So...my first card was Fred Merkle....

sabakon · 03-19-2019, 09:52 AM

...not off to a great start

Splitter24 · 03-19-2019, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by sabakon

...not off to a great start

I got Fred Merkle on two of my teams. Apparently, you can never have enough Boners.

sabakon · 03-19-2019, 10:55 AM

Oh well, at least it makes for a good story.

swampdragon · 03-19-2019, 11:05 AM

I love the idea of a Notorious Goat category.. Fred Merkle, Mickey Owen, Bill Buckner, and Ralph Branca might would even have half decent cards if you pick the right season. Calling them Unsung Heroes kind of ruins it, though.

justpatrick · 03-19-2019, 11:20 AM

There´s actually an interesting story to go with Merkle´s baserunning gaff. I think I read it in Fred Lieb´s Baseball as I Have Known It, which is a great book by the way.

From what I recall just a week or so before Johnny Evers (or was it Tinker?) tried the same play against a different team, but the umpire said no, the game was over. Later, after thinking it over, the ump decided the Cubs were right and vowed, if it ever happened again, to call the play correctly. So Lieb asserts it wasn´t Merkle who pulled the boner (he was just following the lax custom of the time), but rather McGraw who should have been following the goings on of the rival Cubs and notified his players to play it by the book.

<Pion> · 03-19-2019, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by sabakon

...not off to a great start

Don't feel so bad getting a Marvelous Marv Throneberry on my team

Splitter24 · 03-19-2019, 11:45 AM

To go along with my Merkles, I got Bob "Sugar" Cain twice. Outside of being the guy who had the misfortune of pitching to Eddie Gaedel, not much stands out. Of course, he is a low Iron.

mcdog512 · 03-19-2019, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by justpatrick

There´s actually an interesting story to go with Merkle´s baserunning gaff. I think I read it in Fred Lieb´s Baseball as I Have Known It, which is a great book by the way.

From what I recall just a week or so before Johnny Evers (or was it Tinker?) tried the same play against a different team, but the umpire said no, the game was over. Later, after thinking it over, the ump decided the Cubs were right and vowed, if it ever happened again, to call the play correctly. So Lieb asserts it wasn´t Merkle who pulled the boner (he was just following the lax custom of the time), but rather McGraw who should have been following the goings on of the rival Cubs and notified his players to play it by the book.

In addition to that, I believe they still had ample chances to win the pennant but didn't. That was a TEAM failure.

justpatrick · 03-19-2019, 12:38 PM

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In addition to that, I believe they still had ample chances to win the pennant but didn't. That was a TEAM failure.

Exactly. Some of McGraw´s Giants teams were really snake bit if you think about it. Merkle, Snodgrass, and Meyers all making some of the most famous mistakes in baseball history, the last two in the World Series no less.

JayCantrell · 03-19-2019, 01:26 PM

I got Don Zimmer and Tommy LaSorda -- along with Jeffrey Leonard. I'm glad there is no team chemistry in PT. BTW, it is a total fail if "Penitentiary Face" isn't Leonard's official OOTP nickname.

sabakon · 03-19-2019, 03:50 PM

Now, all I have to do is figure out what I'm doing in this game. Do I just collect cards, set up a lineup/rotation, and hope for the best when the sims run? That's fine, btw, I just wondered.

03-19-2019, 09:52 AM	#1
sabakon Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Genoa City, WI Posts: 267 Blog Entries: 1	So...my first card was Fred Merkle.... ...not off to a great start

03-19-2019, 11:05 AM	#4
swampdragon Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Lonely Mountain Posts: 2,509	I love the idea of a Notorious Goat category.. Fred Merkle, Mickey Owen, Bill Buckner, and Ralph Branca might would even have half decent cards if you pick the right season. Calling them Unsung Heroes kind of ruins it, though. __________________ “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies." -- C.S. Lewis

03-19-2019, 11:45 AM	#7
Splitter24 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Willsboro, NY Posts: 2,897	To go along with my Merkles, I got Bob "Sugar" Cain twice. Outside of being the guy who had the misfortune of pitching to Eddie Gaedel, not much stands out. Of course, he is a low Iron. __________________ Currently Reading: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen "Well, the game is afoot. I’ll take anal bum cover for 7,000." - "Sean Connery" SNL Celebrity Jeopardy R.I.P. Tommy Holmes 1917-2008

03-19-2019, 10:55 AM	#3
sabakon Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Genoa City, WI Posts: 267 Blog Entries: 1	Oh well, at least it makes for a good story.

03-19-2019, 11:20 AM	#5
justpatrick Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 305	There´s actually an interesting story to go with Merkle´s baserunning gaff. I think I read it in Fred Lieb´s Baseball as I Have Known It, which is a great book by the way. From what I recall just a week or so before Johnny Evers (or was it Tinker?) tried the same play against a different team, but the umpire said no, the game was over. Later, after thinking it over, the ump decided the Cubs were right and vowed, if it ever happened again, to call the play correctly. So Lieb asserts it wasn´t Merkle who pulled the boner (he was just following the lax custom of the time), but rather McGraw who should have been following the goings on of the rival Cubs and notified his players to play it by the book.

03-19-2019, 01:26 PM	#10
JayCantrell Bat Boy Join Date: Feb 2018 Posts: 17	I got Don Zimmer and Tommy LaSorda -- along with Jeffrey Leonard. I'm glad there is no team chemistry in PT. BTW, it is a total fail if "Penitentiary Face" isn't Leonard's official OOTP nickname.

03-19-2019, 03:50 PM	#11
sabakon Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Genoa City, WI Posts: 267 Blog Entries: 1	Now, all I have to do is figure out what I'm doing in this game. Do I just collect cards, set up a lineup/rotation, and hope for the best when the sims run? That's fine, btw, I just wondered.