Thursday, April 9, 2009

1981 Topps #P9 Ryne Sandberg

On January 27, 1982, the Phillies traded Larry Bowa and an infield prospect to the Chicago Cubs for Ivan DeJesus. The infield prospect, Ryne Sandberg, had joined the Phillies in September 1981 when rosters expanded. He played in 13 games for the Phils, hitting .167, and playing 16 innings at shortstop.

From 1982 until his retirement in 1997, Ryne compiled a Hall of Fame career with the Cubs. I think I stopped being bitter about this trade at some point in the mid-90's. The picture for this card was taken from the Phillies' 1981 Yearbook.

6 comments:

Pop-Pop said...

Todays Quiz.
Who was Phillie GM?

Jim said...

Was it Bill Giles? I think Dallas Green was the Cubs GM by then, so he knew exactly what he was doing.

Pop-Pop said...

How about that Paul Owens

Jim said...

That's too bad.

Anonymous said...

Great card!

Johngy said...

Never saw this one before. Awesome, even though Ryno is a Cub forever!