When looking at the gulf between a ballplayer’s accomplishments and how rudely history treats him, there’s probably none wider than Bill Buckner’s. But Fred Merkle came close. Considering the derisive ...

McCormick trots home, the merry villagers flock on the field to worship the hollow where Mathewson feet have pressed, and all of a sudden there is doings at second base. —New York Times, Sept. 24, ...

Fred Merkle was a mere 19 years old on Sept. 23, 1908, when he stepped up to the plate for the New York Giants. It was his first major league game as a starter. The Giants were in a tight pennant race ...

Everyone knows the Cubs last won the World Series in 1908. What people often forget is the bizarre episode that helped Chicago win the pennant that season and ultimately prevented their World Series ...

As has been pointed out a couple of places already, this year’s World Series will involve the two franchises that could have met in the 1908 series if not for Merkle’s Boner, one of the most infamous ...

At least Craig’s gaffe Thursday at PNC Park won’t cost the Pittsburgh Pirates a pennant. Merkle’s play happened in 1908 with two of the teams that were part of Thursday’s game, the Pirates and Chicago ...

Nice piece (Sunday) on “Billy Buck” and Fred Merkle. Neither deserved the condemnations they received. It was interesting to learn that Merkle lived and died in Daytona Beach. Thanks for the history ...