re the phillies deja vu robert c hite philly bach udel edu wrote i think most of the problems mainly arose from manager gene mauch s ineptitude in managing the pitching staff down the stretch he abused jim bunning chris short and robin roberts i think those are the three pitching each on only days rest for quite some time by the time they hit the last weeks of the season obviously none of these guys had an ounce left in their arm oh well roberts was long gone he was probably an oriole in or maybe a colt the rd starter was art mahaffey the previous year s ace dennis bennett was the th starter they were indeed up with to go but they won their final two games after the horrid loss streak the final game victory bunning s th win if memory serves kept the reds from tying for the title they and the phils were both game behind the cards with the giants another game back the mets couldn t hold an early lead against the cards that final sunday or there would have been a way tie too bad they couldn t have saved some of the or so runs they scored on saturday when they crushed st louis neal traven pitt edu you re only young once but you can be traven vms cis pitt edu immature forever larry andersen
