Word: cincinnatis
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...Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia...
Boston at Cincinnati and New York...
...decision. The usual fire-the-manager cries were being heard and doing team morale no good. Carpenter suddenly announced that he was not only keeping Ben Chapman but had signed him for 1947 too. From then on, Chapman was able to get what he needed from his boys. Ex-Cincinnati slugger Frank McCormick (who cost $40,000) began knocking down the fences. So did Rightfielder Ron Northey and Catcher Andy Seminick. The club swept through the West for the most successful Philly trip in 30 years...
...Phillies wrecked the locker-room. A cellar door was burned in celebration. Manager Chapman broke a rule and served the team beer. Four days later they climbed to sixth place. For the first time people began buying Philly pennants from peddlers outside the park. When a Sunday game with Cincinnati was called after eleven innings with the score tied, State Assemblyman Joe Scanlon, sensing a popular issue, set about changing Pennsylvania's Sunday Blue...
...Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh...