Way up thread I saw a number of referneces to the '64 Phillies being up 6.5 with 12 to go and then losing 10 in a row. This got me to wondering about the other two games. Turns out they lost 10 straight to go from 6.5 up to 2.5 down (they had not been more than 2 down all year, twice in May) and then won the last 2 to finish 1 game out. Baseball-reference.com is a wonderful thing, go there if you haven't.

I also saw reference to the Cubs winning 116 and losing only 36 (in 1906) but no mention is made of the fact that they proceeded to lose the series 4 games to 2 (to the cross-town White Sox no less).