After 10 years and exactly 342 posts for each of the 342 cards in the set, my 1956 Topps blog is coming to a close.  Within the next few we...

1956 Topps #296 Braves 5 ,  Phillies 1 Game 89 - Saturday Night, July 6th in Atlanta Record - 58-31, 1st Place, 9 games ahead of the Brave...

Phillies 12 , Nationals 3 Game 123 - Saturday Afternoon, August 19th in Washington Record - 67-56, 2nd Place, 13 1/2 games behind the Brav...

This is a post I look forward to writing all year.  We're on the other side of another Christmas, and our family continued our tradit...

1950 Bowman #121 1952 Topps #158 1952 Bowman #184 We made it!  It's 2017 and the sun is (sort of) shining, the co...

1933 Goudey #21 I spent a lot of time over the holiday break discussing family traditions with my five-year-old son, Doug.  He loves hear...

One of the baseball card blogs I frequent recently closed a poll concerning former Phillies catcher Andy Seminick. 37 votes were cast in t...

Andy Seminick made his debut with the Phillies in 1943 at the age of 22. He played with the Phillies from 1943 until 1951, and again from ...