I remember the good old days when the words "pennant winner" was widely understood to mean league champ.
That's how I read it and why I didn't mention the 2001 Mariners.
Exactly, they did not win the AL pennant in '01.
I expected you and most others here understood the gist and didn't see the need to spell it out or dumb it down.
But the troll got to mention Grady Little and the '08 Pats, so he's happy but clueless.