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The Dirty Inning: 99 Lead Balloons

In September 1930, the Phillies put a game they were losing 12-0 in the hands of a WWI balloonist. It got worse.

By Justin Klugh
Miniature of Ebbets Field and Display

On September 6, 1930, the Phillies handed the ball to Hal Elliott, a former WWI balloon pilot, who proceeded to let the Brooklyn Robins pad their already 12-0 lead.

Justin and Trev take you back to the day in Depression-era New York that the Phillies let a baseball game go so poorly, it barely even feel like baseball anymore.

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