Opening a PWE from Cardboard Clubhouse

Aloha, everybody,

Here comes a PWE blast of Dodgers greats of the past from Adam, over at Cardboard Clubhouse. THANKS Adam, these guys are much appreciated.

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Found in a Corner of my Clubhouse

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I was cleaning out my scans folder when I noticed a folder of cards that I haven't posted about yet! 

Adam from Cardboard Clubhouse sent some cards to help me check off some Dodgers team collecting goals, and I just found the scans I made.  Sorry for the delay in posting, Adam. My bad. 

Adam will (very) soon be hitting the pause button on his blog, so I hope he'll get to see this post before his new baby makes him forget there is such a thing as baseball cards. Homeboy will soon be consumed with baby bottles and bassinets! Good luck and congratulations, Adam! 

Without any more delay, let's check these cards out. There's a baby a-comin'! 

Leading off is Johnnie Oates, a Dodgers backup catcher with a Ron Cey backup mustache and full-fledged hair flips all his own... 

You might also remember Johnnie as manager of the Texas Rangers. 

This next guy never managed a ball club - he had enough trouble managing his own life. That said, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for The Straw because he was the home grown kid who returned to LA to play with the boys in blue. 

Someday, I'll have enough Strawberry cards to actually have dupes that I can send off to my friend, Peter, the only other Strawberry collector I know. 

Bobby Ojeda...I do love them Dodgers southpaws...

THIS next card was a very pleasant surprise. I don't know how many Dodgers cards Pedro got, but I suspect not many. I want and need more. 

Bonus: Dodger Stadium Anniversary sleeve patch. Darryl is sporting the other side of the patch in his card above. 

Here we go. Let's check some Dodgers off the team checklist! 

Bill North, card 668 is the last Dodger I need to close out 1979 Topps. 

Manny Mota! A forever Dodger. 

Finally, this awesome Walter Alston and his coaches card from '74 Topps. 

Bonus: Tommy Lasorda below, waiting in the wings for his chance at the helm, and legendary Brooklyn Dodger, Jimmy Gilliam. Great card! 

THANKS for the great batch of cards, Adam! He probably can't hear me because he's off practicing how to change a diaper. LOL 

Aloha! 

Mailday, Michael Jordan and a Request

Aloha, everybody, 

Good news for Al Kawamoto, the winner of my 100,000 views contest, and a few other folks.  That good news looks like this...

Yesterday I hit the post office and sent out the first prize (I hope you dig it, Al), and I also sent packages to the second and third prize winners, as well as to Jim from GCRL, who was the last place winner. 

I also sent out a few packages and PWE's because...why not? So check yer mailboxes, because a Happy Cards in the Mail Day package may be coming to you. 

All of that said, unfortunately, I couldn't send one package out, because I realized I didn't have an address...

This lonely fistful of cards is waiting for you. Just grab my email from my profile page here and shoot your addy out to me, and I'll get those cards out to you. 

Speaking of cards, I recently had some luck with one of those repack boxes of cards...

 While standing in line at the local Rite Aid, I spied one lone box sitting on the rack. So I took a chance to see if I still had some repack mojo. I didn't score a hit, but I did pull two little cardboard joys...

 This Mantle is a very handsome card in hand. It's shiny, but not too, and it contains Mantle's career stats on the rear, with league leader stats in red. Very cool. 

The other card is from a player that I've secretly always wanted on a card, but never came across, so it was another small thrill to pull this guy from the box...

I guess I still had a bit of repack mojo in the tank. 

Aloha!