Merkle's failure to advance to second base on what should have been a game-winning hit led instead to a forceout at second and a tied game. The Cubs later won the makeup game, which proved decisive as they beat the Giants by one game to win the National League (NL) pennant for 1908.
I know what it is I just wanted to see in as few words as possible it can be described in.
an interesting baseball related rabbit hole to explore on wikipedia
Obviously "a year my team won the WS" is an easy answer here (for those of us that have seen one ;-;) but trying to be objective - I'll list one from my lifetime and one from history.
2001 - Just a culmination of so many things. The 116 win Mariners, Bonds with 73, all the emotions that swirled around 9/11, the Piazza HR, W's ceremonial first pitch. Final season for two beloved one team career guys in Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn. The phenomenon of Ichiro. And of course, one of the best WS ever.
Other seasons with a very good argument - 2004 (pretty much based solely on the playoffs but also Bonds breaking baseball), 2011 (Game 162 drama and one of the most heartbreaking WS games ever)
Historically, 1908. Epic pennant races in both leagues. Merkle's Boner. Addie Joss throws a perfect game to outduel Ed Walsh and the White Sox during a fantastic three team pennant race with the Tigers. And a year that would weigh heavily as time went on, with the Cubs winning their last WS for 108 years.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
They’re on standbi
Pilot on me!!
