MLB Showdown Obsession

The Pirates today are often looked down on as a joke. Like most teams now they've been capable of the occasional run for the pennant, but they haven't been a sustained threat since the early 1990's, which many fans today weren't alive to witness, let alone care about. Such is a far cry from the early days of baseball, when they won three straight pennants to open the 20th century. Unfortunately, two of those pennants predated the World Series, and the third pennant ended in an upset defeat. They would finally get off the hump in 1909 with a title, but it seems their first sustained title run ended with only minimal results. Entering 1925, there was another NL team in the midst of a title run. The New York Giants were looking to add to their four straight NL pennants. The Pirates were usually in 2nd or 3rd place on the outside looking in, but this year the Giants were finally stumbling. Manager Bill McKechnie and the Pirates did not waste the opportunity as they posted a...