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  • One pennant for the city in the Fifties (Sox, 1959)
  • Sox bring speed and excitement to South Side in 1951
  • and win the affection of Windy City fans
  • ... reaching the magic million mark nine times
  • The Sox were wonderful but the brutal truth of the 50s...
  • ... is that the hated Yankees won eight pennants in the decade
    • Year Sox Cubs Winner Comments
    19511,328,234894,415SOXA hot streak in May and the GO GO Sox are born
    1952 1,231,675 1,024,826 SOX As Sauer goes, so go the Cubs...
    19531,191,353763,658SOXThe core: Nellie, Billy, Chico, Minnie, Sherm...
    1954 1,231,629 748,183 SOX Sauer has 41 but Cubs finish 7th
    1955 1,175,684 875,800 SOX Banks hits 44 in 2nd season, Cubs move up a bit
    1956 1,000,090 720,118 SOX Sox finish third for the fifth consecutive year
    1957 1,135,668 670,629 SOX Sox overtake Tribe and move up to second
    1958 797,451 979,904CUBSFans come out to see Ernie in MVP year
    1959 1,423,144 858,255 SOX Sox actually win a pennant
    1960 1,644,460 809,770 SOX Sox return to familiar territory: third place
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