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12-02-2010, 02:14 PM
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The term "Pennant" when was it first used
Hi, does anyone know when in baseball the expression "winning the pennant" was first used?
Or was it used since day 1 back in the 1903 World Series? And why exactly was the term used? Just looking for a simple explanantion from any baseball history buffs. 
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12-03-2010, 12:36 AM
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Etimology..............
Origins of "pennant"..........
pennant : 1610s, "rope for hoisting," probably a blend of pendant in the nautical sense of "suspended rope" and pennon. Use for "flag on a warship" first recorded 1690s; "flag symbolizing a sports championship" (especially baseball) is from 1880; as a synonym for "championship" it was first used 1915.
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#3
12-03-2010, 07:01 AM
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Tim, can you distinguish the penultimate and ultimate usages? They seem the same to me.
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