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Old 07-10-2022, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Yoda View Post

Can someone please enlighten me as to what a "gonfalon bubble," is?
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A gonfalon is a pennant. "Pricking one's gonfalon bubble" simply means bursting one's bubble in regard to their hopes of winning the pennant.

In this case, the poem's author (Franklin P. Adams) was a Giants fan. While hoping for a Giant's pennant berth, Tinker/Evers/Chance would ruthlessly burst his bubble by turning a Giant hit into a "double" (short for a double-play).
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