Merkel's Failure to Touch Second Base

According to the rules, Fred Merkel's failure to touch second base does indeed result in an out even after play seems to have concluded. The run shall not be counted and we shan't be able to claim victory this day. This is an incredible boner that has been made. Can you imagine this will be on the front page of the news tomorrow? It's the hugest boner I can even imagine. They will be talking about this boner in future forms of media yet imagined. So there's no question that the umpire made the correct call. And this is just the way it's... Yeah.