Tony from Off Hiatus Baseball Cards recently sent an AWESOME package of vintage Dodgers to me - which combined with the other cards in my collection, brought me very close to completing the team set from the 1977 Dodgers.
He sent so many Dodgers, I can fan 'em out like a winning poker hand...
Here are a few of my individual favorites from the bunch. Let's lead off with a couple of the Dodger aces from that squad...
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| "Hi everybody. They named a surgery after me." |
Today Lopes is the Dodgers' first base coach. I'm sure he wonders daily where the Dodgers' running game ran off to.
Good ol' Boomer - one of the friendliest guys on the post-career appearance and autograph circuit. Yeager is genuinely friendly and a pleasure to speak with.
How about this great old-time "in action" shot? Check out the scoreboard in the background: It looks like the Giants have double digit hits, but Wills is stealing bases and getting the Dodgers rally going!
Below is another fistful of cards that were in the package...
I always think of Roebuck as a Brooklyn Dodger, so it was a nice surprise to get something from him when he was an LA Dodger.
As I mentioned earlier, Tony got me within four cards of completion for the '77 team set. If anyone out there can help me complete it, here are the four I need:
Stan Wall #88
John Hale #253
Kevin Palsey #470
Steve Garvey #400
THANKS for the great cards, Tony!
Aloha!
I'm glad I could help you out, my friend. I'm a little surprised that I didn't have the complete 1977 set in there, though. I'm pretty sure I have at least the Garvey to send....but that Kevin Pasley could be tough -- isn't that Dale Murphy's rookie card?
ReplyDeleteYikes! That Palsey IS going to be tough. I'm going to have to fight off the Rick Cerone collectors as well.
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