Dodger Videos

Here is a little video about Kuo and his hometown

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Matt Kemp's "This or That." I wonder who's that lady laughing in the background.

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Mattingley talks about Jamey Carroll.

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Trader Joe's loves the Dodgers.

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T206 Brooklyn Dodgers: Ed Lennox

Alfred Spink, writer of the book "The National Game" in 1910 said this of Ed Lennox.

"He is a fast fielder and base runner and an excellent batsman."

Unfortunately, he wasn't quite good enough to stick around.

Ed Lennox only spent two years with the Brooklyn Superbas during a Major League career that spanned 6 different seasons. In 1909 he was the regular third baseman for the team and batted .262 with 9 triples, an .695 OPS and a fielding average of .959 in 126 games. Pretty terrible right? Well, if you didn't already know, the Dodger teams of old, especially in 1909, was a very bad team. They finished in 6th place in the National League while having a team batting average of only .229, an OPS of .576 and team fielding average of .955. So, by all accounts, he was one of the better hitters and fielders on the team. Of course, that's not saying much. The next year he batted just .259 while the team batted another lowly .229. That was his last year in Brooklyn. He spent the next couple of years in the minors with Louisville before re-emerging with the Cubs in 1912. Later on, Lennox spent a couple of seasons in the other Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal Leagues.

Don Drysdale's Dugout

To go along with a Don Drysdale's Dugout mug I featured a couple of years ago is the above (and below) matchbook from his restaurant in the valley.

I don't know much about the place other than some unwanted publicity that came up in 1966. That was the year Koufax and Drysdale refused to accept the salaries given to them by the Dodgers and held out together to force the Dodgers to pay them more. Seeing this, Drysdale's employees at his bar decided to do the same thing- demanding higher wages.

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An Ethier Slam

Mr. Clutch, Andre Ethier, does it again as he belts a walk-off grand slam in the 10 inning. If there is any guy I want at the plate with the game on the line it's that man. This is his 8th walk-off hit the past two season.

University of Cincinnati: Sandy Koufax

Check out Gary's Sandy Koufax homemade card at The Infinite Baseball Card Set blog. He features the Hall of Fame pitcher in a University of Cincinnati Baseball uniform (c. 1954) and provides a great biography of this hurlers athletic exploits. In fact, he points out that Koufax was more well known as a Basketball player in his youth than a pitcher. That's something I didn't know. The best part, though, is below.

He had a blazing fastball but was very wild. The regular catcher refused to catch him and legend has it the coach would have Sandy warm up on the sideline and let the opposing team see his screaming 100 mile per hour fastball of which he had no control over. It was intimidating to say the least.

No kidding!

I think it is also important to add that Gary has turned his virtual online infinite Baseball card set into actual real-life cardboard gold. He is now selling the first 20 cards from his artistic masterpiece, complete with a vintage looking pack. Check it out here.

eBay: c. 1953 Brooklyn T-Shirt

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How many of these still exist today? Above is a c.1953 children's size Brooklyn Dodger t-shirt. It's hard to believe, but the seller claims he wore this as a 8-9 year old kid. If that's the case, how did it stay so white and clean? Amazing.