At the time it was only the second UATP in MLB history turned by a 2nd Baseman. - Bill Wambsganss turned the first during the 1920 World Series. There have been three by second baseman since including one by Phils utility man Eric Bruntlett in 2009.
1993 Topps #262 Mickey Morandini
First off the pix on these cards feature a Double Play not the Triple Play mentioned above.
I had always assumed the Topps card featured the Phils ill-fated day game blue caps which were ejected after a few games because 1) the players didn't like them 2) they lost the few games when they wore them.
Mystery Solved
I assumed wrong. The years didn't add up. Turns out the cursed hats were from 1994 - The cards above are from 1993. After some Turn Back the Clock Game research I found that the Phillies wore there 1948 throwbacks for a game on June 21 1992.
Interesting thing you have above is two cards, different manufacturers, same play - possibly same photographer.
If you check the box link above, you can see in the 4th inning Andre Dawson singled followed by Mark Grace hitting into a 6-4-3 DP. I am pretty sure that is what we are seeing here.
Sources
Wikipedia.com
Baseball-Ref.com
2 comments:
nice. i like the 'same play' cards. i'll have to pick up that score card for my double play collection. do you happen to have an extra?
I am not sure if I have a dupe of the Score Morandini card around. I will keep an eye out for it.
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