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Posted By: Tom Hufford

Did you know that Merkle's grave is unmarked? Did you know that as a part-time scout and high school umpire in Florida, Merkle discovered Jim "Mudcat" Grant? How did the official scorer score the play in 1908? How did the newspapers report it?

Today, the Deadball Era Committee of SABR issued a special 23-page Fred Merkle edition of the committee's newsleter, The Inside Pitch. It is simply terrific, and can be found at:

http://www.sabr.org/cmsFiles/Files/theinsidegame-volume8no4.pdf

or

http://www.sabr.org/sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,2672,40