Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati Reds: Road Trip Continues

2006 Topps Updates & Highlights #UH139

2006 Topps #29

Tuesday, July 7th - 7:10
Wednesday, July 8th - 7:10
Thursday, July 9th - 7:10

Great American Ball Park - Cincinnati, OH
Jon Pardi performs a postgame concert following Tuesday's ballgame.  On Thursday, there are postgame fireworks and the Reds are selling a Grateful Dead ticket package, which includes a special dancing bears Reds hat.

Philadelphia Phillies 50-41
2nd Place in the N.L. East, 3 1/2 games behind the Braves

Phillies Probables
Zack Wheeler (8-1, 2.36)
TBD
Jesus Luzardo (7-4, 3.75)

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Brandon Marsh - .305
Runs:  Trea Turner - 61
Home Runs:  Kyle Schwarber - 30
RBIs:  Bryce Harper - 57
Stolen Bases:  Bryson Stott and Trea Turner - 16

Wins:  Cristopher Sanchez - 10
ERA:  Cristopher Sanchez - 2.62

Strikeouts:  Cristopher Sanchez - 137
Saves:  Jhoan Duran - 21

Cincinnati Reds 41-48
5th Place in the N.L. Central, 14 1/2 games behind the Brewers

Reds Probables
Andrew Abbott (5-4, 3.88)
Chase Burns (10-1, 2.40)
Brady Singer (3-8, 5.03)

Reds Leaders
Average:  Elly De La Cruz - .272
Runs:  Spencer Steer - 50
Home Runs:  Sal Stewart - 17
RBIs:  Sal Stewart - 61
Stolen Bases:  Elly De La Cruz - 13

Wins:  Chase Burns - 10
ERA:  Chase Burns - 2.40

Strikeouts:  Chase Burns - 116
Saves:  Emilio Pagan - 7

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2010 Phillies Team Issue - 2nd Edition

Number of Cards:  38
Card Size:  4" x 6"
Description:  The card fronts feature a red and blue tie-dyeish border around full color photos in what has to be one of the more unique designs ever for these team issued sets.  The horizontal card backs feature biographical information and complete career statistics.
How Distributed:  For the first time ever, the Phillies completely changed up the design of its team issued set mid-season.  They've done this every year since through the 2014 season.  The 38-card set was available for sale at Citizens Bank Park beginning at some point in August, following the acquisition of Roy Oswalt from the Astros.

Complete Standard Checklist:  The cards are unnumbered, but I've presented them below ordered by uniform number.

2 - Sam Perlozzo CO 3 - Ross Gload 6 - Ryan Howard 7 - Juan Castro 8 - Shane Victorino 9 - Domonic Brown 10 - Ben Francisco 11 - Jimmy Rollins 15 - Davey Lopes CO 16 - J.C. Romero 17 - Mick Billmeyer CO 19 - Greg Dobbs 21 - Wilson Valdez 22 - Pete Mackanin CO 23 - Brian Schneider 25 - Milt Thompson CO 26 - Chase Utley 27 - Placido Polanco 28 - Jayson Werth

29 - Raul Ibanez 30 - Rich Dubee CO 34 - Roy Halladay 35 - Cole Hamels 37 - Chad Durbin 38 - Kyle Kendrick 41 - Charlie Manuel MG 43 - J.A. Happ 44 - Roy Oswalt 46 - Ryan Madson 50 - Jamie Moyer 51 - Carlos Ruiz 52 - Jose Contreras 54 - Brad Lidge 55 - Danys Baez 56 - Joe Blanton 57 - David Herndon 58 - Antonio Bastardo Phillie Phanatic

One and Done (0)
First Appearances (3):  Brown, Oswalt, Valdez
Returning Players (27):  Baez, Bastardo, Blanton, Castro, Contreras, Dobbs, Durbin, Francisco, Gload, Halladay, Hamels, Happ, Herndon, Howard, Ibanez, Kendrick, Lidge, Madson, Moyer, Polanco, Rollins, Romero, Ruiz, Schneider, Utley, Victorino, Werth

The First Appearance designation is for players who have never before appeared within a Phillies team issued set.  These players may have already appeared on other Phillies baseball cards.

Manager (1):  Manuel
Coaches (6):  Billmeyer, Dubee, Lopes, Mackanin, Perlozzo, Thompson
Phillie Phanatic (1)
Broadcasters (0)
Commemorative Cards (0)

Variations/Rarities:  As pointed out in a comment to an earlier post, Phillies collector Steve has noted the existence of late/off season cards for pitcher Scott Mathieson.  I recently added the Mathieson card to my collection and it has the Phillies logo on the back and a 2011 copyright date.

There was a similar card issued for bullpen catcher Jesus Tiamo and Rick points out in his comment below that Juan Samuel (who joined the coaching staff prior to the 2011 season) also has a blank backed card.

• 12 - Juan Samuel CO
• 18 - Greg Gross
• 47 - Scott Mathieson
• 81 - Jesus Tiamo CO

Steve also notes the existence of a blank-backed Victorino card.

