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Card Detective #1

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Card Detective #1 1993 Topps Stadium Club #157 What we know: 1. This is from the 1992 season. 2. This is Juan Bell making a play. 3. This is a home game for Philadelphia vs. Cincinnati. 4. Player sliding into the base is #10. What we looked up: 1. Juan Bell only played one season in Philadelphia (1992). 2. Bell only played in 46 games via Baseball Reference. 3. Of his 46 games played, only 3 were at home vs. the Reds. 4. Those dates were a doubleheader on Aug. 18 and a single game on Aug. 19. 5. In those three games, Bell played shortstop for the entire game. 6. In 1992, #10 for Cincinnati was Bip Roberts. 7. So it looks like we are looking for an attempted double play with Bip Roberts sliding into 2nd Base. 8. In the Aug. 18 game one of the double header, the Phillies 2nd Baseman for the entire game was Mariano Duncan. So my guess is that looks like him in the play.  So most likely he fed the ball to Bell.  In this game, Roberts is 1-5.  He got a single in the top of the 3rd and advan