In '64 the Phillies missed a near-certain NL title by losing ten in a row. Thinking the following season '65 would be the year, the team finished a disappointing sixth. Mauch preferred experience over youth and the organization, wanting to appease the Faithful — still brooding over the '64 collapse — made a trade that made perfect sense. At the start of the '66 season, the club sent three young players to the Cubs for two veteran right-handers Larry Jackson, 35, and Bob Buhl, 37.