2021 Chachi #30 Lundquist / Brudzinski / Stumpo / Calitri

#94
David Bruce Lundquist, Jr.
Bullpen Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  240
Opening Day Age:  47
Born:  June 4, 1973, Beverly, MA
Major League Teams:  Chicago White Sox 1999; San Diego Padres 2001-2002
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2019-

First Phillies Card:  2019 Phillies Team Issue #57
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2008 Multi-Ad Lakewood BlueClaws #30
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2019 Phillies Team Issue #57

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #57

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

14 - Lundquist baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/16/21.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Lundquist
2019 Chachi #29
2020 Chachi #34
2021 Chachi #30

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#81
Gregory Matthew Brodzinski
Bullpen Catcher/Catching Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  205
Opening Day Age:  29
Born:  July 23, 1991, Pittsburgh, PA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2020-

First Phillies Card:  N/A
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2017 Grandstand Reading Fightin Phils #22
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  N/A

Newest Card Added:  2019 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #37

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

4 - Brodzinski baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/16/21.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Brodzinski
2020 Chachi #35
2021 Chachi #30

#82
Robert Joseph Stumpo
Bullpen Catcher/Catching Coach

Bats:  Switch  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'4"  Weight:  230
Opening Day Age:  33
Born:  July 17, 1987, Philadelphia, PA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2018-

First Phillies Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2011 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #15
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

6 - Stumpo baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/16/21.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Stumpo
2020 Chachi #35
2021 Chachi #30

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Michael Hennessey Calitri
Quality Assurance Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  210
Opening Day Age:  43
Born:  March 14, 1978, Brockton, MA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2021

First Phillies Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue Special Edition #95
First Phillies Minor League Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue Special Edition #95

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #95

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

2 - Calitri baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 5/16/21.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Calitri
2021 Chachi #30

I wasn't originally going to include Mike Calitri on a coach's card in this year's Chachi set, but every team publication and the Phillies website considers Calitri to now be a full-fledged coach despite the fact he wasn't issued a uniform number.  I'll admit I'm not quite sure what a Quality Assurance Coach does.

When I created my first Chachi set, back in 2005, the coaching assignments were much more limited - bench, hitting, pitching, 1st base, 3rd base, bullpen, bullpen catcher.  Manager Charlie Manuel and his seven coaches all fit on two cards.  Now with the Phillies nearly doubling that number with 12 coaches, I had to get creative this year and I assume this will be the pattern going forward.  And the Phillies aren't alone in this exercise as most (if not all) teams now employ upwards of 10 or more coaches, some with position names as nebulous as Quality Assurance Coach.

2021 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2021 Season Summary Index / 2021 Chachi Set Checklist

2020 Chachi #35 Greg Brodzinski / Jim Gott / Bob Stumpo CO

#81
Gregory Matthew Brodzinski
Bullpen Catcher/Catching Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'0"  Weight:  205
Opening Day Age:  29
Born:  July 23, 1991, Pittsburgh, PA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2020

First Phillies Card:  N/A
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2017 Grandstand Reading Fightin Phils #22
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  N/A

Newest Card Added:  2019 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #37

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

4 - Brodzinski baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 8/11/20.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Brodzinski
2020 Chachi #35 - with Jim Gott and Bob Stumpo

I thought it would be appropriate for the three bullpen coaches to share the same card.  Greg Brodzinski is the only new coach here out of the three, having been a coach for the Williamsport Crosscutters for the past two seasons.

Jim Gott is the elder statesmen among Phillies coaches, and this is his third season as the team's bullpen coach.  He pitched in parts of 14 seasons in the majors between 1982 and 1995, finishing second in the National League in saves in 1988 with 34.

The Phillies Media Guide indicates this is Bob Stumpo's third season as a coach as well, and admittedly I didn't realize he was an official coach resulting in his omission from the last two year's of Chachi sets.  Technically, his first Phillies card is a somewhat rare team-issued photo card from 2018 that was handed out to young baseball players who participated in a clinic held at Citizens Bank Park and facilitated by some of the coaches, including Stumpo.

#35
James Willliam Gott
Bullpen Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'3"  Weight:  250
Opening Day Age:  60
Born:  August 3, 1959, Hollywood, CA
Major League Teams:  Toronto Blue Jays 1982-1984; San Francisco Giants 1985-1987; Pittsburgh Pirates 1987-1989; Los Angeles Dodgers 1990-1994; Pittsburgh Pirates 1995
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2018-

First Phillies Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue #35
First Phillies Minor League Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue #35

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #35

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (13):  1983-1995

4 - Gott baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 8/11/20.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Gott
2018 Chachi #28 - with Dusty Wathan, Pedro Guerrero and Chris Young
2019 Chachi #28 - with Paco Figueroa and Dusty Wathan
2020 Chachi #35 - with Greg Brodzinski and Bob Stumpo

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#82
Robert Joseph Stumpo
Bullpen Catcher/Catching Coach

Bats:  Switch  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'4"  Weight:  230
Opening Day Age:  33
Born:  July 17, 1987, Philadelphia, PA
Major League Teams:  N/A
As a Coach:  Philadelphia Phillies 2018-

First Phillies Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82
First Phillies Minor League Card:  2011 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #15
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2018 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82

Newest Card Added:  2019 Phillies Team Issue 2 #82

Topps Flagship Set Appearances (0):  N/A

6 - Stumpo baseball cards in my collection per The Phillies Room Checklist as of 8/11/20.

Complete Chachi Checklist - Stumpo
2020 Chachi #35 - with Greg Brodzinski and Jim Gott

2020 Virtual Phillies Wall / 2020 Season Summary Index / 2020 Chachi Set Checklist

Phillies Finalize 2020 Coaching Staff

2019 Choice Williamsport Crosscutters #37

1986 Topps #379

2013 Grandstand Clearwater Threshers #25

On Monday, in the first new Phillies news of 2020, the team Tweeted out the graphic below listing its extremely crowded coaching staff.  Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I got used to a set number of coaches - bench, first base, third base, hitting, pitching, bullpen.  Six seemed like the right amount of coaches needed, and this is after most teams only had two or three coaches in earlier decades.

In 2020, the Phillies will be suiting up with double that amount as 12 coaches will be on their official staff.  We have the "traditional" six as listed above, and then there's infield, assistant hitting, assistant pitching, two bullpen catcher/catching coaches and the mysterious coaching assistant.  Paco Figuera, Jim Gott, Pedro Guerrero, Dave Lundquist, Bob Stumpo, Rob Thomson and Dusty Wathan are all holdovers from the Gabe Kapler regime.  I've previously posted about the additions of Juan Castro, Joe Dillon and Bryan Price.

Greg Brodzinski and Bobby Meacham are new to this list.  Brodzinski will assist Stumpo with bullpen catching and catching coach duties, a position previously occupied by Craig Driver.  He had spent the past two seasons as a coach with the Rookie-A Williamsport Crosscutters, and his baseball cards can be found in the 2017 Reading Fightin Phils and 2019 Crosscutters team sets.  He played in the Phillies minor league system in 2015 and 2016.

Meacham steps into the new coaching assistant role, and it's his third stint with manager Joe Girardi.  Meacham had been Girardi's third base coach with the Marlins in 2006 and the Yankees in 2008.  He was also a coach with the Crosscutters back in 2009.  Meacham should be no stranger to baseball card collectors, as he appeared in every Topps flagship set with the Yankees between 1984 and 1989.

I've added this list of a dozen coaches to the linked list on the sidebar, and now the big decision is do I create 2020 Chachi cards for all 12 coaches, or do I draw the line with the "Traditional 6?"