Axe:
I hear what you're saying. And believe me, while the Mets collapse last year was epic, if you lived through the late 70s/early 80s Mets like I did, or even the early 90s Mets, there's still a part of you that was glad to be in it in September even if they did choke.
A small part, yes, but a part nonetheless. Minuscule, in fact, but it's there.
I did not mean that the Phillies lost that lead in the last 7 days. According to various sources (I can't remember - I was 1), on September 20, 1964, the Phillies had a 6.5 game lead. On September 27, they were a game back. That's the 7.5 games in 7 days.
Either way they are both horrific no doubt. I was undoubtedly exaggerating the difference in the particular phrases I chose, since intelligent minds could differ on which was worse. I have to remember not to post after watching the Mets lose. But suffice it to say that the Mets collapse last year wasn't the only time ever a team had lost a significant lead over a short period of time.
As a side note, since the Mets homer in me is coming out, 6.5 over 12 sounds worse than 7 over 17 to me. The difference is 0.5 over 5. That's not too hard to achieve. I'll still give the Grand Prize to the 1964 Phillies. 
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