Top 10 baseball collapses

[DirtyKash]

Top 10 baseball collapses:

10. 2004 Oakland A's lead the Anaheim Angels by 4 games on September 4th. But the A's fell apart, winning only 4 times in the final month, and fittingly, the A's saved the worst for last, losing a season ending series to Anaheim.

9. 1942 Brooklyn Dodgers held a 10 game lead in early August over St. Louis but the Cards went 21-4 in September to edge Brooklyn out by 2 games.

8. In 1964, the Phillies held a 6½ game lead with 12 games to go, but the inimaginable happened, as Philadelphia lost 10 straight, finishing second to St. Louis.

7. The 1979 Astros built a 11 game lead in July over Cincinnati but the Reds came back to win the division by 1½ games.

6. The 1993 San Francisco Giants held a 7½ game lead over Atlanta on August 1st, and despite winning 103 games that year, the Giants lost to the Dodgers on the last day of the season, while earlier that day, Atlanta wrapped up win #104.

5. The 1995 California Angels led by 11 games in early August, but they stumbled badly down the stretch, allowing Seattle to pull into a tie. The Angels lost to Randy Johnson in a one-game playoff in which Johnson threw a complete game.

4. In 1969, 24 years after their last playoff appearance, the Cubs appeared ready to end their playoff drought, as they held a 9½ game lead with a little more than a month to go. But Chicago dropped 8 in a row in September, while the Miracle Mets won 10 straight, and the Mets eventually won the division by 8 games.

3. The 1987 Toronto Blue Jays had a 3½ game lead over Detroit with only 7 games to play, but then the unthinkable happened as the Blue Jays lost all 7 games including getting swept by the Tigers to close out the season.

2. After holding a 10 game lead over the Yankees in July 1978, the Red Sox won their last 8 games just to force a playoff. Bucky Dent ended the run.

1. The 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers led the New York Giants by 13½ games on August 11th, but the Giants erased that lead and on the final day, won the pennant with the Shot Heard Round the World.

[Hmark6]

2. After holding a 10 game lead over the Yankees in July, the Red Sox won their last 8 games just to force a playoff. Bucky Dent ended the run.

This was in 1978. Cool Thread!

[DirtyKash]

Oops, forgot to transcribe that. Thanks for the correction, it's fixed.

[Providence A's]

where is the only choke of leading 3 - 0 in the playoffs and losing?

[love_that_reefer]

How the hell is the 1964 number 8? That's the biggest choke ever!!!

[A's Baby Girl]

where is the only choke of leading 3 - 0 in the playoffs and losing?

Yeah I'm looking for that too...

[DirtyKash]

This is division leads being collapsed. Not playoff series.

[A's Baby Girl]

Should have specified that in the title

[Providence A's]

be more specific in the title then smart guy.