Phillies at Blue Jays: July 12th to July 13th

2022 Chachi 2000 Topps Missing Links #13

2000 Topps #29

Tuesday and Wednesday 7:07
Rogers Centre - Toronto, Ontario

At the Ballpark:  Vaccinated players.  Also, tonight is a $1 hot dog night at the ballpark.  The first 15,000 fans tomorrow night will receive a Kevin Gausman bobblehead.

Phillies 46-41
3rd Place in the N.L. East, 8 games behind the Mets

Phillies Probables
Andrew Bellatti (1-3, 3.14)
Zack Wheeler (8-4, 2.46)

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Bryce Harper - .318
Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 61
Home Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 28
RBIs:  Kyle Schwarber - 57
Stolen Bases:  J.T. Realmuto - 11

Wins:  Zack Wheeler - 8
ERA:  Zack Wheeler - 2.46

Strikeouts:  Aaron Nola - 127
Saves:  Corey Knebel - 12

Blue Jays 45-42
4th Place in the A.L. East, 16 1/2 games behind the Yankees

Blue Jays Probables
Jose Berrios (6-4, 5.44)
TBD

Blue Jays Leaders
Average:  Alejandro Kirk - .309
Runs:  George Springer - 50
Home Runs:  Vladimir Guerrero - 19
RBIs:  Vladimir Guerrero - 54
Stolen Bases:  George Springer - 8

Wins:  Alex Manoah - 9
ERA:  Alex Manoah - 2.34

Strikeouts:  Kevin Gausman - 100
Saves:  Jordan Romano - 18

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2020 Chachi 1991 Missing Links #3

1991 Topps #101

Double Header Thursday 1:07
Sahlen Field - Buffalo, NY

At the Ballpark:  These games are being played to make up games cancelled on July 31st and August 1st when the Phillies had to postpone a week's worth of games following the COVID-19 outbreak on the Marlins.  The final missed game, originally scheduled for August 2nd, will be played as part of a double header on September 18th.

Buffalo's Sahlen Field is the Triple-A home of the Blue Jays' top farm team, the Buffalo Bisons.  With restrictions in place in Canada resulting from the pandemic, the Blue Jays are playing their 2020 home games at the ballpark, which opened in 1988.

Phillies 9-10
3rd Place in the N.L. East, 2 games behind the Braves

Phillies Probables
Spencer Howard (0-1, 7.88)
Vince Velasquez (0-0, 7.88)

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Bryce Harper - .349
Runs:  Bryce Harper - 19
Home Runs:  J.T. Realmuto - 8
RBIs:  J.T. Realmuto - 20
Stolen Bases:  Bryce Harper - 4

Wins:  Zack Wheeler - 3
ERA:  Aaron Nola - 2.05

Strikeouts:  Aaron Nola - 37
Saves:  Hector Neris - 2

Blue Jays 10-11
4th Place in the A.L. East, 4 1/2 games behind the Yankees

Blue Jays Probables
Chase Anderson (0-0, 3.00)
Trent Thornton (0-0, 2.25)

Blue Jays Leaders
Average:  Randal Grichuk - .344
Runs:  Cavan Biggio - 17
Home Runs:  Teoscar Hernandez - 7
RBIs:  Randal Grichuk - 15
Stolen Bases:  Bo Bichette - 4

Wins:  Tanner Roark and Hyun Jin Ryu - 2
ERA:  Hyun Jin Ryu - 3.46

Strikeouts:  Hyun Jin Ryu - 27
Saves:  Anthony Bass - 3

Phillies at Blue Jays: May 7th to May 8th

Wednesday and Thursday 7:07
Rogers Centre - Toronto, Ontario

Phillies 15-16, 5th Place in the N.L. East, 2 1/2 games behind the Braves
Blue Jays 16-17, Tied for 3rd Place in the A.L. East, 1 1/2 games behind the Orioles and Yankees

Phillies Probables:  Cliff Lee (3-2, 3.00), A.J. Burnett (2-1, 2.06)
Blue Jays Probables:  Mark Buehrle (5-1, 2.25), R.A. Dickey (2-3, 5.01)

At the Ballpark:  There's not a darn thing going on at the stadium formerly known as the SkyDome for these two games . . . other than some so-so baseball between the Jays and Phils.

Phillies Leaders

Average:  Chase Utley - .327

Runs:  Carlos Ruiz - 19

Home Runs:  Ryan Howard - 6

RBIs:  Marlon Byrd - 22

Stolen Bases:  Ben Revere - 10

Wins:  Antonio Bastardo and Cliff Lee - 3

1988 Topps #438

ERA:  A.J. Burnett - 2.06

Strikeouts:  Cliff Lee - 45

Saves:  Jonathan Papelbon - 9

1988 Topps Appreciation:  This is the coveted Rob Ducey rookie card from the 1988 Topps set.  Iback in a June 2009 post.  Despite his three years with the club, I only have six Ducey Phillies cards in my collection.  Three of those cards come from Phillies team-issued sets, one of the cards is from the 2001 Topps set and the other two cards are from the seldom seen and best forgotten 2000 Impact and 2001 MLB Showdown sets.
first wrote about Ducey and his strange 2000 season

2001 Phillies Team Issue #2 Rob Ducey

The curious case of Rob Ducey, the man once traded for himself:

July 26, 2000: The Phillies trade Rob Ducey to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later ("PTBNL").

July 31, 2000: Blue Jays send John Sneed to the Phillies to complete the deal . . . or did they?

August 5, 2000: Phillies trade Mickey Morandini to the Blue Jays for a PTBNL.

August 7, 2000: Blue Jays send Rob Ducey to the Phillies as the PTBNL in the Morandini deal.

If we condense these deals, the Phillies traded Mickey Morandini and Rob Ducey to the Blue Jays for John Sneed and Rob Ducey. In his 5 games with the Blue Jays, before being reacquired by the Phils, Rob went 2 for 13 (.154). Somehow, the master trade negotiators with the Blue Jays convinced the Phillies to take him back!

In any event, Rob played in parts of 3 seasons with the Phillies (1999-2001) as the team's reserve outfielder and left-handed bat off the bench. In total, he played 13 seasons in the Majors, compiling a career average of .242.