About this episode

The episode discusses the Philadelphia Phillies' collapse in the 1950 National League season, focusing on a critical game against the New York Giants.

The Philadelphia Phillies were meant to have the 1950 National League sewn up. With two weeks left in the regular season, they were seven and a half ahead of the Red Sox and nine ahead of the Dodgers. Then they collapsed. In the second-last series of the season, the Phillies travel to the Polo Grounds to take on a rampaging New York Giants who have won 15 of their last 25 games. The Phillies? Just three wins in the last ten games. The Giants are one win away from the sweep, which would force the Phillies into a win-or-go-home deciding series against the Dodgers. Things are going no better for pitcher Robin Roberts. This is the third game he has started with nineteen wins. No Phillies pitcher has won 20 games since 1917, and Roberts can’t get himself over the line. He lost 1-0 to Chicago, then 3-2 to the Dodgers. Roberts is running out of starts, the Whiz Kids are running out of time, and Philadelphia is running out of patience. Ewan Spence and the Classic Baseball Radio team bring you this recreated radio broadcast from September 28, 1950. This should not be considered a complete or fully accurate historical record. Nevertheless, this is our story of the game. We thank…

People in this episode

Host: Ewan Spence

Topics covered

• baseball
• Philadelphia Phillies
• New York Giants
• 1950 season
• Robin Roberts
• Whiz Kids
• collapse

Keywords

• Philadelphia Phillies
• New York Giants
• Robin Roberts
• 1950 National League
• collapse
• baseball history
• Whiz Kids

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Red Sox, Dodgers, Retrosheet, Sports Reference, Sports Logos Net, Tom R Audio, Crafting The Call

Places: Polo Grounds

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