2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball - The Other Dodgers' Inserts

Here are the remaining Dodger insert cards within the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball set.  It's hard to beat the Colgan's Chip cards I showed yesterday, but the beauty of these cards come very close.

Unfortunately, there aren't many Dodger autographed cards available, but they make that up with some other sharp looking inserts.  See them below.

The below Cooperstown Lumberjacks cards are made of real wood.  Along with Zack Wheat cards, I decided to also show John Montgomery Ward in this Dodger list - even though he played only two season in Brooklyn.

Each player has 3 different versions available.  If you look closely there are slight differences with each one.

Cooperstown Lumberjacks

#88 John Montgomery Ward         #89 John Montgomery Ward

#90 John Montgomery Ward

#91 Zack Wheat                                #92 Zack Wheat

#93 Zack Wheat

Cooperstown Lumberjacks Die-Cuts

#5 Zack Wheat

Cooperstown Signatures

#36 Tommy Lasorda                                   #92 Don Sutton

Historic Tickets

#3 1920 World Series                  #19 Roy Campanella

#24 Jackie Robinson

Induction

#14 Duke Snider

Museum Pieces

#5 Roy Campanella

Another great insert set are these mini-pennants fashioned after the 1916 Ferguson Bakery BF2 Pennants.  Two Dodgers are available, Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson, in two different colors.  I have not been able to track down a pic of a blue Campanella pennant.  BTW, there is also at 1980 HOF Induction pennant (#38) available that denotes the year Duke Snider was inducted.

Pennants

#4 Roy Campanella

#32 Jackie Robinson

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2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball - The Dodgers Colgan's Chip Disk

This might be the best insert set of the 2013 Baseball season.

Shown here are the 2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball Colgan's Chip Disk of Dodger players.  These little cards copy a vintage set originally put out from 1909-1913 called Colgan’s Chips.  They are round and feature black & white photos; much like its vintage cousin.

Back in 2007 a large find of over 150 original vintage Colgan's Chip cards were uncovered.  It was dubbed "The Skydash Find" and was valued at over $1 Million.  See my original story about this find here.  It's a great story about how a family inherited the cards - not knowing what they had.  A family member shared their cards on a popular vintage card message board to find out their worth and were immediately harangued with questions.  Most knowledgeable collectors couldn't believe what they were reading, so they demanded photos.  Soon, those photos came to light and the hobby world swooned. 

The best part about "The Skydash Find" story is how they almost got thrown in the trash.  Heck, only two boxes of cards survived the trash heap while another two boxes of memorabilia disappeared.  It is thought by the family that an original Babe Ruth signed jersey was tossed away.

You receive 1 disk in each pack of Cooperstown cards, and there are 165 total cards in the complete set.  So, sit back and enjoy the wonder of these modern cards below.

Colgan's Chips Disks

#38 Dazzy Vance                               #41 Zack Wheat

#44 Jackie Robinson                          #54 Roy Campanella

#80 Duke Snider                                   #88 Pee Wee Reese

#119 Tommy Lasorda                              #121 Don Sutton

#152 Walter O'Malley

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2013 Panini Cooperstown Baseball - Dodgers Base Set

Last week Panini released their 2013 Cooperstown Baseball card set, and it is impressive.  I really love the design, and the inclusion of Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully adds icing to the set.  Tomorrow, I'll share the various Dodger insert cards available.  They are even better then the base cards. 

There are 7 Dodger cards to the base set, and as always there are numerous parallels available.  Check out all of the normal Dodger base cards below.

#22 Zack Wheat                                    #42 Jackie Robinson

#55 Roy Campanella                               #58 Duke Snider 

#64 Pee Wee Reese                                    #65 Vin Scully

#102 Tommy Lasorda

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A New Vin Scully Baseball Card is Available

It's about time.

After nearly 65 years in the broadcast booth Vin Scully finally has a base card to call his own.  Officially released this past Wednesday, Panini put out their 2013 Cooperstown set and it includes Vin Scully in the base set. 

He is card #65, which is appropriate since he'll be returning as the Dodgers television broadcaster for a record 65th year next season.

Even better, since he is in the base set there are numerous parallels available.  The normal card is a dark brown bordered card, and there are another 6 different parallel cards to chase after.  Featured below is the "Blue Crystal Shard" parallel card numbered to just 499 copies. 

#65 Vin Scully

Here is a list of the different cards available:

• Dark brown bordered base card
• Green Crystal Shard - 1:4 packs
• Blue Crystal Shard #/499 (1:8 packs)
• Red Crystal Shard #/399 (1:12 packs)
• Matrix #/325
• Gold Crystal Shard #/299 (1 per box)
• Black Crystal Shard 1/1

UPDATE:  I though I would add pics of all the different variations below

#65 Normal Base Card                     #65 Green Crystal Shard /499

#65 Blue Crystal Shard /499                     #65 Red Crystal Shard /399

#65 Matrix (orange) /325                     #65 Gold Crystal Shard /299

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Blog Kiosk: 8/24/2013 - Dodgers Links - Vin Scully, Wilson and Ross Porter

"I've always felt that I'm an ordinary man that was given an extraordinary opportunity." -Vin Scull.  Pic from yesterday's press conference via @Dodgers on twitter.

