IHE Cincinnati Reds are trying for their third straight pennant in the National League and have their supporters, As the 1941 race approaches, Bill McKechnie still has the best balance in the circuit.
Brooklyn, built into a contender by Laughing Larry MacPhail, expects to hold one half of the next World Series at Ebbets Field.
If form runs true, these two favourites will be one-two when the race turns into September. However, baseball does not always run according to the bool. History is jammed with upsets and reversals.
You must remember the Cardinals. They waited until 1926 for their first World Series and then participated in five in the comparatively short space of nine years. Three times during that period they defeated the American League opponent, But since the fall of 1934 they have either chased the pennant winner across the line, or strayed into the second division,
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