pennant

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The Toronto Blue Jays threw more splitters than anybody in the sport and won the American League pennant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

By the time the final out had been recorded, the fact that the Dodgers had clinched yet another pennant was practically an afterthought.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025

During his tenure they have made eight playoff appearances and claimed one pennant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Now we know what can tilt a pennant race between two teams whose performance has been roughly even with a month to go before the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

With a purple funeral pennant flying from the antenna, we left Greektown and headed down Jefferson.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides