Word: pennants
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this week, a couple of National League ball clubs will probably play the big game, the one that will wrap up the pennant. For the Brooklyn Dodgers, that final accounting, however it adds up, could seem like just another statistic. The Dodgers have played their big game. They played it as they should have, at home on Sept. 19, against the molting St. Louis Cardinals. The hero, as he should have been, was a lantern-jawed, beetle-browed pitcher named Don Newcombe...
...about the National League pennant race...
...LOUIS, Sept. 28--Milwaukee's chance to take a commanding lead in the National League pennant battle was ruined tonight as the St. Louis Cardinals combined Ken Boyer's three-run double with some staunch relief pitching by Lindy McDaniel and Larry Jackson for a 5-4 triumph over the Braves...
BROOKLYN, Sept. 26--Robin Roberts threw a dark blanket over Brooklyn's pennant hopes today by pitching the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-3 victory that dumped the desperate Dodgers a full game behind the league leading Milwaukee Braves...
Last season it was the Yanks who had a rough stretch struggle. They went into the series a sad and limping collection of invalids. This week they gave Manager Casey Stengel a firm grip on his seventh pennant in eight years, by brushing aside Runner-Up Cleveland 10-3. From here on in it will be all downhill...