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This is the story of one of the most unusual seasons in the history of baseball. It's the year one of the longest dynasties in any sport came to end. Another top era in the sport was about to begin. On the final day of the season, there could have been a three-way tie for the title. The managers of both of the 1964 World Series teams were feeling the heat concerning management’s thoughts of firing them at the end of the season. It was an era of Hall of Fame players and fierce competitors. Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris and Whitey Ford were icons of the sport. Bob Gibson, Ken Boyer, Bill White and Lou Brock had a chance to knock them off for a World Championship. The pennant races as seen through the eyes of a 17-year-old fan also involved one of the biggest collapses at the end of a season in any sport.