data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.baseball.104369 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Gerald Lanza)
Subject: Re: The 1964 Phillies: deja vu?
Keywords: Phillies
Organization: Olivetti North America (Shelton, CT)
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Ian M. Derby) writes:
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>After reading my local paper today, I found out that the Phillies
>started the 1964 season at 10-2. I am not as old as 1964, but I've
>heard many talk about the serious choke job the Phillies did that
>season. They were ahead of the Cardinals by 15 games that season in
>mid-August. They managed to lose a bunch from then on and the
>Cardinals took the division. 15!!! games ahead and lost it.... I
>hope this season is MUCH different.
Strictly from memory, I think the Phillies were something like
ten games up with 12 to go, lost 10 in a row, and 11 of last 12
to lose to the Cardinals. Seems impossible, but thats how I
remember it. I also felt at the time that Johnny Callison of
the Phillies lost the MVP as a by-product of their swoon.
jerry
P.S. In 1964, a single team out of 8 won the pennant; no divisions.