1995 CALIFORNIA ANGELSIn 1986, the California Angels faced off the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and a chance to enter the World Series. The Angels held a 3 to 1 series lead over the Sox and lost the last two games. It was a bitter disappointment for California, and but what loomed ahead in 1995 was far greater in the sense that it wasn’t as quick, the Angels had a slow death. The 1995 Angels went through perhaps one of the greatest and worst late-season collapses in Major League Baseball history. With a 10½-game lead over the Texas Rangers and 11½-game lead over the Seattle Mariners, on August 6th, they suffered through a late season slump, including a nine-game losing streak from August 25 to September 3. Still leading their division: Seattle by six games and Texas by 7½, a second identical nine-game losing streak from September 13 to September 23 dropped them temporarily out of first place. The Angels did rebound to win the last five games, tying Seattle for the division lead, and forcing a one-game playoff to contest the division championship. The Mariners Randy Johnson ace of the Mariner’s staff pitched his team to a 9–1 triumph over the Angel’s Mark Langston for all the marbles, ending the Angels' season. Leading by 11.5 games on Aug. 9 the Angels collapsed, going 12-27 in their final 39 games giving the Seattle Mariners the playoffs for the first time in their history. The Angels won their final five to force the one-game playoff with the Mariners, but Randy Johnson proved too much for the angelic nine. That’s all I wrote, folks!

In 1986, the California Angels faced off the Boston Red Sox for the American League pennant and a chance to enter the World Series. The Angels held a 3 to 1 series lead over the Sox and lost the last two games. It was a bitter disappointment for California, and but what loomed ahead in 1995 was far greater in the sense that it wasn’t as quick, the Angels had a slow death.

The 1995 Angels went through perhaps one of the greatest and worst late-season collapses in Major League Baseball history. With a 10½-game lead over the Texas Rangers and 11½-game lead over the Seattle Mariners, on August 6^th, they suffered through a late season slump, including a nine-game losing streak from August 25 to September 3. Still leading their division: Seattle by six games and Texas by 7½, a second identical nine-game losing streak from September 13 to September 23 dropped them temporarily out of first place.

The Angels did rebound to win the last five games, tying Seattle for the division lead, and forcing a one-game playoff to contest the division championship. The Mariners Randy Johnson ace of the Mariner’s staff pitched his team to a 9–1 triumph over the Angel’s Mark Langston for all the marbles, ending the Angels' season.

Leading by 11.5 games on Aug. 9 the Angels collapsed, going 12-27 in their final 39 games giving the Seattle Mariners the playoffs for the first time in their history. The Angels won their final five to force the one-game playoff with the Mariners, but Randy Johnson proved too much for the angelic nine.

That’s all I wrote, folks!