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Arpsmith's Cardboard Obsession.
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Arpsmith's Cardboard Obsession.
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Aloha, everybody,
Yesterday I put up a post announcing an ATBATT giveaway for this book:
The response was overwhelming! I'm not even exaggerating because three people claimed the book very quickly!
The original idea was to give away one copy to the first person that claimed it. That turned out to be Daniel Wilson (It's like Having my Own Card Shop).
Within minutes, two more folks also commented as wanting the book. So, in the spirit of Thanks - Giving, let's give away copies to all three.
Congratulations, Julie Owens (A Cracked Bat) and Arpsmith (Arpsmith's Sportscard Obsession)! ATBATT is pleased to gift brand new copies of Electric October to both of you.
All winners, please grab my email address from About Me (upper right hand corner of this page) and email your name and email address out to me. I will email to you the name and contact email of the person at the publisher who will send out a copy of this great book to you - free of charge! Sound cool?
Happy Thanks - Giving! Aloha!
Aloha, everybody,
Current Dodgers front office suit and previous GM, Ned Colletti, came over to the Dodgers from the San Francisco Giants.
As Dodgers GM, Colletti had a bad habit of acquiring former Giants. Those deals often stank. They stank enough to make a lot of Dodger fans wonder whether Colletti was in reality a spy from SF sent here to undermine the team from the inside.
On the other hand, I often cite Jeff Kent as a good Giant to travel down the coast to join LA. Juan Uribe, once beloved in SF, even carved out a niche of his own here in LA. Thus, transactions between Nor Cal and So Cal can certainly work out well. Such was the case after I recently showed off a set of metal Willie Mays cards as trade bait. Of course, a Giants fan came a callin'.
Arpsmith from Arpsmith's Sportscard Obsession put in a claim, and soon enough, another Dodgers-Giants trade was on. The Say Hey Kid was on his way to the bay and some good ol' Dodgers were headed down to LA.
Leading off the loot that came from Arpsmith are a couple of 2013 schedules featuring the former 1-2 punch of the Dodgers pitching rotation...
"Hay un nuevo blue" translates to "There's a new blue". Prophetic, as the new blue rotation for 2016 will be all Kershaw and no Grienke.
Here come some new blue additions for my collection, from Pinnacle...
Arpsmith knows I like me some vintage, so these Dodgers were the meat of the deal...
I already had a 1958 Demeter, but this one is a considerable upgrade.
Notable: Demeter's photo always looked to me like one of those creepy ventriloquist mannequins.
The Harris card below is primo vintage - and it chips one off of my 1960 Dodgers team wanted list...
It's a very clean card, with sharp corners and a good amount of surface gloss. Nope, nothing chewy about these cards.
Finally, the trade capper. A triple-autographed Heritage Dodger Stadium tribute card featuring Claude Osteen, Manny Mota, and the guy who's auto sealed the deal for me...Mr. Maury Wills...
I recognize Mota's auto as I have a couple of other IP autos from him, and these are my first Osteen and Wills sigs. I love that Wills added his number "30".
I was initially disappointed that Wills signed low, in the shadow of the light standards, but it turns out I was looking at things all wrong. I was looking at the card as three separate autographs.
I think Wills may have signed low in order to not cover up the action on the baseball diamond. Now I see and appreciate the entirety of the card as one whole piece. This new perspective makes the it look even better to me.
THANKS for this great batch of cards, Arpsmith. It's another trade between west coast rivals that benefited all.
Aloha!
