Special to The Desert Sun

Is the season is about a month away from completion, here are the five biggest collapses in baseball history.

1964 Phillies : Philadelphia, under manager Gene Mauch, was 6 ½ games ahead in the National League with 12 to go. Mauch mismanaged his starting pitchers and the Phillies lost 10 straight and the pennant.

2011 Boston Red Sox : First team to hold a 9-game lead in September and not make the playoffs. They lost 20 games in a month

1995 Angels: Hard to believe (unless you’re an Angel fan), they were 11 ½ games ahead of Seattle on Aug. 16 and did not even make the playoffs,

2011 Atlanta Braves: They were 25 games above .500 entering September and had an 8 ½ game lead for the wild card. But folded own the stretch.

2009 Detroit Tigers : They w

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