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  2. Pitching pennies - Wikipedia

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    Mill boys pitching pennies on the street, 1916. Pitching pennies is a game played with coins. Players take turns to throw a coin at a wall, from some distance away, and the coin which lands closest to the wall is the winner. In Britain the game is also known as pap, penny up or penny up the wall and it is referred to as pitch-and-toss in ...

  3. Penny in the hole - Wikipedia

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    Mentions of the game date back to the 18th century. [3] The rules of the game were described in the 19th century as follows: Each competitor starts with the same number of coins. They pitch their coins one at a time from a mark at a given distance towards a hole in the ground. The competitors are ranked based on how close they come to the hole.

  4. Mordecai Brown - Wikipedia

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    The Cubs then went on to win their second consecutive World Series championship, their last until 2016, a span of 108 years. [6] In late 1909, Brown was on a team that played some games in Cuba. He planned to spend the winter there, but returned home when he caught a mysterious sickness. [7]

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  6. List of Major League Baseball perfect games - Wikipedia

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    The perfect game thrown by Don Larsen in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series is the only postseason perfect game in major league history and one of only three postseason no-hitters. The first two major league perfect games, and the only two of the premodern era, were thrown in 1880, five days apart.

  7. Here’s Why You Need To Inspect Every 2009-2023 Penny (Hint ...

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    One thing to keep in mind about modern pennies is that 2009 was a special year in that it marked 200 years since the birth of Abraham Lincoln, whose image first appeared on the front of the penny ...

  8. Stan Coveleski - Wikipedia

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    The star of the 1920 World Series, he led the Indians to their first title with three complete-game victories, including a 3–0 shutout in the Game 7 finale. Traded to the Washington Senators after the 1924 season, he helped that club to its second AL pennant in a row with 20 victories against only 5 losses, including a 13-game winning streak ...

  9. 10 of the Most Valuable Pennies - AOL

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    You can find these pennies ranging from hundreds to thousands on eBay, but one of the pricier coins in mint condition sold for $159,000. 10. 1926-S Lincoln Penny — $149,500