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...happen in the spring. But the 1964 Phillies are no fluke. Unlike the fence-busting Giants (10 home runs), the Phillies get their runs in sprinkles on singles, rely on sound defense, tight pitching, plus the old-fashioned virtue of team spirit. The urge to win, says Manager Gene Mauch, is "like a big infection," and last week the Phils were breaking out all over. They shut out Pittsburgh 2-0, dropped a protested game to the Pirates, 6-5, and bounced back to edge the Houston Colts, 7-6. By week's end the suspicion was beginning...
...Suicide. Historians smile at the thought. In 81 years, the Phils have won only two pennants (in 1915 and 1950), and Mauch may be the only manager in history who took a demotion from the minors to the major leagues. A tense, cold-eyed baseball strategist who took the Minneapolis Millers to two straight Junior World Series, he got the Philadelphia job in 1960 when Eddie Sawyer quit after the first game, explaining, "I'm 49 years old and I want to live to be 50." The Phils welcomed their new manager the way they knew best: by finishing...
...each day," said Pitcher Art Mahaffey, who lost ten games in a row. "If you lose that feeling, you might as well quit." Said Veteran Outfielder Lee Walls. 28, who played in 22 of the team's 23 straight losses: "You start feeling sorry for everybody-Mauch, the young players, yourself. Then you fight the mood off and worry about tomorrow...
...spent $12,000,000 on promising players and once sacked a manager for losing a mere seven games, takes the benevolent view. "You can't match middleweights against heavyweights," said he resignedly. "Our pitching isn't too good, and we have no power. But Gene Mauch has been great about the whole thing. I certainly don't blame him for the poor season...
...Somewhat less secure than Mauch was General Manager Frank Lane of the American League's cellar-dwelling Kansas City Athletics who was fired last week without notice by Owner Charles O. Finley...