2016 Topps Bunt - The Dodgers Base Cards

Here is a new Topps Baseball card set of a product brand that was originally known to collectors in the digital world.  It is called 2016 Topps Bunt, and it had started out as a virtual Baseball card trading card app just last year.  Now, it is real cardboard.  Furthermore, boxes are priced to appeal to cost conscious collectors.  For roughly $30 you can get a box of 36 packs of cards - seven cards per pack.

Featured below are the Dodger cards found in 2016 Topps Bunt packs.  Go here to check out a complete checklist.

#15 Corey Seager                                  #61 Jackie Robinson

Blog Kiosk: 8/17/2016 - Dodgers Links - Utley's Unforgettable Evening in Philly

Last nights game was unreal.

Not only did it begin with an over minute long standing ovation for leadoff hitter Chase Utley, but it would later be eclipsed by an curtain call after a grand slam by the former Phillies hero in the seventh inning.  Via Doug Padilla at ESPN:

"It's completely overwhelming," Utley said in a postgame news conference. "The standing ovation my first at-bat is something I'll never forget. It was truly special. It really shows how passionate and how great the Philadelphia fan base is. It was probably one of the most nervous at-bats I'll ever have at any level. I was glad to get it over with, to be honest with you."

Per Evan Webeck and Todd Zolecki at MLB.com:

"I think it just goes to show you can change the uniform, but he's always going to be a Phillie at heart," (Ryan) Howard said. "He's always going to be a Phillie to everybody here. I thought it was great. I thought it was awesome. For the fans to give him a curtain call again, it shows what he was able to do here and the impact that he had here on the fans."

BTW, to go along with the shellacking of the Phillies, 15-5, the Dodgers leapfrogged over the Giants to take an half game lead. 

(graphic via @Dodgers on twitter)

Photo at the very top via CSN Philly on twitter.  Below are more links to check out:

• This Day in Dodger History:  In 1992 Dodger hurler Kevin Gross no-hits the Giants at Dodger Stadium, 2-0.  You can watch the last out of his no-hitter here.

Something New for the Collection - 1949 NY Journal American Team Photos

This is something I've wanted for quite some time.

It's been on my list of "must-buys" and I'm happy to be able to finally add to my hoard of oddball Dodgers collectibles.  Best yet, it was a good deal.

Featured above is a 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers team photograph that was a premium giveaway by a local newspaper called NY Journal American.  They are oversized photographs that measure 11 3/4" x 17", and it features many of the great stars that would man the Brooklyn field for the next decade.

Blog Kiosk: 8/16/2016 - Dodgers Links - Some Odds and Ends

Check out this fantastic ACME press photo of Opening Day at Ebbets Field that is currently available at RMY Auctions (Link Here).  Unfortunately, we don't know the exact year of the photo, but we do know that the Dodgers are to play the Giants (as seen on the scoreboard) and there are an large number of military personnel on the field.  Considering the pomp and circumstance of the afternoon I think it's fair to date this to the early 1940's - during American involvement in WWII.

Below are more links to check out:

• This Day in Dodger History:  In 1950 NY Giants thirdbaseman Hank Thompson hit two inside-the-park homer runs against the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds.

2016 National Baseball Card Day - All the Dodgers Cards

This past Saturday was National Baseball Card Day, sponsored by Topps, at local hobby shops throughout North America.  Fans flocked to their local stores and received a free six-card pack of limited edition cards.  Furthermore, qualified purchases included a free Kris Bryant card to go with the set.  The base set includes 50 cards (including the Bryant card mentioned previously) and there are a handful of autographed cards inserted into packs.  Unfortunately, is not available.  There are, however, two Dodger players in the base set.  Check them both out below.

#3 Clayton Kershaw

#41 Corey Seager

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Blog Kiosk: 8/15/2016 - Dodgers Links - Puig, Ethier, Magic and Kershaw

Check out who made it to the LA Coliseum for the Rams first preseason game in Los Angeles since coming back to California, via a pic tweeted by the NFL.  Clayton Kershaw, following an afternoon win at Dodger Stadium over the Pirates, 8-4, was spotted on the sidelines during the Rams victory over Dallas. 

I wonder who he was rooting for.  Being a Texas native it wouldn't be surprise to find out that he's a Cowboys fan.  On the other hand, he did send the LA Rams players, coaches and personnel 200 bottles of Johnnie Walker Blue Label scotch whisky as a welcome gift to the Southland.

BTW, this past Sunday was Magic Johnson's birthday, so the team presented him with his own cake on the field.  Photo directly above via Jill Weisleder/LA Dodgers 2016.  Go here to check out more pics from yesterdays game from Jill and Jon SooHoo.  Below are more links to check out:

• This Day in Dodger History:  In 1914 Jake Daubert set a NL record with four sacrifices in one game.  In 1926 Babe Herman famously tripled into a double play.  Per a description at Dodgers.com:

With one out and the bases loaded, Herman hit a line drive off the right field wall and Hank DeBerry, the runner on third, scored easily. Dazzy Vance, the runner on second, rounded third, but stopped 30 feet past the bag and started back. Chick Fewster, the runner on first, was coming full steam around second and soon found himself at third with Vance.

Herman, meanwhile, oblivious to what was transpiring at third base, tore around the bases until he also was at third base. Both Fewster and Herman were tagged out, ending the inning.

"Everybody," Herman said years later about the play, "overlooks the fact that the run I knocked in on that play was the winning run."