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Stretching for lead in both leagues this season
The piece surveys the 1949 baseball pennant race with focus on American League contenders and National League balance. It notes the Yankees, Indians, Red Sox, and Tigers in the AL and the Cardinals, Dodgers, Braves, Pirates, and Giants in the NL, forecasting a tense stretch run and reflecting on past late-season collapses and pitching as a deciding factor.
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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
Willams
Dom DiMaggio
Stephens
Doerr
Pesky
Red Rolfe
Newhouser
Trucks
Hutchinson
Houtteman
Gray
Dartmouth
Rolfe
Casey Stengel
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
A. L
Athletics