NASL adopts Spring/Fall seasons for 2013

WhiteStar Warriors · Jan 22, 2013

If Championships don't count then why the hell are their plastered banners all over stadiums?

HailtotheKing · Jan 23, 2013

TheJoeGreene said: ↑

No, it wasn't. Nobody cared, and nobody remembers, who won pennants at any point. For more than a century the winner, and that's all that anyone should be playing for, has been determined in a postseason series. There's no "single table" to that.
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THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT!! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT! Bobby Thomson hits into the lower deck of the left-field stands! The Giants win the pennant and they're goin' crazy, they're goin' crazy! HEEEY-OH!!!''

Yup, nobody remembers, at any point.

I can assure you I remember the Bash Brothers winning pennants but only 1 world series ... or both Texas teams winning pennants, but not the world series ... or the Braves winning pennants but only 1 world series ... etc etc

It's called FOOTBALL · Jan 23, 2013

Also, when the Sox won the 1959 AL pennant, Mayor Daley, who was a big fan, ordered the air raid sirens to go off in celebration of that "meaningless" pennant. The entire city went into panic thinking they were getting bombed.

More fans flooded Midway Airport to greet the pennant winners that night, than were there years later in 2005 when the Sox returned from Houston with the World Series trophy.

Jewelz510 · Jan 23, 2013

It's called FOOTBALL said: ↑

Also, when the Sox won the 1959 AL pennant, Mayor Daley, who was a big fan, ordered the air raid sirens to go off in celebration of that "meaningless" pennant. The entire city went into panic thinking they were getting bombed.

More fans flooded Midway Airport to greet the pennant winners that night, than were there years later in 2005 when the Sox returned from Houston with the World Series trophy.
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I think winning a pennant is a big deal simply because it's still a difficult feat to accomplish. But I don't think it's as big a deal as it used to be. Baseball is no longer as popular as it was back then, and the perception of the major leagues has changed as well. They're no longer viewed as seperate entities operating under the umbrella of Major League Baseball. Nowadays the American and National Leagues are no different than the Eastern and Western Conferences of the NBA or NHL.