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By William C. Kashatus
Every thing appeared to be going the Phillies?’ means. Up via 6 half video games with simply 12 left to play within the 1964 season, they looked as if it would have clinched their first pennant in additional than a decade. Outfielder Johnny Callison narrowly ignored being the nationwide League MVP. 3rd baseman Richie Allen was once Rookie of the yr. however the "Fightin?’ Phils" didn?’t make it to the postseason?—they misplaced 10 instantly and entire a video game in the back of the St. Louis Cardinals. along with engineering the best cave in of any crew in significant league baseball historical past, the ?’64 Phillies had one other, extra very important contrast: they have been Philadelphia?’s first really built-in baseball workforce. In September Swoon William Kashatus tells the dramatic story?—both at the box and stale the field?—of the Phillies?’ bittersweet season of 1964. greater than the other group in Philadelphia?’s activities historical past, the ?’64 Phillies saddled town with a name for being a "loser." even if victory appeared guaranteed, Philadelphia chanced on the way to lose. regrettably, the cave in, dubbed the "September swoon," used to be the start of a self-destructive skid in either crew play and racial integration, for the very issues that made the avid gamers special threatened to rip the group aside. An opposed press and contentious lovers blamed Richie Allen, the Phillies?’ first black celebrity, for the team?’s wasting methods, accusing him of dividing the workforce alongside racial traces. Allen manipulated the ensuing controversy within the hopes that he will be traded, yet within the technique he controlled to additional fray already tenuous race family. in accordance with own interviews, participant biographies, and newspaper debts, September Swoon brings to lifestyles a season and a staff that obtained such a lot of Philadelphians, either black and white, to care deeply and passionately concerning the video game at a turbulent interval within the city?’s?—and our nation?’s?—history. The place of origin enthusiasts reveled of their triumphs and cried of their defeat, simply because they observed in them a mirrored image of themselves. The ?’64 Phillies not just gained over the loyalties of a racially divided urban, yet gave Philadelphians a cause to dream?—of a pennant, of a contender, and of a urban of concord.
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281 in eighty-eight games. 317 with 21 homers and 94 RBIs. When he was promoted to Double A at Williamsport in 1962, Allen continued his prodigious power-hitting, despite being moved to a new position. 2 The majors appeared to be on the horizon, especially after he led the Phils with 9 homers at the end of spring training in 1963. 39 SEPTEMBER SWOON Image not available Fig. 10 Richard Anthony Allen signed with the Phillies in 1960 for $70,000, the highest bonus ever paid to an African American player at the time.
38 Essentially, the Phillies brain trust was racist on principle, and as such they hurt the quality of their teams. But their white fans did not seem to mind, for they too proved to be committed to the tacit segregation that prevailed in the city. Philadelphia’s African American baseball community, on the other hand, realized the signiWcance of Robinson’s quest and ceased its internal bickering in order to support him. To be sure, in terms of baseball talent there were better candidates than Robinson.
So high-strung that he paid with his life to go through with breaking the color barrier. He tried real hard not to make waves in the Weld so he could open doors for black ballplayers. It caused him an early death, too, because he just blew up inside. But then, Jackie was a man who would do anything to help one of his own. That was his way. ”91 Indeed, Robinson’s success paved the way for other African American stars, such as Roy Campanella, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron. By 1956 every National League club’s roster was integrated, with the exception of Philadelphia’s.