So, what happens the year after all the spheres have lined up, after Halley's Comet has come around, after all the `Yes!!!' and `Finally!' headlines have been framed for posterity, after octogenarians have gone fulfilled to their graves? What became of those teams that waited decades for their paradises long-deferred once they'd entered Eden? The Brooklyn Dodgers, who'd needed 52 ... (Full article: 901 words)

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