221 - The 1964 Philadelphia Phillies

After beating the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium 3-2 to wrap up a 6-4 road trip, the Phillies cam home leading the National League by 6.5 games with 12 games to play. What followed remains the most dramatic late-season collapse in Major League history. The Phillies lost 10 straight games, including all seven on the following home stand, and finished one game behind St. Louis.

In this episode, Craig and Rex review the Phillies 1964 season, trying to answer the question:  Who is to blame for the Great Philadelphia Phillies Collapse of 1964?

Errata: After Philadelphia's 6-4 loss to Milwaukee on September 26, the Phillies had lost six in a row and eight of their last nine. After beating St. Louis 1-0 on October 2, the Mets' record was 52 wins, 108 losses.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 4:00 Hopes were high for the Phillies when the season opened.
• 7:31 The wins kept coming for Philadelphia from April into June
• 10:33 The Phillies maintained the lead in the standings into September
• 12:47 The Phillies' crucial mid-September, 10-game road trip.
• 19:11 The Fateful Home Stand I: Cincinnati Reds
• 24:06 The Fateful Home Stand II: Milwaukee Brewers
• 29:51 Philadelphia at St. Louis
• 33:25 Philadelphia at Cincinnati to close the regular season
• 38:04 Aftermath: Who is to blame for the great Philadelphia Phillies collapse of 1964?
• 48:14 What became of the 1964 Phillies?