FNGD Q4 FRIDAY OCTOBER 10, 2008 FRED MERKLE'S BONER

[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.

[T_Bone0806]

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.

[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

[SportsFan68]

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

[christie1111]

No Freaking Clue

Baseball? Given the time of year.

World Series?

[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.

[TheConfessor]

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.

[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.

[TheConfessor]

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.

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.

[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.