By Paul Kurtz
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Philadelphia Phillies slide to the NL East division cellar could hit rock bottom today if they lose to the Miami Marlins in their season finale. The team one defeat away from losing 100 games, something the squad hasn’t done in more than five decades.
In April 1961, John F. Kennedy was a newly minted President, freshly scarred from the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Here in Philadelphia, the Phillies had just launched their own fiasco of a baseball season. They were a combination of inexperienced youngsters such as Johnny Callison, Tony Gonzalez and Tony Taylor — and fringe-type veterans such as Pancho Herrera and Bobby Del Greco.