Fred Merkle
To: Charles Henrickson
The Glory of Their Times.
2 posted on
09/23/2008 11:04:24 AM PDT by
JLS
(Do you really want change being two guys from the majority of Congress with a 9% approval rating?)
To: GRRRRR; ReleaseTheHounds; Velveeta; Erasmus; jch10; rexgrossmansonlyfan; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; ...
As Cait Murphy noted in her marvelous book "Crazy '08" (Smithsonian. $24.95). . . . I've been reading this book--I'm about two-thirds through it--and I agree, it's very interesting. I recommend it. There's even a website about it: Crazy '08.
CHICAGO CUBS
PING LIST
GO CUBS GO!
To: Charles Henrickson
Almost 50 years after the birth of baseball in Hoboken NJ we have one of the most historic games ever played. The True American Game is the basis for which many a young man and women study and learn the mathematical nuances of this spectacular sport!
Yeah, a long time Yankee fan!
5 posted on
09/23/2008 11:18:25 AM PDT by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
To: Charles Henrickson
Almost 50 years after the birth of baseball in Hoboken NJ we have one of the most historic games ever played. The True American Game is the basis for which many a young man and women study and learn the mathematical nuances of this spectacular sport!
Yeah, a long time Yankee fan!
6 posted on
09/23/2008 11:18:40 AM PDT by
Young Werther
(Julius Caesar (Quae Cum Ita Sunt. Since these things are so.))
To: Charles Henrickson
Great story. I am hoping that the Zero pulls a “merkle” this election.
9 posted on
09/23/2008 12:08:56 PM PDT by
arrogantsob
(Hero vs Zero)
To: ken5050; BluesDuke
To: Charles Henrickson
I love the old baseball stories... I remember this one but forgot (until this reminder) that it was the Cubs team of ‘08 that pulled it out based on the Bonehead’s play. Great stuff.
For others on this thread who have a passion for baseball reading (especially for getting your kids or grandkids interested in the game and “years gone bye”), I’d recommend the John R. Tunis books written in the 1930’s to 1950’s, particularly “The Kid From Tompkinsville”. Great stuff (I was sorry to see that late among his writings he wrote some books revealing him to be a Dem/socialist but try to ignore that when reading his early work).
11 posted on
09/23/2008 3:01:38 PM PDT by
ReleaseTheHounds
("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
To: Charles Henrickson
The Cialis commercials always say to call your doctor if your erection lasts for over four hours. Well, Fred Merkle’s boner has now lasted 100 years. Here’s a Yankee fan who is now saying “go Cubs”. 100 years is long enough.
12 posted on
09/23/2008 3:17:07 PM PDT by
fhayek
To: Charles Henrickson
13 posted on
10/04/2008 7:12:05 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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