In March 2017, Steve added a Greg Gross card to his collection in the style of this set also featuring a Phillies logo on the back.

Also See:  Here's the set summary for the first edition set, and here's my original post from August 27, 2010, covering the release of this second edition set.
Trivia:  The Phillies dropped the broadcasters' card found in the first edition and added cards for Brown, Oswalt and Valdez to the second edition.  Other than those moves, the checklists for the two editions are identical.  Strangely enough, Happ is still in the set even though he was one of the players traded to the Astros in the Oswalt deal.  Castro is also in the set again, despite having been released in July a few weeks prior to Brown's promotion and the acquisition of Oswalt.
Resources:  The Trading Card Database

2006 Topps 52 Signatures #52S-SM Scott Mathieson

Reliever Scott Mathieson was released yesterday and the story on the Phillies website declared that the release was granted so that Mathieson could "pursue an opportunity to pitch with a professional team in Asia."  I find that to be a little cryptic.  Is he headed to Japan?  South Korea?  Taiwan?  The wording makes it seem as if Mathieson doesn't actually have anything locked up yet, but he's going to travel to the continent and peddle his wares.

The Phils selected Mathieson in the June 2002 draft and he made it into 15 games with the team in 2006, 2010 and 2011.  Along the way he had three right elbow surgeries, including two Tommy John procedures.

Mathieson has been included within the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs' team sets over the past two seasons, but the Asia-bound righty hasn't appeared in a baseball card set as a Phillie since way back in 2006.

Moving On

Dane Sardinha (10-11) 10/10/11 - Filed for free agency

Brandon Moss (11) 10/17/11 - Outrighted to Lehigh Valley and filed for free agency

Brad Lidge (08-11) 10/24/11 - Team option declined

Roy Oswalt (10-11) 10/24/11 - Team option declined

Ross Gload (10-11) 10/30/11 - Filed for free agency

Raul Ibanez (09-11) 10/30/11 - Filed for free agency

Ryan Madson (03-11) 10/30/11 - Filed for free agency

Jimmy Rollins (00-11) 10/30/11 - Filed for free agency

Juan Perez (11) 11/2/11 - Became a minor league free agent

Scott Mathieson (06, 10-11) 11/29/11 - Released

Coming Back

Pete Orr (11) 11/3/11 - Re-signed by the Phillies as a minor league free agent with an invitation to Spring Training

Brian Schneider (10-11) 11/17/11 - Re-signed by the Phillies to a one-year contract

New Additions

Jim Thome (03-05) 11/5/11 - Signed as a free agent formerly with the Cleveland Indians

Jonathan Papelbon 11/14/11 - Signed as a free agent formerly with the Boston Red Sox

Ty Wigginton 11/20/11 - Acquired with cash from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later or cash

2011 Chachi #33 Scott Mathieson

#47

Scott William Mathieson

Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right  Throws: Right  Height: 6'3"  Weight: 230

Born: February 27, 1984, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Home: Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada

Drafted: Selected by Phillies in 17th round of June 2002 draft

Teams: Phillies 2006, 2010-

Acquired: Via draft

Contract Status: Pre-arbitration eligible

Complete Topps Base Set Checklist:

2006 Topps Update #139 - Phillies

2010 Chachi #38 Scott Mathieson

Scott Mathieson completed his long road back to the Majors in 2010, pitching in 1 game for the Phillies back in June. His 2010 Chachi card, #38 in this year's set, is his first appearance in a Chachi set since 2006.

Phillies debut: June 17, 2006

How acquired: Drafted by the Phillies in the 17th round of the 2002 amateur draft.

Others wearing #47 in the 2000s: Amaury Telemaco 2000-2001, 2003; Felix Rodriguez 2004; Endy Chavez 2005; Scott Mathieson 2006-2007; Scott Eyre 2008-2009

Pictured: In a homage to 2009 O-Pee-Chee (not really) I figured I'd feature this studio shot of Mathieson.

2006 Topps Phillies Fan Appreciation Day #8 Scott Mathieson

One of the remaining items on general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.'s offseason to-do list is to beef up the bullpen for the 2010 Phillies. Ruben has stated he prefers a low risk, high reward approach to his bullpen shopping, and one of the open spots may be filled by former and current prospect Scott Mathieson.

He's a brief summary of how the righty has spent his last three years:

June 2006: Recalled from AA Reading for a few spot starts with the Phillies.
September 2006: Underwent Tommy John surgery #1.
September 2007: Had ulnar nerve surgery on his right arm.
2008: Underwent Tommy John surgery #2 and missed the entire season.
2009: In 22 games in the Phils' minor league system, went 4-0 with an 0.84 ERA and 34 strikeouts in 32.1 innings.
Fall 2009: Performed well enough in the Arizona Fall League to be added to the team's 40-man roster.

Mathieson is still only 25 years old, so this could be a great "find" for the Phillies if he's able to stay healthy and make it all the way back to the Majors in 2010.