Pittsburgh he attempted a similar play with no success.
I always thought if McGraw was not such a chronic pain-in-the-ass to the NL umpires and to the league office that Hank O'Day would never declared the game a tie.
Of course losing a double header to the Reds and having Stan Covaleski beat them 3 times in the last week didn't help the Giants..They blew it!!
Happy Merkles Day to all!!!