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...pennant-festooned high school gymnasium in the imaginary Midwestern town of Oil City, four musicians who grandly call themselves the Oil City Symphony have come together for a reunion concert. There is Mark the pianist and accordionist, a geek with glasses in a white dinner jacket and purple slacks who is also the minister of music at his church; Debbie the drummer, an ex- prom queen in a strapless gown who exchanges one pink pump for a running shoe, the better to thump her bass drum; Mary the violinist, of stern Scandinavian stock, uptight, humorless and "best remembered locally...
...least controversial and the least newsworthy way. George will have none of that. So the next time someone tells you that Steinbrenner thinks "winning is everything," say that George craves headlines in the papers over W's in the standings. Say that the Yankees haven't won a pennant in the last six years, and that you hope Steinbrenner had 500,000 shares of Digital, down 42 points...
...York won the its first pennant since 1964 and in 1977, the Yankees won the pennant and took the World Series from the Los Angeles Dodgers in six games...
Although some Americans seem a bit skeptical about the news that Russians invented baseball, or lapta, as it has been known for the past 60 or 70 Soviet pennant races, the matter is old hat to knowledgeable fans. As Izvestia recently explained to its readers, Russian emigres brought their ancient national pastime to what is now California 200 years ago, with batters striking at a ball with a stick and fielders throwing the ball at opposition players to register outs...
...Mets finished ninth in the 10-team National League. He leaped to stardom along with the team the next season when he went 25-7 with a 2.21 ERA as the Miracle Mets won the National League East title in the first year of divisional play, the NL pennant and finally the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles...