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...Which team defeated the Tigers on the last day of the 1967 season to insure Boston of the pennant...
...When was the last pennant playoff...
...each league. Otherwise, how could they have selected the outstanding pitcher of 1968? In the American League, there was Denny McLain, 24, the Peck's Bad Boy (TIME cover, Sept. 13) who posted an astounding 31-6 record to lead the Detroit Tigers to their first pennant in 23 years. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals' Bob Gibson, 33, boasted equally stunning statistics: a 22-9 record that included a phenomenal 13 shutouts. The voting last week was unanimous. Mc-Lain for the American League; Gibson for the National. But who was the best? Said McLain...
Both St. Louis and Detroit turned pennant races into jokes by mid-season. Since the first of August, however, the Cardinals have hardly looked like Champions, losing four more games than they...
...Tigers will never forget how they choked away the pennant during the last few games of the 1967 season. They gained great determination by losing and that determination made them the most exciting team in baseball this year. In one-third of the games they won, the Tigers were trailing in the seventh inning or later...