Most disappointing team?

[SPTO]

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The Mets. That has to be one of the worst collapses in history.

It's THE worst in history. I mean how can you have a 7 game lead with 17 games left and choke it all away?

They are by far the most disappointing team and there's no way anyone can sugarcoat what happened.

[Psyblast]

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It's THE worst in history. I mean how can you have a 7 game lead with 17 games left and choke it all away?

They are by far the most disappointing team and there's no way anyone can sugarcoat what happened.

There have been worse collapses. Ironically, the Phillies had one of them.

[Chip Douglass]

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It's THE worst in history. I mean how can you have a 7 game lead with 17 games left and choke it all away?

They are by far the most disappointing team and there's no way anyone can sugarcoat what happened.

'64 Phillies? They had a 6 game lead with 12 to play IIRC.

[J0nnD0ugh]

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I think Philly was 6 ahead w/12 to go in the sixties. Willie Randolph shouldn't be the manager of the Mets past October 1st. No excusing this one.

[Spectre]

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I think Philly was 6 ahead w/12 to go in the sixties. Willie Randolph shouldn't be the manager of the Mets past October 1st. No excusing this one.

I can't stomach watching him lead my team anymore.

[BunnyHardaway]

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The Orioles disappointed me by failing to crack .500 for the 10th consecutive season.

The Mets are easily the most disappointing overall though.

[SPTO]

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Oh yeah that Phillies team choked it pretty badly in '64. The '07 Mets tho have probably erased that Phillies collapse from most people's minds now.

[BunnyHardaway]

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I remember the Angels being a part of a big collapse in the 70's or 80's. They blew a lead of around 11-12 games.

[SPTO]

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I remember the Angels being a part of a big collapse in the 70's or 80's. They blew a lead of around 11-12 games.

You're probably thinking of the '95 Angels

per SI.Com

"On Aug. 9, the Angels led Texas and Seattle by 11 games in the AL West. Seattle and California ended up tied, and the Mariners won a one-game playoff when they pounded Angels ace Mark Langston 9-1"

[Chip Douglass]

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I remember the Angels being a part of a big collapse in the 70's or 80's. They blew a lead of around 11-12 games.

11 game lead in '95? I think that's the one you're trying to mention.

[Husker_OS]

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Most dissapointing? Detroit Tigers. It seemed like if they were to finish 2nd AL Central, they'd surely win the WC. But they choked after AS Break.

[BunnyHardaway]

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You're probably thinking of the '95 Angels

per SI.Com

"On Aug. 9, the Angels led Texas and Seattle by 11 games in the AL West. Seattle and California ended up tied, and the Mariners won a one-game playoff when they pounded Angels ace Mark Langston 9-1"

That's the one. For some reason I thought it was way earlier than '95.

[Psyblast]

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0609/gallery.mlb.collapse/content.1.html?cnn=yes

1. 1995 California Angels - led Seattle by 11 games on August 9th; lost the lead, and lost one-game playoff to Mariners.

2. 1993 San Francisco Giants - led Atlanta by 10 games on July 22nd; Braves went 49-16 down the stretch to finish 104-58, while SF finished 103-59.

3. 1987 Toronto Blue Jays - led Detroit by 3.5 with 7 to play and lost all 7, including the final three games of the season to the Tigers.

4. 1978 Boston Red Sox - led New York by 14 games on July 19th; lost the lead, and lost the one-game playoff to the Yankees on Bucky Dent's homer.

5. 1969 Chicago Cubs - led the Mets by 9.5 on August 14th; went 8-17 in September and finished the year 8 games behind New York.

6. 1964 Philadelphia Phillies (The "Phold") - led St. Louis by 6.5 with 12 to play; lost 10 in a row, and lost the pennant to the Cardinals.

7. 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers - lost 10 of their final 13 to blow a 4 game lead on the Giants in the final week of the season; then lost a 3-game playoff to the Giants.

8. 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers - led the Giants by 13.5 on August 11th; lost the lead, and lost the 3-game playoff to the Giants on Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard Round the World.

9. 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers - were 10 games ahead of the Cardinals on August 5th; lost the lead to the Cardinals, who won 106 games to the Dodgers' 104, which is the most wins ever by a club that didn't make the playoffs.

10. 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates - led Chicago by seven games on September 4th, but lost the pennant by 2 games.

11. 1934 New York Giants - entered September with a 7 game lead on the Cardinals; Cardinals went 33-12 down the stretch.

12. 1914 New York Giants - led the Boston Braves by 10.5 on July 21, and ended up LOSING the pennant by 10.5 games.

[SPTO]

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That Jays collapse in '87 was a heartbreaker. I mean having your season end on a 1-0 loss SUCKS!

[J0nnD0ugh]

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I don't know why they call San Fran '93 a collapse. You win 103 games, you should be in the playoffs. Contrast that w/this year, where the D'Backs have home field for the NL w/just 90 wins. That one, you just have to give credit to the Braves.