[1] A play on the popular song "Roamin' in the Gloamin'", the phrase was written by Associated Press reporter Earl Hilligan in a story about the game.
[3] The Cubs won the first game of the series 2–1, behind the pitching of Dizzy Dean, who a year after an arm injury was past his prime.
[4] The victory cut the Pirates' lead to a half game and set the stage for one of baseball's most memorable moments.
[1] With darkness descending on a Wrigley Field that would not have artificial lighting for another 50 years, the umpires ruled that the ninth inning would be the last to be played.
[7] For the Pirates, 1938 marked the closest they would come to going to the World Series between 1927 and 1960, as the team would slip to sixth place the following year, with average seasons in the early 1940s and a late pennant race in 1948 only to become one of baseball's worst teams from 1949 until 1956, not contending for the National League pennant again until the late 1950s.