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[New York Giants Opening Day line-up at the Polo Grounds [New York]. Left to right: Fred Snodgrass, Tillie Shafer, George Burns, Larry Doyle, Red Murray, Fred Merkle, Buck Herzog, Chief Meyers (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Fred Merkle was famous for his "boner." Merkle's Boner was when he neglected to touch second base in the last game of 1908, and thus the Giants lost to the Cubs, had to play a playoff game and the Cubs won and then won the World Series....and THAT was the last time the Cubs won the World Series. Had it not been for Merkle's Boner, the Cubs would not have gone to the Series in 1908. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Merkle
  • Tacit Cake said:
    fabulous picture.
  • Mark in NOVA said:
    This is from April 10, 1913 according to the picture.
  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Merkle was playing in 1913. He played quite a few years in the majors. I was just talking about his boner in 1908.
  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Chief Meyers was a very good catcher, one of the best of his time. He lived a long life, I think he was nearly 90 when he died.

[New York Giants. Top row (left to right): (partially obscured) Art Fletcher, George Burns, Art Wilson, Red Ames, Art Devlin, Christy Mathewson, Hooks Wiltse, Grover Hartley. Bottom row: Beals Becker, John McGraw, Buck Herzog, Fred Merkle, Bert Maxwell, D

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[Fred Merkle, New York NL (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • Daimon Eklund said:
    Based on the box scores of the 1912 Series, I think this is a photo of Merkle stealing second in Game 4. www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1912/B10110NY11912.htm
  • RedSoxWon said:
    Fred Merkle is probably best known for an unfortunate blunder that he made as a rookie in the heat of the 1908 pennant race between the Cubs and the NY Giants. In a 1-1 game in the bottom of the ninth, with Giants runners on first (Merkle) and third, a Giant player lined a single that brought in the supposed winning run. Giants fans stormed the Polo Grounds field, and in the chaos that ensued a Cubs player stood on second base with the ball. After a hasty conference, the umpires ruled that Merkle never touched second base and was ruled out on a force play. The game ended in a tie, rather than a Giants win, and the Cubs went on to win the pennant and the 1908 World Series. The verb "to Merkle," meaning to leave something incomplete, entered the American lexicon.
  • yodiddydawg said:
    darn! im related to him
  • murphman61 said:
    Going by the uniforms in the photo, I'd have to say that the Giants were in the field and a Red Sox runner was safe at second.
  • Art Siegel said:
    LOC, You should probably ask the Sabr committee to take another look at this ID.

    I agree with Murphman61. In the other photos from that year's Series, the Giants have the socks with those stripes. Maybe it's Merkle *making* the tag.
    [New York Giants walk onto the field at the Polo Grounds [New York] prior to Game One of the 1912 World Series, October 8, 1912 (baseball)] (LOC)