Series Preview - Mets at Phillies: August 6th to August 8th

1986 Topps #414

2021 Chachi 1986 Topps Missing Links #4

Friday 7:05, Saturday 4:05, Sunday 1:05
Citizens Bank Park - Philadelphia, PA

At the Ballpark:  This is one of the best weekends (if not the best weekend) of the year at Citizens Bank Park.  Alumni Weekend returns with the Phillies honoring former president and CEO David Montgomery on Friday night.  Montgomery posthumously received the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award in Cooperstown on July 24th.  On Saturday, Phillies Wall of Famers return as Manny Trillo is inducted and all fans will receive a Manny Trillo Wall of Fame Print.  And on Sunday, the Phillies will officially retire Roy Halladay's #34, with all fans receiving a Halladay Retired Number Statue.

(Poor planning on my part means this series preview post features not one, but two cards of short-time Phillies pitcher Tom Gorman, who is perhaps better known as the Mets pitcher who started the game on June 11, 1985, when Von Hayes hit two first inning home runs.  Not really great card choices for the annual Alumni Weekend.)

The Phillies Room staff is currently taking its second of two summer sabbaticals, and the blog will be on auto pilot until later next week.  During our absence, a daily gallery of a prior year Topps Phillies team set will be posted.  Thanks for your continued support and Go Phils!

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