Which collapse was--or will be--bigger?

While flipping between the Mets and Yanks tonight, I began thinking about teams which had huge leads only to spit the bit. Then I thought about how the 2007 Mets and Red Sox would be remembered, should they blow their divisional leads and finish out of the playoffs.

So, of the five listed, which collapse will be bigger in the annals of history?

 

You left off the 1964 Phils, 6 1/2 up with 12 to play. The Mets collapse will be 7 up with 17 to play and no team ever coughed up a lead that big with so few to play.

 

Neither the Sox nor Mets will finish pissing this away.

 

The California Angels in 1995 lost AL West in a one-game playoff to Seattle after blowing a 10 1/2 game lead.

 

Thanks for pointing that out, Cape_Fear.

I added the 1964 Phillies to this list.

 

I voted for the '04 Yanks. It never had happened before in baseball, and only ... what ... four times in professional sports history?

 

Yeah, this collapse was pretty crazy.
Plus, I don't think you can have the 2007 Red Sox on there because even if they blow the division they will still make the playoffs.

 

As a Cubs fan, I want to thank the Mets for being horrible long enough to give the Braves something to play for this weekend against Milwaukee .

Don't think the Mets will actually blow it, though. And the 2007 Red Sox collapse isn't as huge of a deal, because the division champ/wild card basically means one game's worth of homefield advantage in the playoffs.

 

As far as how the 2007 Mets and Red Sox are remembered, it depends on whether either or both of them succeed in pissing down their legs. If they both lose the division, this season will be remembered more than if only one of them (or neither of them) gags.

 

1995 Angels have to be included on this list.

That said, the answer is (and remains) the 1964 Phillies.

 

Just ask Joe Morgan

 

'51 Dodgers, up 13 1/2 in mid-August lose best-of-3 playoff to Giants on Thomson's "Shot heard 'round the world."



Can't include 2004 Yanks -- biggest choke in history -- because it was post-season not regular season