• The Dodgers organization knows all about social media.  Yesterday, the reached out to the r/Dodgers Reddit community.  Check out their first post here.
• Via Jay Jaffe at Sports Illustrated, "Six memorable moments to celebrate Vin Scully’s return for a 65th season".
• CJ Wilson knows what's up!  Via his twitter:

I think you meant to send this to @ClaytonKersh22 RT @arielgersh: @str8edgeracer can i get a retweet from the best pitcher in the  @MLB
— C.J. Wilson (@str8edgeracer) August 23, 2013

• The AP has a complete report on the Vin Scully press conference yesterday.  Read all about it here.
• "Brian Wilson happy for another chance," via Arash Markazi at ESPN.
• "Dodgers Owner Interested In Extending Ramirez," via Jeff Todd MLB Trade Rumors.
• "Dodgers owner Mark Walter explores possible purchase of L.A. Times," via Bill Shaikin at the LA Times.
• "Ross Porter looks back on 22 innings of history," via Eric Stephen at True Blue LA.
• JP Hoornstra at Inside the Dodgers confirms that former King's players Sean O’Donnell, Ian Turnbull and Rob Blake will be at Dodger Stadium for LA Kings Night on September 10th.
• Glen Tsurudome at The Baseball Diaspora shares his experience of watching Baseball in Japan with a review of Koshien.  There are plenty of great pics.
• Panini shares a bunch of preview pics of their upcoming 2013 Cooperstown Baseball card set; including the Zack Wheat and Jackie Robinson cards below.  This set comes out this coming Wednesday.

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Blog Kiosk: 7/29/2013 - Dodgers Links - Puig, Ryu and Dee Gordon

I love this group of pics featuring Puig's home run.  Photo via Dodgers tumblr.  Check out even more pics from yesterday afternoon from Jon SooHoo here.

• "Ryu earns praise of fellow South Korean Park," via Austin Laymance and Mark Sheldon at MLB.com.

"He's adjusted very well and is pitching very well," Park told MLB.com from Cooperstown, N.Y. "I think he enjoys it very much. I'm very proud and enjoy watching him."

• Naver.com has a whole bunch of pics focused on the matchup between Ryu and Choo.
• "Choo-Ryu matchup a big draw for S. Korean population, via Mark Sheldon at MLB.com.

"I like to see a lot of Korean fans because I've played in Cleveland and Cincinnati, where there aren't a lot of Korean people," Choo said. "It's quiet -- no media, no fans. But here, it's like a small Korea."

• Evan Bladh at Opinion of Kingman's Performance makes note of a new fashion trend currently hitting the Dodgers.
• Dodger Penguin shares a couple of autographed baseballs he recently got at Dodger Stadium.
• Chris Olds at Beckett.com provides a preview of the upcoming 2013 Panini Cooperstown set; including a sneak peek at a Duke Snider card. See the Snider on the right.
• "Isotopes Notebook: Gordon slows it down to improve," via Christopher Jackson at Examiner.com. 

“At first it was tough because I’m aggressive, I like to play hard, stuff like that,” Gordon said. “So it was tough at first but I’ve got good coaches who are helping me a lot. I’m just glad they’re taking the patience and time with me.”

• "Dodgers juggle lineup another day with Carl Crawford still ill," via Lance Pugmire at the LA Times.

“Obviously, it’s still going on, his temperature’s going up and down,” Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly said of the .289 hitter who’s stolen 10 bases this season. “Still fighting off an infection … sometimes antibiotics kick in and you know you’re good.”

• "Puig's base running becoming an issue," via Mark Saxon at ESPN.

"We're trying to corral it a little bit, but without putting too many restrictions on him," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "As you get into big games, any game can be the game it costs you, so we just want him to understand situations." 

• Tom Bartsch at Sports Collectors Digest writes about the Helmar Brewing Company cards.
• Noted sports artist Brian Kong will be at the National Convention and will have a Yasiel Puig card available for sale only at the show, via Sports Collectors Daily.  See it below.  He will be in booth #787. 

• Below is the best tweet of the day:

Kids get to run the bases Sundays at Dodger Stad. Taking longer than usual today because, thanks to Puig, they're sliding into home
— Lee Jenkins (@SI_LeeJenkins) July 29, 2013

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Blog Kiosk: 5/23/2013

Panini provides an early look at their upcoming 2013 Cooperstown set.  It will be coming out in mid-August.  Check out a Jackie Robinson card above.

• Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com, "Dodgers discussing Puig, Pederson to Majors."
• Eric Stephen at True Blue LA lets us know that Matt Kemp has also made an additional charitable contribution to the Oklahoma relief efforts.
• Fox Sports has a video featuring Don Mattingly and his harsh words.
• Panini also released preview pics of their 2013 USA Baseball Champions set that comes out next week.  Check out some of the Dodgers shown below.  They also share other photos of former (and current) Dodgers like Garciaparra and McGwire.

• Dave Cameron at FanGraphs writes, "Andre Ethier is Now Eminently Available."
• Via Jeff Spiegel at Dodgers Nation, "Scott Van Slyke Continues Impressive Run in Wednesday’s Win."
• Paul Lukas at ESPN introduces readers to the Jefferson Burdick collection of Baseball cards that reside at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.  It's the second largest in the world.  The collection at the Baseball Hall of Fame is the largest.  Be sure to check out the video they have as they take a close look at some of the cards.

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