Talk:1964 Philadelphia Phillies season

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This article has been greatly expanded and is no longer stub class Bwmoll3 (talk) 20:22, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

are you missing something regarding Richie Allen?
There is a paragraph ending:

"He played for several teams and going into a controversial retirement in 1974,"

Why the comma? Is something missing at the end?

(This player is now referred to as Dick Allen, but in 1964 was still known in the media as Richie Allen.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 22:29, 14 May 2014 (UTC)


 * I sas just a typo.  Although when I wrote the section about Dick Allen I thought about including something about him objecting to his trade to the Braves, and why he decided to "retire" in 1974,  however it was straying too far from what I wanted to convey.. so maybe the comma was something I was going to add about that and changed my mind.. but left the comma.     Also,  I was very careful about the "Richie" and "Dick" names.   You can't talk about the 64 Phillies and say "Dick" Allen.   It was Richie then and that is was how it was in 1964.   It was after he left the Phillies in 69 he announced he wanted to be called "Dick" Allen.   and anything I wrote after that about him I called him Dick Allen... especially with his 2d stint with the Phillies in 75 and 76.       An interesting fact that today, he goes to Phillies Spring Training in Clearwater for a few days in February or March and it seems that time really does heal all wounds..   Bwmoll3 (talk) 23:33, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

I made some fixes, but we do have a Wikipedia article on Dick Allen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 16:42, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Bunning with Detroit Tigers in 1963
After having corrected the spelling of McLain's last name, I now see this:

"Denny McLain, a rising star with the Tigers, began to get Bunning's starts in September ..." OK, I went to McLain's entry (Wikipedia) and see Sept. 21, 1963 as his first major-league appearance.

Many years ago, I read an (auto?) biography of Bunning and it says he was thinking he'd be traded to the National League (the rest of his playing career was indeed in the NL). There was no interleague play at the time, except in the All-Star Game and the World Series (in addition to some spring training and other exhibition games -- for example, Junior Baseball Federation game between Phillies and Twins). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 15:20, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

2 losses by Jack Baldschun shortly before the "Phold" started
The Phillies' last 2 games before Jim Bunning won on Sept. 20 were losses, both charged to relief pitcher Jack Baldschun. One of those losses included a steal of home by the Phillies' opponent.

That helped put Baldschun, at least temporarily, into the "doghouse". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 17:07, 16 May 2014 (UTC)