On October 16, 1912 –At Fenway Park, game 8 was played as a make up for a game 2 tie. Christy Mathewson faces off vs Hugh Bedient. Bedient pitched 7 solid innings of 1 run ball. Mathewson was his equal through 7.
Bedient was replaced by Smokey Joe Wood, who got pounded for 7 runs in the first inning the day before. They traded goose eggs for 2 innings and Fred Merkle who made a famous blunder singled in Red Murray to give the Giants the lead 2-1. (Check out the Merkle Boner)
With Christy Mathewson pitching trying to give the Giants the Series, Fred Snodgrass committed a two-base error of pinch-hitter Clyde Engle’s routine pop fly to lead off the inning in center field, the play, which becomes infamously known as “Snodgrass’ Muff,” the 20 year-old outfielder.
after a Harry Hooper fly out which Snodgrass made a great play, Steve Yerkes walks and the AL MVP Tris Speaker give second life after a pop up falls between Merkle and Mathewson, Speaker then shouted, “Well, you just called for the wrong man and it’s gonna cost you the ball game!”, Speaker promptly singled to right field scoring Engle and both moved up on an error. After an intentional walk to Duffy Lewis, Larry Gardner will win the game on a sacrifice fly. The Red Sox win the game and the World Series with the final score of 3-2.
The Muff historically becomes known as the goat of the World Series. In the aftermath of this event, the Giants manager John McGraw felt so sorry for Snodgrass that he raised his salary $1000. Much like Fred Merkle in 1908 this error of his stayed with Snodgrass until his death in 1974. So much so that when he died his obituary in the New York Times was headlined “Fred Snodgrass, 86, Dead; Ball Player Muffed 1912 Fly.”
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