Topps offering baseball card of Chase Utley’s return to face Phillies

By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor

Following what turned out to be an extremely memorable first game back in Philadelphia, baseball card company Topps has added a card highlighting two of the best moments from Utley's return: his standing ovation/two home runs and him standing next to long-time teammate Ryan Howard on first base. 

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The card is available for purchase here, for $9.99. The catch? This card is part of Topps' "now" series, which is designed to print cards for a limited time immediately after the events take place. So while it's simple enough to obtain the card right now, Topps will permanently stop printing it at 2:30 p.m. this afternoon, keeping the card scarce. Don't confuse that with meaning the card will ever have a great auction value, though. 

If you missed Utley's return to Philadelphia Tuesday, he hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and received curtain calls after each one. The curtain calls followed this standing ovation that he received prior to his first at-bat in Philadelphia as an opponent. 

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