Series Preview - Rockies at Phillies: September 9th to September 12th

2021 Chachi Fan Favorites #3

2021 Chachi 1986 Topps Missing Links #3

Thursday and Friday 7:05, Saturday 6:05, Sunday 1:05
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA

At the Ballpark:  It's Bark at the Park night tonight with guests permitted to bring their dogs to the game with a special theme ticket.  On Sunday, all fans 15 and over will received a Phillies picnic blanket.

Rockies 63-77
4th Place in the N.L. West, 27 games behind the Giants

Rockies Probables
Antonio Senzatela (4-9, 4.16)
German Marquez (11-10, 4.08)
Kyle Freeland (5-7, 4.69)
Chi Chi Gonzalez (3-7, 6.50)

Rockies Leaders
Average:  Raimel Tapia - .277
Runs:  Trevor Story - 73
Home Runs:  C.J. Cron - 26
RBIs:  C.J. Cron - 80
Stolen Bases:  Raimel Tapia - 20

Wins:  German Marquez - 11
ERA:  German Marquez - 4.08

Strikeouts:  German Marquez - 161
Saves:  Daniel Bard - 20

Phillies 71-68
2nd Place in the N.L. East, 2 1/2 games behind the Braves

Phillies Probables
Ranger Suarez (6-4, 1.38)
TBD
Zack Wheeler (12-9, 2.91)
Aaron Nola (7-8, 4.57)

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Bryce Harper - .303
Runs:  Bryce Harper - 83
Home Runs:  Bryce Harper - 29
RBIs:  Rhys Hoskins - 71
Stolen Bases:  Bryce Harper - 12

Wins:  Zack Wheeler - 12
ERA:  Zack Wheeler - 2.91
Strikeouts:  Zack Wheeler - 217
Saves:  Hector Neris - 12

2021 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2021 Season Summary Index / 2021 Chachi Set Checklist

1988 Topps Phillies - Missing Links

Today's post features the first half of the massive 1988 Topps Missing Link set.  There were 20 players who suited up for the Phillies during the 1988 season who did not appear as Phillies in either the Topps regular or traded sets.  Some of the omissions were justified and deserved (Salome Barojas), while other omissions angered me at the time (Bob Dernier).

When reflecting back on the 1988 season, The Phillies Encyclopedia puts it best:

The club performed atrociously throughout, mixing one unethusiastic performance after another with injuries, season-long slumps, and a rash of player moves that did little else but give a lot of people a chance to tell their grandchildren that they once wore a big league uniform.

A few other notes:
- I almost didn't share the Barojas card here but I figured I was among friends so the snickering at my graphic design skills would be held to a minimum.  (The Al Pardo and Bill Scherrer cards, which will follow shortly, almost didn't get published either.)
- Most of the photos used are from the 1988 Phillies Yearbook or the 1989 Tastykake Phillies set.

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Look for the 1989 Topps Phillies post in 2012! (Or at some point in 2011, time permitting.)

1986 Topps Phillies - Missing Links

There are 16 players who appeared with the Phillies in 1986 who didn't make it into either the Topps base set or the traded series so I've made 1986 Topps cards for all 16.  As far as I know, neither Jeff Bittinger or Tom Gorman ever had Phillies cards - either mainstream or in the team-issued Tastykake sets - and if and when I ever have the free time to take a crash course in graphic design, I'm going to go back and fix their cards.

Most of the pictures I used for these cards are from the 1986 or 1987 Tastykake Phillies sets or from the 1986 Phillies Yearbook.

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