Which collapse was--or will be--bigger?

Phils. Hands down. Of course, there was also the 86 Angels who had that ALCS collapse too... Hmmm, wonder who the common thread was in that....

 

I believe the vastly overrated manager has been mentioned already.

 

if you're referring to the 1995 series, the rangers won in six games. they lost game five at quebec and won the sixth at home.

 

Fixed.

 

For some reason I remember them doing it again in the last few years.

 

If Clay Buchholz is unflappable, what was that errant toss in the general direction of third yesterday? Looked like a flap to me.

How bad is Vlad's wing? Is he on the improve, or deteriorating? If he's not going to play at at least 90% efficiency, I want my prediction back.

Weighing in on the original question, that would be the '64 Phils, followed by the '95 Angels. Around here, the '95 story is all about the valiant Mariners--Jr., Edgar, the Big Unit and Buhner--but the real story remains the collapse of the Angels.

 

I will give you that, but in general, he has worked his way out of trouble with minimal damage.

 

In the replay I saw, there was a look of bewilderment, almost shock, on the kid's face following the play. That's what led to my comment.

Sometimes we forget how young these guys are. When I was 21 I was futzing around the U, trying to figure out what part of Vietnam I was going to wind up in and which nurses at the U. hospital were most susceptible to bad poetry. (The answer to the latter question: none.)

 

You fought in Vietnam? Wow.

 

If you call lying on your nose in the mud with a .45 wrenched around on your hip to keep it dry "fighting", I guess you could say so. I was there, and on the edges too. No wow. Believe me.

 

The other side of the coin would be the 1993 Boston Bruins, who went 16-2 in their last 18 games (including eight in a row to end the season) to win the Adams Division, then got swept in the first round by Buffalo. So much for momentum.

 

That's the Bruins. They always choke.

If Brian Sutter was the coach then (think he was), that would explain it further.