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- Updated: May 18, 2016
NEW YORK, May 18, 1941 — The boisterous Sunday crowd in the Bronx reveled in a celebration of patriotism … and an all-too-rare laugher of a victory for the Yankees.
It was I Am An American Day at Yankee Stadium, and the fans shared national pride and a 12 to 2 steamrolling of the last-place St. Louis Browns in the opener of a three-day homestand.
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New York will take it and take it gladly. The big win, played with 30,109 persons present, got the Yanks back to level at 16-16 for the season after weeks of middle-of-the-standings mediocrity.
The Browns tied the game at two runs apiece in the top of the second inning on a Harlond Clift home run, …
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