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Stretch run in baseball may shape the 1949 pennants
The piece forecasts a tight late-season stretch in both leagues with emphasis on the Cardinals and Dodgers in the National League and the Yankees Indians Red Sox and Tigers in the American League. It notes past dramatic Septembers and discusses how pitching and lineup strengths from Williams Dimaggio Doerr Pesky and Stengel influence the looming race. It also reflects on aging clubs like the Cardinals and Braves and darts at the mystery of pitching effects on batting averages.
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Aseball
Red Sox
Indians
Dodgers
Cardinals
Braves
Pirates
Giants
Yankees
Tigers
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis
White Sox
Cubs
Parnell
McDermott
Stobbs
Williams
Dom Dimaggio
Stephens
Doerr
Pesky
Red Rolfe
Newhouser
Tracks
Hutchinson
Hontteman
Gray
Dartmouth
Rolfe
Casey Stengel
Indiana
Joe Mc.Carthy
McCarthy
A. L
Phillies
Burt Shotton