Since it happened a half-century ago now, I'm guessing a good portion of Eye on Baseball readers are not familiar with the collapse of the 1964 Phillies, otherwise known as "The Phold."

Long story short: The Phillies had a 6.5-game lead with 12 games to play, then lost 10 straight while the second-place Reds won nine straight and the third-place Cardinals won 10 of 11. St. Louis ended up winning the NL pennant by one game before beating the Yankees in the World Series. The Phillies, who had been in first place since mid July, finished the season tied for second with the Reds.

Sunday was the 50th anniversary of the start of the 10-game losing streak, and there is now a Twitter account (@epic64collapse) live-tweeting the Phillies collapse, with full inning-by-inning recaps and postgame quotes. Here's are some samples:

I won't spoil any more of the fun -- frankly, I have no idea what happened during the collapse on a game-by-game basis and I'm looking forward to finding out -- so make sure you give the account a follow.

Needless to say, this is tremendous. The internet is full of gold.

(h/t Reddit)