Word: pennant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Fame. Famed, in approximately equal measure, for his 1) batting (.310 lifetime average), 2) versatility (he played first, second, shortstop and third), and 3) hypochondria (his teammates called him "Old Aches and Pains"), Appling loyally toiled for the Chicago White Sox for 20 years without ever playing on a pennant-winning team. "This makes up for it," he said...
Nobody ever accused the New York Yankees of having a sense of humor-until last week. Or maybe it was a sense of destiny. They had won their 28th American League pennant by 10½ games, but New York fans merely yawned-the impossible Mets had drawn almost as many people. Then the Yankees got shut out 4-0 in the World Series, and everybody cheered. There was only one thing to do. Last week the staid old Yankees took a deep breath and signed Yogi Berra as their manager...
...mysterious circulatory ailment called Raynaud's Phenomenon almost caused doctors to amputate the forefinger on his pitching hand.* But this year Koufax won 25 games, lost only five, set a record with 306 strikeouts, and was the key man in the Dodgers' drive to the National League pennant. Yet all that seemed nothing compared to last week...
These historical facts explain the Dodger pennant and the high quality of baseball in the Series. Since the New Dodgers were playing the good ol' Yankees, though, the Yankee collapse is still mysterious...
...treaty, of course, but we were due for a period of cooperation with the Russians. The economy has remained pretty stable, corporate profits are good, gold is flowing from Fort Knox as usual, the normal number of governments have been overthrown, and the Yankees won the American League pennant...