Come late April 1966 in Chicago, the grain elevators were aflame, proms were preparing the young folk to step into adult life, and the Cubs were a reliably beatable squad. Gene Mauch and his Phillies came to town, and while Mauch mentioned they hadn't suffered a real bad loss at Wrigley for some time and were about due, his team came out and walloped the baby bears so hard, they completely checked out for the next day's game.