Series Preview - Phillies at Dodgers: May28th to May 31st

1978 Topps #161

1978 Topps #440

Monday 8:10, Tuesday and Wednesday 10:10, Thursday 7:35
Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles, CA

Phillies 29-21, 2nd place in the N.L. East, 1/2 game behind the Braves
Dodgers 24-28, 4th place in the N.L. West, 3 1/2 games behind the Rockies

Phillies Probables:  Vince Velasquez (4-5, 4.18), Jake Arrieta (4-2, 2.45), Zach Eflin (1-1, 3.27), Aaron Nola (6-2, 2.27)
Dodgers Probables:  Brock Stewart (0-0, 3.72), Kenta Maeda (4-3, 3.38), Ross Stripling (2-1, 1.74), Clayton Kershaw (1-4, 2.86)

At the Ballpark:  Fans will receive a Dodgers Memorial Day apron tonight and a Chris Taylor bobble head on Wednesday night.

Dodgers Leaders
Average:  Matt Kemp - .333
Runs:  Chris Taylor - 36
Home Runs:  Cody Bellinger and Yasmani Grandal - 8
RBIs:  Yasmani Grandal - 28
Stolen Bases:  Yasiel Puig - 5

Wins:  Kenta Maeda - 4
ERA:  Alex Wood - 3.75
Strikeouts:  Kenta Maeda - 66
Saves:  Kenley Jansen - 11

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Odubel Herrera - .331
Runs:  Cesar Hernandez - 35
Home Runs:  Carlos Santana - 9
RBIs:  Carlos Santana - 32
Stolen Bases:  Cesar Hernandez - 9

Wins:  Aaron Nola - 6
ERA:  Aaron Nola - 2.27
Strikeouts:  Aaron Nola and Nick Pivetta - 67
Saves:  Hector Neris - 9

2017 Chachi #26 Pete Mackanin MG

#45
Peter Mackanin, Jr.
Manager

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  200
Born:  August 1, 1951, Chicago, IL
Home:  Scottsdale, AZ

Teams - As Player:  Texas Rangers 1973-1974; Montreal Expos 1975-1977; Phillies 1978-1979; Minnesota Twins 1980-1981

Teams - As Coach:  Montreal Expos 1997-2000; Pittsburgh Pirates 2003-2005; Phillies 2009-2012, 2014-2015

Teams - As Manager:  Pittsburgh Pirates 2005; Cincinnati Reds 2007; Phillies 2015-

1974 Topps #597

1978 Topps #399

1979 Burger King Phillies #17

2009 Chachi #28

18 Mackanin Baseball Cards in My Collection per The Phillies Room Checklist
First Card:  1978 Topps #399
First Phillies Card:  1979 Burger King Phillies #17
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2009 Phillies Team Issue #45*
Latest Card:  2017 Phillies Team Issue #45

First Topps Flagship Base Card:  1974 Topps #597 (with Dave Chalk, John Gamble and Manny Trillo)

*Mackanin is in the 1979 Phillies Photocards set, but I don't have that card in my collection yet.

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Complete Chachi Checklist
2009 Chachi #28 (with Milt Thompson and Davey Lopes)
2010 Chachi #27 (with Charlie Manuel, Rich Dubee, Mick Billmeyer and Sam Perlozzo)
2011 Chachi #27 (with Rich Dubee and Greg Gross)
2012 Chachi #27 (with Rich Dubee and Greg Gross)
2014 Chachi #31
2015 Chachi #31
2015 Chachi #46 - Interim manager
2015 Chachi #68 HL - Named manager through 2016
2016 Chachi #26
2016 Chachi Photo Day #8
2016 Chachi Special Edition #14
2017 Chachi #26
2017 Chachi Phillies Phestival #2

Card statistics through 6/3/17.

2016 Chachi #26 Pete Mackanin MG

#45
Peter Mackanin, Jr.
Manager

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  200
Born:  August 1, 1951, Chicago, IL
Home:  Scottsdale, AZ

Teams - As Player:  Texas Rangers 1973-1974; Montreal Expos 1975-1977; Phillies 1978-1979; Minnesota Twins 1980-1981

Teams - As Coach:  Montreal Expos 1997-2000; Pittsburgh Pirates 2003-2005; Phillies 2009-2012, 2014-2015

Teams - As Manager:  Pittsburgh Pirates 2005; Cincinnati Reds 2007; Phillies 2015-

1974 Topps #597

1978 Topps #399

1979 Burger King Phillies #17

2009 Chachi #28

15 Mackanin Baseball Cards in My Collection per Zistle
First Card:  1978 Topps #399
First Phillies Card:  1979 Burger King Phillies #17
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2009 Phillies Team Issue #45*
Latest Card:  2016 Phillies Team Issue #45

First Topps Flagship Base Card:  1974 Topps #597 (with Dave Chalk, John Gamble and Manny Trillo)

*Mackanin is in the 1979 Phillies Photocards set, but I don't have that card in my collection yet.

Complete Chachi Checklist
2009 Chachi #28 (with Milt Thompson and Davey Lopes)
2010 Chachi #27 (with Charlie Manuel, Rich Dubee, Mick Billmeyer and Sam Perlozzo)
2011 Chachi #27 (with Rich Dubee and Greg Gross)
2012 Chachi #27 (with Rich Dubee and Greg Gross)
2014 Chachi #31
2015 Chachi #31
2015 Chachi #46 - Interim manager
2015 Chachi #68 HL - Named manager through 2016
2016 Chachi #26

Card statistics through 5/17/16.

2015 Chachi #31 Pete Mackanin CO

#45

Peter Mackanin, Jr.

