This fall will mark the 100th anniversary of "Merkle's Boner, " a base-running goof by the New York Giants' Fred Merkle that helped blow the 1908 National League pennant to the Chicago Cubs.

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But if visionary Jeff Bezos can become so drunk with hubris over his rising share price that he engineers the balance sheet boner of the decade, then perhaps we all should pray for humility, as well as vision, as we race toward the new millennium.

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