October 9, 1914. "Philadelphia Athletics dugout prior to start of Game 1 of 1914 World Series at Shibe Park." View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection.
In this same stadium in 1964 the Phillies had a 6 1/2 game lead for the pennant, they lost 7 straight here and 3 on the road, they only had to win one game.
The stadium was called Connie Mack at that time and it looked a lot like this picture, it was a great ballpark.
The A's lost this game 7-1 to the Boston Braves. And then lost the next three, getting swept. By an interesting coincidence, one of my other favorite blogs, The Griddle, has a post describing the A's hard luck after this series. The post-World Series firesale ain't a new phenomenon.
