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    | On Aug. 13, 1969 this team was 9.5 games back but somehow ended up winning the NL pennant; a miracle, perhaps? | 
    the Mets
 
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    (Roger) Williams
 
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    starboard
 
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    | The first Crayola to get a name change was Prussian blue, which became this timely blue | 
    (Shadi: What is evening blue--or [*]?) [ERRATUM: Research done by former Nike project manager and Crayola collector Ed Welter in the years 2000-2014 suggests that a number of Crayola colors were renamed prior to the 1958 renaming of Prussian blue.]
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    | Most casualties suffered by the Union in the Civil War came about not due to combat but rather this | 
    disease
 
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    | After a Bobby Thomson home run on Oct. 3, 1951, Russ Hodges screamed, they "win the pennant!" 4 times | 
    (Shadi: Who are the Yankees?) ... (Alex: National League.)
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    | Jolly good! On May 6, 1954 in Oxford, England, he ran the mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds | 
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    | Fashion pattern used in certain suits or by a team very familiar with winning pennants | 
    (Alex: Now's the time for the Yankees.)
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    | Aptly, the girl in "Peanuts" with this first name sometimes wore a purple dress | 
    Violet
 
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    | In November 1862 this bewhiskered man replaced General McClellan as head of Union troops | 
    (Ryan: Who is Burnsides?) (Alex: Did you put an "S" on the end of it?) (Ryan: I did, I thought.  [Under his breath]  Burnsides.) (Alex: Oh, well, that's incorrect.) (Ryan: Okay.) [Laughter] (Alex: You should not have done that.) (Ryan: Good'know.) (Alex: And our judges picked up on it, so...) (Ryan: All right.) (Alex: ...we do not give you a correct response on that, but we go into this commercial break instead.) [NOTE: It is not clear, on repeated listening, that Ryan did include a final "S" in his initial response, but the J! Archive takes the judges', and Ryan's, word for it.]
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    | The Dodgers had a little help winning the 1963 pennant; this lefty won 25 games, 11 by shutout | 
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    | 1994's "North" left this late reviewer un-jolly: "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it" | 
    Roger Ebert
 
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    | Although the Union won the August 1864 Battle of this bay, the city itself remained in Southern hands | 
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    | No big surprise that this all-time steals king was 1989's ALCS MVP for the A's; he stole 8 bases in 5 games & hit .400 | 
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    | Between signing the Dec. of Ind. & the Constitution, Roger Sherman autographed this govt.-organizing document in 1777 | 
    (Ryan: What is the Bill of Rights?)
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    kickstart
 
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    | In 2007 this slugger had some Big Papi in his bat, hitting .714 in the ALDS on the way to pennant & World Series wins | 
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    | An English dance called the Sir Roger de Coverley evolved into a jolly dance for couples called this state's reel | 
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    | Days after assuming command of the Army of the Potomac, he led the Union to victory at Gettysburg | 
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