Chase Utley, a Jheri curl and a four-letter word on '25-Year-Old Baseball Cards'
They still love Chase Utley in Philly. He’s with the Los Angeles Dodgers now, but Utley is such an idol to the people of Philadelphia that he earned a love letter from Mac on “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” So it’s only fitting that when Utley joined us on this week’s episode of 25-Year-Old Baseball Cards he found some old Phillies. Sadly, John Kruk wasn’t one of them.
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Utley wasn’t close to the majors back in 1992 — the year of cards we’re currently opening — but some of the guys he found were teammates of his by the time he made the big leagues in 2003. Among them Dave Hollins, whose second tenure with the Phillies overlapped with the start of Utley’s career. Utley actaully wanted to trade for Hollins at the end of the segment and you’ll want to the reason why. It’s pretty funny.
If you’re new to this series — and hello, if you are, nice to have you — we open baseball cards from 25 years ago that had been sitting in my garage. My grandma and I used to collect baseball cards when I was a kid and she kept unopened boxes thinking they’d be valuable in the future. Well, they’re not. So instead we open them with baseball people and look for great stories and memories. You can check out more than 40 of our previous episodes below:
Previously in 25-Year-Old Baseball Cards
MUST-SEE EPISODES: Pedro Martinez | Bronson Arroyo | Eric Davis | Dusty Baker | Hank Azaria | Alex Rodriguez | Scott Boras | A.J. Ellis | Bernie Williams
MANAGERS/COACHES: Terry Francona | Joe Maddon | Bruce Bochy | Clint Hurdle | Buck Showalter | Brad Mills | Bob Melvin
CURRENT PLAYERS: Noah Syndergaard | Kyle Hendricks | Clayton Kershaw | Todd Coffey | John Axford | Dee Gordon | Adam Eaton | Rajai Davis | Brad Ziegler & Tyler Clippard
STARS FROM BACK IN THE DAY: Frank Thomas | Sandy Alomar Jr. | Delino DeShields | Cliff Floyd | Dan Plesac | Aaron Boone | Bobby Bonilla | Andre Dawson | Ivan Rodriguez | Jack Morris | Jeff Nelson
CELEBS: Alyssa Milano | Josh Duhamel | Joel McHale
ETC: Josh Kusnick | Jeff Passan | Ken Kendrick
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