The Phils took a 4-1 lead in the 5th on a Dave Hollins Homer, Mickey Morandini tripled the following inning to stretch the lead to 6-1. Tommy Greene, who was at the end of his best season of his brief career, gave the Phils seven strong innings and left with a 6-3 lead.
1994 Fleer Flair #412 Tommy GreeneMitch Williams pitched an improbable 1-2-3 Ninth for the save clinching the 1993 National League crown for the Phils.
Amazingly the pitcher that Tommy Greene out-dueled that night is now, 15 years later, a member of the team the Phils are facing in the 2008 NLCS - Greg Maddux.
1994 Fleer Ultra #446 Greg Maddux
The only proper way to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the greatest game I ever saw would be with another playoff victory. Hopefully the baseball fates agree with me.
Note 1 - You can't tell in the scan, but the price of the Phils NLCS ticket in 1993 was $30 - that was for a ticket in the last row of the old Vet. I am not sure what upper level tickets are going for this year but the lowers carry a face value of $120.
Note 2 - The Tommy Greene card is from 1994 Fleer Flair, one of my favorite sets. The dual photos on the front of these cards are usually very good and there is even a 3rd photo on the back. I particularly like the in action pitching shots like this one. The card stock is also very strong - it really gives you the feeling your holding a premium card.
Go Phils!
Nice post. My darn internet has been down for most of the weekend so I haven't been able to post about any of the games. I did a whole series on all the players from the 1993 team over on my blog. I posted the Dave Hollins card from the Flair set, also one of my favorites.
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