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FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:26 pm
by etaoin22
B - Have you heard this topic mentioned in the past two weeks? One ought to have, but I haven't.
G - What 1908 event was affected by this happenstance
1 - Taft election campaign
2 - First car driven across America
3 - Giants vs Cubs baseball
4 - Olympics Marathon.
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:30 pm
by T_Bone0806
etaoin22 wrote:B - Have you heard this topic mentioned in the past two weeks? One ought to have, but I haven't.
G - What 1908 event was affected by this happenstance
1 - Taft election campaign
2 - First car driven across America
3 - Giants vs Cubs baseball
4 - Olympics Marathon.
B: Yes. It was mentioned in a Daily News article I read.
G: 3--Giants/Cubs.
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:32 pm
by silvercamaro
B - Are you asking for "No, I haven't"? Otherwise, it's a reference to the Cubs' hopes crashing yet again.
G - Giants vs. Cubs baseball
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:33 pm
by SportsFan68
etaoin22 wrote:B - Have you heard this topic mentioned in the past two weeks? One ought to have, but I haven't.
No, but I'm guessing it had to do with:
G - What 1908 event was affected by this happenstance
3 - Giants vs Cubs baseball
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:34 pm
by christie1111
No Freaking Clue
Baseball? Given the time of year.
World Series?
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:34 pm
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
I posted this already but my post got lost.
In Greyhounds they call Boner's "Lipsticking" so I am going to go out on a limb and say that Fred Merkle is a Greyhound.
He got his boner by driving across country in 1908.
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:35 pm
by TheConfessor
etaoin22 wrote:B - Have you heard this topic mentioned in the past two weeks? One ought to have, but I haven't.
No I haven't. It's a Cubs curse thing.
G - What 1908 event was affected by this happenstance
1 - Taft election campaign
2 - First car driven across America
3 - Giants vs Cubs baseball
4 - Olympics Marathon.
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:39 pm
by etaoin22
Here is the story about Fred Merkle:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ba ... 5395.story
It sounds really peculiar nowadays. I am sure with the fans mobbing the field and a play which is "obviously" game-winning, the umps would rule differently,now.
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:43 pm
by TheConfessor
Oh yes, I did see a story about this recently. Keith Olbermann reran a story he did about this 25 years ago, on the 75th anniversary.
Re: FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 9:48 pm
by etaoin22
I do remember Chris Chambliss fighting his way to home plate for his winning home rum back in the day (?1977 was it), and more people remembered Merkle then.