Taking the torch to spread the word about the Peter Max inspired 1972 Topps Baseball set...count down style.
Sunday, November 27, 2016
#397 Philadelphia Phillies team card
New stadium bad team....1972 squad scarcely put
out a .387 win pct....a low that has not been reached since....Season would
have been far worse if not Steve Carlton.... It been a tough go for the Phillies: 133 season as a baseball playing
entity....Over 1100 games under .500 ball....next closest is Baltimore being
843 games below .500....despite the futility the Phillies, since 1972, have
appeared in 5 World Series, winning two....team started in 1893 known as the
Quakers in first 7 years....team settled into Baker Bowl Stadium in 1895, the
Shibe park/Connie Mack Stadium from 1938 to 1970....Veterans Stadium was the
home 1971 to 2004....Since this card several sluggers have broken the Phillie
mark for home runs...only pitching record that has fallen is total
games....otherwise Phillie records stand tall on the shoulders of Grover
Cleveland Alexander and Chuck Klein.
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Hi Douglas. You might want to check the year the team started again. Somehow I don't think it's really 1993. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThanks, got it. Shouldn't type in the dark.
ReplyDeleteI was at the 1971 home opener - 1st game at Veterans Stadium.
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