The Last Real Pennant Race

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When There's No Present, Live in The Past
Published 9/26/2007 by Eric Karros at Sons of Steve Garvey
ESPN wrote up a pretty good story on the Dodgers' great 1993 spoiler season, albeit focused less on the Dodgers' spoiler role and more on the actual race between the Braves and Giants. ...

The Last Real Pennant Race?
Published 9/27/2007 by Shyster at ShysterBall
... I'm (1) an Atlanta Braves fan; and (2) a sucker for well-researched, well-written articles with high quality photos, so I should be in love with Robert Weintraub's piece on the 1993 NL West race over at ESPN.com. And on some level, I am, because it's a great article. ...

Three Days to go …
Published 9/28/2007 by Richie Rich at Home Run Derby
... ESPN details the 1993 NL West pennant race This entry was posted on Friday, September 28th, 2007 at 5:14 pm and is filed under ...

The Last Real Race
Published 10/5/2007 by apoch at SportsFilter
The story of the '93 Giants, and how a 103 win team missed the playoffs. Read Story.

Dusty The Red
Published 10/14/2007 by Al <al@bleedcubbieblue.com> at Bleed Cubbie Blue: Front Page Posts
... won 103 games, missing the playoffs on the season's final day (and they'd have been a wild card winner in any subsequent season, as the '93 NL West race was termed "The Last Real Pennant Race"); this was after a 90-loss season the year before. ...