Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
September 30, 2007
Needing a Win

Jim Salisbury notes the Phillies were in a similar situation in 1950:

This isn't the first time a Phillies season has come down to the last day. It did so in the torturous 1964 season and again in 2005. Both times the Phillies won the final game, but missed the playoffs.

In 1950, the year of the Whiz Kids, the Phils won the National League pennant on the final day, beating the Brooklyn Dodgers on Dick Sisler's three-run homer in the 10th.

Hall of Famer Robin Roberts pitched all 10 innings that day.

The Phillies led the Dodgers by one game that day in 1950, so a loss would have forced a playoff. Today, a win means they'll at least play Monday.


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