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[26] [27] [28] By winning the pennant, the Browns played the NL pennant winner in a predecessor of the World Series. The Browns twice met the Chicago White Stockings—the predecessor to the Chicago Cubs—tying one in a heated dispute and winning the other, thus spurring the vigorous St. Louis-Chicago rivalry that ensues to this day. [29]
Contents. List of National League pennant winners. The Philadelphia Phillies won their second consecutive pennant in 2009 and lost to the San Francisco Giants in the 2010 NLCS. The National League pennant winner of a given Major League Baseball season is the team that wins the championship—the pennant —of MLB's National League (NL).
The 1954 Cleveland Indianswon the most games of any pennant winner under the pre-1969 system, winning 111 out of their 154 games[18]and finishing eight games ahead of the Yankees.[19] The Milwaukee Brewerswon the AL pennant in 1982 but later moved to the NL starting in the 1998 season.
Pennant (sports) The ritual of hoisting of the premiership flag in Australian sporting culture dates back to 1896, and is an enduring symbol in Australian sporting culture, particularly in Australian rules football. "The Flag" is figuratively still as important as "the Cup", despite a premiership trophy being introduced in the VFL/AFL in 1959 ...
First command Flag of the Lord Admiral of England under Henry VIII, Edward VI (1545-1553) when on board a ship. Second command Flag of the Lord Admiral of England (1547-1553) when on board a ship. First command Flag of the Lord Admiral of England (1554-1558) under Mary I and Philip II when on board a ship.
Tapering pennant. Triangular swallowtail pennant. A pennon, also known as a pennant or pendant, is a long narrow flag which is larger at the hoist than at the fly, i.e., the flag narrows as it moves away from the flagpole. It can have several shapes, such as triangular, tapering (square tail) or triangular swallowtail (forked tail), etc.
The National League Championship Series (NLCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball 's (MLB) postseason. It is contested by the winners of the two National League (NL) Division Series. The winner of the NLCS wins the NL pennant and advances to the World ...
By winning the pennant for a fourth straight year, the 1998–2001 Yankees joined the 1921–24 New York Giants, and the Yankees teams of 1936–39, 1949–53, 1955–58 and 1960–64 as the only teams to win at least four straight pennants. [298] The Yankees won 11 consecutive postseason series in this 4-year period.