Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
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It’s October, and my favorite team, the Saint Louis Cardinals, is preparing for another run at the World Series. If we’re lucky, the most storied club in the National League (well, Dodger fans, I do think we edge you out) will meet the most storied club in the American League, the Yankees. They last did so in 1964, when I was a little boy, before…

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