July 7, 1964 | All-Star Game Highlights

July 7, 1964 - Now you know why the Philadelphia Phillies are the Cinderella Kids of the National League.
So do the 50,815 fans who swarmed into the brand new stadium of the New York Mets.
So does Dick (The Monster) Radatz, who is recognized as one of baseball’s finest relief pitchers.
The Phillies, proudly perched atop the NL standings, didn’t have a single player picked for any starting position in the 35th All-Star game today.
But they had one that ended it.
He was outfielder Johnny Callison, who stepped into a belt-high fastball from Radatz in the last of the ninth inning with the score tied at 4-4 and two men on base with two outs.
He drilled the pitch, the first one Radatz threw his way, deep into the second balcony in right field for the three-run homer that gave the Nationals a come-from-behind 7-4 victory.

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