Merkle's 'boner' . . . as a Cub
Merkle's 'boner' . . . as a Cub By JohnW53 on Dec 18, 2020, 6:28am CST + Nearly a century after he played his final game, many baseball fans still know the name of Fred Merkle. As a 19-year-old rookie, he was on first base with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth inning of a crucial game late in the 1908 season between the host Giants and the Cubs, who were neck-and-neck for first place in the National League. When the next batter smacked a clean single, a runner from third dashed home, scoring the tie-breaking run, as thousands of fans swarmed the field. Merkle, wary of the fans, d...
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