How to Use pennant in a Sentence
pennant
noun
- The Red Sox won the American League pennant in 2004.
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The team is at 4.1% to win the pennant and 1.4% to win the World Series.
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Jeremy Cluff,
The Arizona Republic,
22 Aug. 2020
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The Giants, the Padres and the Dodgers are fighting for the pennant.
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Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes,
10 June 2021
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Tops on the list, of course, is the 1951 pennant race between the Dodgers and the Giants.
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Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2022
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The Phillies won the pennant and will meet the Astros in the World Series.
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Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2022
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The Padres hope their spending pays off in a pennant for the first time since 1998.
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Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes,
1 Apr. 2023
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The moment the ball left the bat, Contreras jumped out of the dugout like the Cubs had won the pennant.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2022
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The Yankees have made the playoff five years in a row but haven’t won the pennant since 2009.
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Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
9 Apr. 2022
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Orosco threw all sliders and struck out Bass to win the pennant.
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New York Times,
12 Jan. 2022
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There have been 14 teams take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven NLCS, and all have gone on to win the pennant.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
14 Oct. 2020
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But the Tigers were in a close race for the American League pennant.
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Robert Gudmestad,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2024
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Baseball needs its greats at the heart of pennant races.
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Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
21 June 2024
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This was said after the Yankees fell in five games to the Rays, who won the AL pennant.
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Larry Fleisher,
Forbes,
15 Oct. 2021
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The two times the Padres won a pennant, they got fed into a wood chipper.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2023
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The Dodgers beat the Giants in the final two games to secure a pennant — for St. Louis.
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John Shea,
San Francisco Chronicle,
7 Oct. 2021
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Get your Guardians garb now as Cleveland races for the pennant.
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Paris Wolfe,
cleveland,
2 Sep. 2022
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The Phillies won 4-1, but Pittsburgh went on to capture the NL pennant.
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Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com,
al,
25 Aug. 2021
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The Astros won the American League pennant for the third time in five years.
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John Perrotto,
Forbes,
4 Nov. 2021
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He’s been to the playoffs five times but never won a pennant.
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Jake Seiner,
courant.com,
21 Dec. 2021
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Baker won a pennant with the 2002 Giants then fell to the Angels in the Series.
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Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Oct. 2022
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The pennant belonged solely to the Sox after a loss by the Detroit Tigers.
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BostonGlobe.com,
31 Oct. 2021
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There could be one of Trench’s Fenway Park pennants hanging in the rafters.
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Kevin Paul Dupont,
BostonGlobe.com,
12 Aug. 2023
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Winning a pennant for the cost of $60 million or so will leave a wart or two.
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Gabe Lacques,
USA TODAY,
18 Dec. 2020
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The idea now is to get to the World Series and be set up to win the pennant again the following season.
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Peter Abraham,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Feb. 2021
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The Mets, at the time counted out of the pennant race, eventually won it.
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Kyle Smith,
wsj.com,
11 May 2023
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Time for the Orioles to win the American League pennant.
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Dan Rodricks,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Feb. 2024
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The winner will go on to play for the National League pennant and a place in the World Series.
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Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2021
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All previous 14 teams to win the first two games of a best-of-seven NLCS went on to take the pennant.
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Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com,
al,
14 Oct. 2020
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All previous 14 teams to win the first two games of a best-of-seven NLCS went on to claim the pennant.
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Stephen Hawkins,
orlandosentinel.com,
14 Oct. 2020
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Last year’s surprise National League pennant winner has owned the Rockies for the last two seasons.
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Patrick Saunders,
The Denver Post,
17 Sep. 2024
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