Mike Schmidt Day at 30-Year Old Cardboard

I just wanted to let Phillies Fans and Phungo Readers know that 30-Year Old Cardboard has put together a great set of posts regarding Mike Schmidt to commemorate his 60th birthday (on Sunday Sept 27th).

Thanks Brian and Happy Birthday to Michael Jack!


2009 04 19 Harry Kalas Memorial at Mike Schmidt Statue (Click to Enlarge)

*Harry Kalas called every one of Mike Schmidt's 548 career Home Runs.

Making a Case for Documentary

2008 UD Documentary 2305/PHI75 Pat Burrell 2008 06 20 Angels 7 @ Phillies 1
2008 UD Documetnary 4233/PHI142 Joe Blanton 2008 09 07 Phillies 6 @ Mets 2

Most folks have no use or interest in UD 2008 Documentary product. I can't blame them, it is really an even weaker variation of the Yankee Stadium Legacy set which some bloggers have poked fun at, and some more than once.

Well....I can make a slight argument for Documentary. If you have been reading here for a while, you are probably aware that I have noted a few times in the past that I collect cards of games that I have attended.

Since Documentary identifies specific games it is a product that is somewhat of interest to me - of course that interest only extends to about 40 or so cards of the mammoth set.

During the 08 season I saw 21 Major League games including the playoffs - for each of those games I would like to collect the related UD Documentary cards.

If anyone has any of the documentary cards corresponding to the games below, I would be willing to trade for them. I am interested in BOTH the Phillies and the opponent versions of the cards.

I am particularly interested in the Post-Season Cards which some folks out there may have because they were inserted into other UD 09 Products.

2008 04 02 Nationals 0 @ Phillies 1

2008 04 12 Cubs 4 @ Phillies 3

2008 05 03 Mariners 1 @ Yankees 7 (also looking for YSL card )

2008 06 03 Reds 2 @ Phillies 3

2008 06 20 Angles 7 @ Phillies 1 (PHI Version in Phungo Collection)

2008 07 01 Royals 5 @ Orioles 7

2008 07 06 Mets 4 @ Orioles 2

2008 07 08 Cardinals 2 @ Philllies 0

2008 07 31 Phillies 8 @ Nationals 4

2008 08 06 Malins 0 @ Phillies 5

2008 08 18 Red Sox 6 @ Orioles 3

2008 08 23 Dodgers 2 @ Phillies 9

2008 08 27 Mets 6 @ Phillies 3

2008 09 07 Phillies 6 @ Mets 2 (PHI Version in Phungo Collection)

2008 09 11 Brewers 3 @ Phillies 6

2008 09 23A Rays 5 @ Orioles 2

2008 09 23B Rays 7 @ Orioles 5

Post Season (contained in various 09 UD Products)

2009 10 02 Brewers 2 @ Phillies 5

2009 10 09 Dodgers 2 @ Phillies 3

2009 10 10 Dodgers 5 @ Phillies 8

2009 10 29+ Rays 3 @ Phillies 4

For other Phungo Want Lists please check here.

Ok thanks for your attention, you can now go back to snickering about UD Documentary.

Lerew starts for Royals v Red Sox

2004 Bowman #221 Anthony Lerew

I am sure this news will barely blip most places outside of KC, but Anthony Lerew is starting a major league game for the first time in two years tonight. I just wanted to note it here as Lerew is the only player from my high school that has ever played in a major league game.

Lerew was at one time a prospect in the Braves organization, but has been plagued by injuries. Hopefully he can get his career back on track as a Royal.

So in addition to cheering for the Phils tonight, I will also be pulling for the Kansas City Royals.

The Philadelphia Sportscard & Memorabilia Show coming this weekend!!!!!!!

The Philadelphia Sportscard & Memorabilia Show is this weekend in Valley Forge, PA. Team Phungo will be in attendance at some point - likely Sunday. I am sure Sports Card Info will represent and Stale Gum has run features on this show in the past. This past Sunday, the Philadelphia Inquirer contained an ad for the show which had a $1 off adimission coupon.



If you think you will be in the area for the show let team Phungo know and we will try and hook up.

Phungo Cards - Anibal Sanchez

We are coming down to the end of the regular season, and it is getting time to start looking at Magic Numbers. Two years ago the Mets had a seven game lead with 17 to play and was unable to win a pennant, so we know that nothing is given.




2009 Phungo #22 Anibal Sanchez

The Phils and Marlins split a double header yesterday. In the second game of the DH Anibal Sanchez pitched very well holding the Phils lineup to 2 hits and no runs over 8 innings as the Marlins took the game 3-0.

The photo for this card was take on August 6th of 2008 during a game in which the Phils shutout the Marlins and Sanchez 5-0. Sanchez has been injury plagued and inconsistent but yesterday he showed that he still has the stuff that allowed him to pitch a no-hitter in 2006.

Fortunately the Phils scored 9 runs in the first game and Joe Blanton put together another fine start to enable the Phils to reduce their magic number to 5.

Tonight the Phils and Marlins play the final game of the quick 3 game series. Hopefully Cole Hamels will have his good stuff as he faces the Fish and Rick VandenHurk.

Broken News - UD announces Metrodome Legacy

To commemorate the Minnesota Twins 28 years of playing in the much celebrated Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome trading card giant Upper Dreck has announced that it will produce a Metrodome Legacy Set. The set will consist of 2243 cards each representing a specific game in the Twins Storied Metrodome History.




2009 Upper Dreck #69 Denard Span

The card pictured above represents a Twins win on September 13th of their inaugural season in the Metrodome. This card also represents a memorable game where the Twins drew an incredible 2,795 Fans.

Similar to another recent insert set (Yankee Stadium Legacy) the Metrodome Legacy will feature players that didn't play in the game noted on the card. In fact for this set Upper Dreck has gone a step further and placed Denard Span on a card representing a game that was played before he was even born.

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I firmly believe that I put no more time into this custom card and post than UD put into the Real YSL Set.

Upper Dreck

I have posted a few Sloppy Topps in the past, today - in the interest of equal time I am posting an Upper Dreck entry.

And, yes, I know poking fun at Yankee Stadium Legacy is like picking on the Mets injury depleted 2009 lineup - but it is still fun.

The two budget packs I picked up at Rite-Aid yesterday were basically uneventful (8 base cards - no Phils) but the YSL was an interesting Yogi Berra card.

2008 UD YSL #1869 Yogi Berra

This is perfectly fine card featuring a Hall of Famer and a game the day of September 2nd 1946.

Since the featured game is from 1946, I can't even check Baseball-Reference to see if Yogi played that day. Of course I could read the Bronx Tales - click the picture to enlarge and read, sorry it may be a bit blurry. Notice anything odd. The card represents a game on September 2nd 1946 however, YOGI BERRA DIDN'T EVEN DEBUT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22nd!!!

Ugh. Aren't insert sets supposed to be special or something?!?! - Like I said there is not much joy in poking fun at this set. I realize it is a large set and a lot of work to create - still it would of been nice for UD to at least show something on the effort end.

All this being said, I am still chasing the two specific UD YSL cards that represent the two games I saw at Yankee Stadium. The first card I chronicled in this post regarding a botched ebay bid. The other card is for the game played May 3rd 2008, which would be among the 2009 UD inserts.

More Yogi at Phungo HoF Index
1959 Topps #180