06-24-2006, 09:17 PM
[quote spearmint]It's an 88 year old goat and passed on. I think it started in 1918 when Red Sox won Series.
It was 1908 when the Cubs won the NL pennant ultimately because of a controversial call in a late September game forced by Frank Chance (Cubs mgr and legendary 1st sacker of Tinker to Evers to Chance fame) on the Giants. The Cubs, Giants and Pirates were in a very tight pennant race. The Cubs won a one game playoff with the Giants. Stole the pennant and sentanced a poor rookie first baseman for the Giants named Fred Merkle to the gallows of the press and fans.
Merkle was blamed for making the mistake by the press and fans. But it was Chance's move that was chicken crap. The call on Merkle was on a rule that had not been enforced up to that point in baseball history. And in a situation where it should not have been called even if it had been being enforced.
Cubs won the WS that year as well. Last one they won.
It was 1908 when the Cubs won the NL pennant ultimately because of a controversial call in a late September game forced by Frank Chance (Cubs mgr and legendary 1st sacker of Tinker to Evers to Chance fame) on the Giants. The Cubs, Giants and Pirates were in a very tight pennant race. The Cubs won a one game playoff with the Giants. Stole the pennant and sentanced a poor rookie first baseman for the Giants named Fred Merkle to the gallows of the press and fans.
Merkle was blamed for making the mistake by the press and fans. But it was Chance's move that was chicken crap. The call on Merkle was on a rule that had not been enforced up to that point in baseball history. And in a situation where it should not have been called even if it had been being enforced.
Cubs won the WS that year as well. Last one they won.