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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.

[Tillie Shafer (left) & Rube Marquard (right), New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Marquard once one 19 consecutive games, but frankly I have never understood how he made the Hall of Fame. This is a nice photo. BTW, Tillie's last name was spelled SHAFER. So that should be corrected.
  • The Library of Congress said:
    Thanks! We'll fix Tillie Shafer's name in the source data and reload the description.

[Josh Devore (New York NL), Tillie Shafer (New York NL), Larry Doyle (New York NL), Dick Egan (Cincinnati NL), Grover Hartley (New York NL), Beals Becker (Cincinnati NL) at the Polo Grounds, May 7-9, 1913 (baseball)] (LOC)

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  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    Cinci at NY, on the 7th NY lost 2-6 and the 9th won 9-8