[tedzan]

With respect to baseball, truer words were never spoken, as your......
"Short and Bunning were good pitchers, but two weren't enough."

Jim Bunning in 1964 went 19-8 with a 2.6 ERA....and, an amazing K/BB ratio of 219/46.
Similarly, Chris Short was 17-9 with a 2.2 ERA....and, an amazing K/BB ratio of 181/51.
For comparison:
Bob Gibson in 1964 went 19-12 with a 3.0 ERA....and, an amazing K/BB ratio of 245/86.

Now, this is somewhat vague in my mind, but with only 19 games to go, the Phillies were ahead of your Cardinals by 6 games.
The Phillies loss in 1964 has to be one of the worst collapses of any team in BB history. Why Gene Mauch didn't give Bunning
and Short a break by inserting Art Mahaffey in the starting rotation ?....Oh Well !

POST SCRIPT

I usually run into Jim Bunning in Cooperstown every HOF weekend. He's a great guy to talk with (I don't bring up the 1964 season).

In the early 1980's I had two great experiences with Chris Short at Tony Carrafiell's BB card show in Valley Forge (PA). A big guy is
at my table and is looking for Bowman Phillies cards. I show him an album full of Phillies to select from. A big smile is on his face as
he starts removing Bowman's from the plastic sheets. Tony Carrafiell comes over and greets the big guy...."Hi Chris". I then recog-
nized this big fellow....Chris Short. I pulled over a chair behind my table and told Chris to have a seat and take his time. We had a
great time "talkin' baseball", while he cleaned me out of the Phillies cards from my album. I gave Chris a really nice price for the lot
and he was thrilled. As he gave me a "bone crushing" handshake, he asked if I had any more Bowman's. I replied that I have more
at home. The next day Chris returned and I had more Phillies cards for him. The big guy was just like a little kid in a candy store.
Needless to say, Chris made my show that weekend.

Best regards,

TED Z