Third Base Coach

Bats:  Right  Throws:  Right  Height:  6'2"  Weight:  200

Born:  August 1, 1951, Chicago, IL

Home:  Scottsdale, AZ

Teams - As Player:  Texas Rangers 1973-1974, Montreal Expos 1975-1977, Phillies 1978-1979, Minnesota Twins 1980-1981

Teams - As Coach:  Montreal Expos 1997-2000, Pittsburgh Pirates 2003-2005, Phillies 2009-2012, 2014-

Teams - As Manager:  Pittsburgh Pirates 2005, Cincinnati Reds 2007

1974 Topps #597

1978 Topps #399

1979 Burger King Phillies #17

2009 Chachi #28

13 Mackanin Baseball Cards in My Collection per Zistle
First Card:  1978 Topps #399
First Phillies Card:  1979 Burger King Phillies #17
First Phillies Topps Base Card:  N/A
First Phillies Team Issued Card:  2009 Phillies Team Issue #45*
Latest Card:  2015 Phillies Team Issue #45

First Topps Base Card:  1974 Topps #597 (with Dave Chalk, John Gamble and Manny Trillo)
First Chachi Base Card:  2009 Chachi #28

*Mackanin is in the 1979 Phillies Photocards set, but I don't have that card in my collection yet.

Mackanin Games I've Attended per Hardball Passport

N/A

Cards and game statistics through 5/15/15.

Phillies at Dodgers: July 16th to July 18th

Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles, CA
Monday and Tuesday 10:10, Wednesday 3:10

Phillies 39-51, 5th Place in the N.L. East, 14 games behind the Nationals
Dodgers 48-42, 2nd Place in the N.L. West, 1 1/2 games behind the Giants

Phillies Probables:  Joe Blanton (7-8, 4.98), Roy Halladay (4-5, 3.98), Cliff Lee (1-6, 3.92)
Dodgers Probables:  Nathan Eovaldi (1-5, 4.21), TBA, Clayton Kershaw (7-5, 2.84)

At the Ballpark:  Tomorrow night, all fans will receive a Dodgers Beach Chair, which is actually a great give-away item!

Phillies Leaders
Average:  Carlos Ruiz - .353

Runs:  Hunter Pence - 59

Home Runs:  Hunter Pence - 17

RBIs:  Hunter Pence - 53

Stolen Bases:  Juan Pierre - 21

Wins:  Cole Hamels - 11

ERA:  Cole Hamels - 3.07

Strikeouts:  Cole Hamels - 125

Saves:  Jonathan Papelbon - 19

1979 Burger King Phillies #1 and 1979 Topps #290

1979 Topps Flashback:  Tonight's flashback features a few former Major Leaguers with both Dodgers and Phillies ties.

As a first baseman, Danny Ozark played 18 seasons in the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system, never making it to the Majors.  Following his playing career, he joined Walter Alston's coaching staff with the big club, where he spent the 1965 through 1972 seasons.  Following the 1972 season, Ozark left the comforts of the Dodgers franchise to assume the managerial duties for the last-place Phillies.  It took him (and the club) a few years to come around, but Ozark would guide the Phils to play-off berths in 1976, 1977 and 1978.

Unfortunately, the Phils fell short in each of those years and Ozark was fired on August 31, 1979 with the team two games under .500.  Ozark returned to the Dodgers as a coach on Tommy Lasorda's staff until part-way through the 1982 season.  He joined the Giants in 1983 and assumed interim manager duties in August 1984 following the firing of Frank Robinson.

Davey Lopes enjoyed a 16-year career, beginning with a decade with the Dodgers.  He's back as the Dodgers first base coach now, after having spent the 2007 through 2010 seasons on Charlie Manuel's staff.

2010 Chachi #28 Davey Lopes

First base coach Davey Lopes gets his own Chachi card this year, #28 in the set, because there wasn't enough room to fit the floating heads of all the team's coaches on Charlie Manuel's manager card. (This card is coming soon, as soon as I have a chance to finish up the back of the card.) Hitting coach Milt Thompson is the other coach getting his own solo card in this year's set.

Lopes is also the team's baserunning coach, a job that must be a little boring this year given the complete dearth of Phillies' baserunners in most of the team's games.

2009 Chachi #28 Phillies Coaches

Pete Mackanin, bench coach
Phillies debut: As a player - September 14, 1978; As a coach - April 5, 2009
Major League debut: July 3, 1973
Former teams: As a player - Texas Rangers 1973-1974, Montreal Expos 1975-1977, Philadelphia Phillies 1978-1979, Minnesota Twins 1980-1981; As a coach - Montreal Expos 1997-2000, Pittsburgh Pirates 2003-2005; As an interim manager - Pittsburgh Pirates 2005, Cincinnati Reds 2007

Milt Thompson, hitting coach
Phillies debut: As a player - April 7, 1986; As a coach - April 5, 2004
Major League debut: September 4, 1984
Former teams: As a player - Atlanta Braves 1984-1985, Philadelphia Phillies 1986-1988, St. Louis Cardinals 1989-1992, Philadelphia Phillies 1993-1994, Houston Astros 1994-1995, Los Angeles Dodgers 1996, Colorado Rockies 1996

Davey Lopes, 1st base coach
Phillies debut: As a coach - April 2, 2007
Major League debut: September 22, 1972
Former teams: As a player - Los Angeles Dodgers 1972-1981, Oakland Athletics 1982-1984, Chicago Cubs 1984-1986, Houston Astros 1986-1987; As a coach - Texas Rangers 1988-1991, Baltimore Orioles 1992-1994, San Diego Padres 1995-1999 and 2003-2005, Washington Nationals 2006; As a manager - Milwaukee Brewers 2000-2002

Pictured: All pictures are from the 2009 Phillies Team Issue set.