Blown leads

Questions:

1) Which National League team famously squandered a 6 1/2-game lead with 12 left to play in 1964? 2) What team lost a 9 1/2- game lead in August to finish second in the NL East in 1969? 3) What team blew a 14-game lead in 1978 and lost the American League East in a one-game playoff? 4) What team lost the NL title on a walk-off home run in Game 3 of the 1951 NL playoffs? 5) Up three games to one in 1986, this team nearly had the AL Championship Series sewn up until a ninth-inning home run tied Game 5, paving the way for a loss in extra innings and a series loss in seven games. Can you name the team? 6) A ninth-inning walk-off home run in Game 7 lost the 1960 World Series for what team? 7) An infamous ground ball between the legs of the first baseman prevented this team from clinching the 1986 World Series in Game 6, setting the stage for a loss in Game 7. What team was it?

Answers:

Sox Red Boston 7) Yankees York New 6) Angels California 5) Dodgers Brooklyn 4) Sox Red Boston 3) Cubs Chicago 2) Phillies Philadelphia 1)