Word: sox
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...variables affecting attendance are the weather and the Major League pennant race. If both the Red Sox and the Yankees are still in the race Saturday, their series at Fenway Park will attract many who might otherwise be watching the unveiling of Art Valpey's first Harvard team...
Athletic Director Bill Bingham may like the Red Sox, but the chances are he won't exactly be broken-hearted if they are eliminated from the pennant race before this Saturday. The reason is simple. If the Sox are still in there, it's going to mean a packed Fenway Park, which in turn is going to mean a slightly less-packed Stadium...
After three decades and more of labors by Rabbit Maranville, Casey Stengel, and the immortal Bill Posedel, the Boston Braves are about to bring a pennant to Boston. Of course the Red Sox have won during that stretch-- and mind you there is nothing wrong with the Red Sox--but the wigwam is where the heart...
...would be in conference with his radio until the game was over. Attendance at Braves Field, home of Boston's National League leaders, passed 1,305,000-breaking all records. Youngsters bivouacked outside Fenway Park all night to be sure of seeing the American League-leading Red Sox. From as far as Lima, Peru, requests for World Series tickets flooded in. Beantown, which has never had a series all its own, was suffering from double-pennant fever last week-and loving...
Bostonians were not surprised to see the Red Sox leading their league. In Slugger Ted Williams (batting .367) and other stars, the Sox had plenty of obvious talent. Manager Joe McCarthy, though new to the team this year (TIME, Aug. 9), had brought them along beautifully. But what really pleased Boston was the performance of the unglamorous Braves, who have not captured the flag since 1914. What was the secret of the 1948 Braves? Puzzled fans decided it must be the same factor that had put the Sox out in front, only more so -a manager...