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| 2024 Philadelphia Phillies Photo Cards |
Game 86 - Wednesday Night, July 3rd in Chicago
Record - 57-29, 1st Place, 9 games ahead of the Braves
One Sentence Summary: All-Stars Trea Turner and Alec Bohm paced the Phillies' offense in this 5-3 win over the Cubs.
What It Means: Prior to the game, the starters for the upcoming All-Star Game were announced. Bryce Harper will be at first base (if he's healthy), with Turner at shortstop and Bohm at third base. It's the first time the Phillies have had three infield starters in an All-Star Game since Pete Rose, Manny Trillo and Mike Schmidt in 1982.
What Happened: Rafael Marchan hit a solo home run in the top of the third to the tie the game at 1-1. With the Cubs holding a 2-1 lead in the sixth, Bohm homered to left center, scoring Turner who had singled to reach, and the Phillies were up, 3-2. Matt Strahm replaced Zack Wheeler in the seventh and allowed the Cubs to tie up the game again. In the eighth, Turner and Bohm started the inning with singles, with both advancing on a passed ball. Edmundo Sosa brought Turner home with the go-ahed run with a sacrifice fly and Whit Merrifield added an insurance run with an RBI-single to center, scoring Bohm.
What It Means: Prior to the game, the starters for the upcoming All-Star Game were announced. Bryce Harper will be at first base (if he's healthy), with Turner at shortstop and Bohm at third base. It's the first time the Phillies have had three infield starters in an All-Star Game since Pete Rose, Manny Trillo and Mike Schmidt in 1982.
What Happened: Rafael Marchan hit a solo home run in the top of the third to the tie the game at 1-1. With the Cubs holding a 2-1 lead in the sixth, Bohm homered to left center, scoring Turner who had singled to reach, and the Phillies were up, 3-2. Matt Strahm replaced Zack Wheeler in the seventh and allowed the Cubs to tie up the game again. In the eighth, Turner and Bohm started the inning with singles, with both advancing on a passed ball. Edmundo Sosa brought Turner home with the go-ahed run with a sacrifice fly and Whit Merrifield added an insurance run with an RBI-single to center, scoring Bohm.
Jose Alvarado shut down the Cubs in the ninth for his 13th save.
Featured Card: Here's Bohm's team-issued photo card from this year, which has only been made available on ALS Night held on June 2nd as a grab bag identifier for a signed ball. In a recent conversation with a Phillies' sales representative, I was told the Phillies are no longer allowed to sell team-issued photo card sets because of their relatively new partnership with Fanatics/Topps. The photo cards are still being produced, but not for sale, and are evidently used for promotional reasons only.
Featured Card: Here's Bohm's team-issued photo card from this year, which has only been made available on ALS Night held on June 2nd as a grab bag identifier for a signed ball. In a recent conversation with a Phillies' sales representative, I was told the Phillies are no longer allowed to sell team-issued photo card sets because of their relatively new partnership with Fanatics/Topps. The photo cards are still being produced, but not for sale, and are evidently used for promotional reasons only.
This is a huge bummer to me and many other lifelong Phillies photo card collectors. The Phillies have produced these cards since the 1950s, and sold them in set form since the early 1980s. I'm actively trying to add as many of these 2024 cards to my collection, while tracking the cards I have or that I've seen in the wild over at TCDB.com.
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