Dustin Off A Past Trade With The Vealtones

Hey everybody,

Here's a long-overdue post celebrating a great trade with Dhoff Dustin, he of the fantastic blog,  Coot Veal and the Vealtones.  This is the latest in what has slowly but steadily become a string of very cool trades.   How cool was this one?  Check out these great hunks o' cardboard...

"Which are bigger, my 90's shades or my pearly whites?"

Leading off is the greatest Dodger pitcher I've ever seen, the venerable Bulldog Hershiser.  Sure, Kid Kershaw has yet to write his story, but in order to eclipse Orel, he's going to have to carry his Dodger teammates through an NLCS and a championship World Series, including pitching a minimum 59 consecutive shutout innings, all in the same season.

In winning the pennant against the N.Y. Mets, Bulldog won Games 1 and 3, got the save in Game 4 AND THEN pitched a shutout to win Game 7.  He then went on to beat the (cheating) Bash Brothers and the rest of the Oakland A's in 1988 W.S. Games 2 and 5.

 Sure, Clayton looks up to Koufax, but Hersh isn't exactly chopped liver.

Like Bulldog, the pitcher below, Fernando, was a pretty darn good batter. The great Dodgers manager, Tommy Lasorda, had no fear about using Bulldog and El Toro as pinch hitters from time to time.  Fernando also packed the bonus of occasional home run power.

Speaking of Dodgers with home run power, we move into some vintage cardboard and the Toy Cannon, whom with those awesome sideburns could certainly hold his own with any group calling themselves The Vealtones...

Did somebody say Dodgers home run power?  Move over, because here comes Senor Pay-dro Gurrr-rero, World Series hero...

Staying with the theme of Dodger sluggers, here comes a fantastic bat relic card of big bopper Adrian Beltre (numbered to 199, even)...

Next up is a sweet swatch that was a wonderful surprise. This man has a great spirit and heart.  I really hated to see Hiroki go off to the Yanks...

I don't know what the fates have in store for young Dee Gordon this season, but I totally dig this card of the young pup Gordon turning two against the old dog, Chipper...

Closing out the Dodgers portion of the trade is a great shot of the Angel's skipper in visiting greys directing traffic whilst waiting for someone's pop up to drop into his sure hands...

Just because we're done with the Dodgers portion of this trade, we're not quite finished yet.  Dustin and I both love the vintage, and he sent over a coupla beauts featuringYankee Hall of Famers.

The ONLY man to pitch a perfect game in the World Series  - and that despite having a foot shaped like a duck bill.

Finally, from 1959 Topps, good ol' duck bill returns and is featured on one of my all-time favorite cards, being schooled by "The Perfessor"...

Whew! Thanks for another awesome trade, Dustin, and THANKS, everyone for readin'.