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Originally Posted by ValKehl
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Mogridge and Tom Zachary were the real pitching heroes for the Nationals in the 1924 World Series, bringing the Nats even with the Giants each time after Walter had lost his games. And in the seventh game, Mogridge and Fred Marberry held off a ferocious Giants lineup--almost to a man in the HOF--long enough for Johnson to come in with the game tied 3-3 in the top of the ninth inning, one of the most dramatic moments in baseball history and prelude to its greatest pitcher rising to his greatest challenge to win the series.