Vintage Dodgers Memorabilia from Laker Dave

Aloha, everyone, 

Let's open a package full of Dodgers memorabilia sent to me from Laker Dave. 

Enjoy and aloha! 

Plenty of Dodgers Pitching in a PWE to Me - All the Way from Chicago!

Aloha, everybody, 

A couple of weeks ago it was Cubs in the Mail Day. It seems Dodgers in the Mail Day has now come to pass. Good ol' Tony B from Wrigley Roster Jenga sent a PWE  to me that was packed with Dodgers goodness.

Let's take a peek at the highlights. First up is some cool Dodgers vintage...

 I remember Rau from my youth. I liked him because I'm always partial to southpaws (bein' one myself). 

BONUS: Here's a great piece of audio/video from the 1977 World Series. The video is some very nice Dodgers Yankees cards from the time. The audio is the best part.

Tommie Lasorda goes out to the mound to remove Rau, who has given up four consecutive hits. Rau doesn't wanna go. What follows is pure profanity-laced Lasorda goodness. 

(Extra bonus' for me are hearing the Dodgers P.A. announcer of my youth, and Helen Dell on the Dodgers' organ as Tommy curses to high heaven) 

Rautzhan pitched in two World Series for the Dodgers, '77 and '78 against the Yankees. 

Unfortunately, Lance passed away this past January. He's now pitching against those Yanks in the big blue sky. 

Up next is Zach Lee, a young pitcher who's had a couple of chances to break into the bigs, but hasn't been able to stay. 

With Dodger pitching being the mess it is, I'm advocating for Lee to get one last shot at making the big club...

Up next are two great new additions for my Ramon Martinez PC...

The back of this card gives us one more Dodgers pitching great.

That's Don Drysdale interviewing Ramon. Drysdale worked as a Dodgers broadcaster until his untimely death in 1993. 
 

Here's one of Bulldog Hershiser that I've never seen before. What the heck is going on here? Is Bulldog laying sod? At another ballpark? No help from the back of the card.

98% of my Strawberry cards have come to me from my fellow collectors. Thanks, because I cannot get enough Strawberry cardboard. 

This one has cool 3-D of the Straw sliding into home. Don't forget to check out the stirrups with high tops. 
 

Thanks to Tony, I now have my first card of the Dodgers' new Japanese import, Kenta Maeda. 

He pitched well in yesterday's 17-inning marathon. He held the Padres scoreless for the first four innings, but never got his groove back after sitting for a half hour waiting for a replacement ump, because the home plate ump took a foul to the groin and had to leave the game.

You can't say Dodgers' pitchers without saying Brooklyn! Tony B took care of that angle too. Here's an oddball with a wonderful photo...

 Here's Dodgers youth that I just can't seem to ever pull from packs.  So once again - thanks, Tony - for helping me to get my hands on some Corey Seager cardboard. 

 We'll close with two of the best starters to ever wear the home whites for my team. 

You can't go wrong with Kershaw or Fernando, and you certainly have a heckuva card when it features both...

The back of the card tells us that Fernando and Kersh - both southpaws - are the youngest Dodger pitchers to reach 1,000 strike outs. They also both started four All-Star games in a row. Not bad company. 

Thanks for the pitching-packed PWE, Tony. Those were a lot of great additions to my collection. 

Aloha! 

Iconic Vintage Cards On Cards-Board

Hey everybody,

Well the wheels are really falling off the Dodger's wagon these days.  We just lost YET ANOTHER starting pitcher to injury.  Sheesh!

On the bright side, tomorrow night is Hello Kitty night at Dodger Stadium.  YAY !

But that's not why we're here tonight.  This post is all about some awesome cardboard I picked up in a trade with Kerry over at Cards On Cards.


Kerry first posted an iconic Reggie card that I've been chasing for quite a while.  Although the card depicts a terrible blow to the Dodgers - Reggie smashing 5 homers in the 1977 World Series  -  it's a magnificent card from one the guys I love to collect. 

This card is awesomely iconic.  No, it's iconically awesome!

The simple framing and text are secondary to the image as they should be, but they hold their own. How about that photo of Reggie ? All gritted teeth and home run arms.  Those Reggie glasses and that damned Yankee uniform.  Now THAT's a baseball card!

As I said, that was just the start.  Our trade talks went on and eventually expanded to include more cool stuff!  Check it out...

Did somebody say something about Reggie glasses?

 Back in the days before lasik, I used to wear glasses.  I'm not ashamed to say Reggie was an influence on my frames of choice at times.  Unfortunately, they never helped me to hit any home runs.

Speaking of icons...above are two who were greats of their generations.  Yes, it's another Yankee, but Goose Gossage was pretty damn good...and who's gonna argue with Fingers' mustache?  I'm quite satisfied to get both of these guys in one card. 

Although today's Padres and Dodgers players are kind of new to a rivalry between the two clubs, and  Speigel over at Nomo's Sushi Platter recently told us that he'll have to hack off a hunk of hatred toward the giants in order to apply some to that team down south,  I've had a healthy helping of L.A./S.D. fan rivalry since my college days.

One of my roommates was a Padres fan, so I know plenty of the old school Padres.  Heck, I'm a Benito Santiago fan, myself.  For what it's woth, one of my other roommates was a Cubs fan, so for good measure I know all about Jody Davis and good ol' Harry Carey.

The point of all that was it was great for me to pick up this card of an iconic Padre, Dave Winfield, flashing a smile that says his mama loves him.  And how about that old timer S.D. uniform?

I love commemorative cards when done right.  This is a perfect example.  What a photo.  Seaver staring in at the batter, with his face obscured in bad ass shadows that today's "photoshop first" editors would never allow.

Here's a trivia lurker question...who do you think that is at bat against Seaver?  My first impression tells me its Dave Concepcion from the Big Red Machine.  What do you think?

Finally, Kerry tossed something in that shows he's among the upper tier of traders...the guys who'll toss in something a little extra to make the trade even sweeter, just because it makes the trade even sweeter...

How about THIS blast?!!?

THANKS for a great trade, Kerry.
THANKS for reading everybody!