Weekend Autograph Opportunity: Shawn Green at Walmart on Saturday

Here are this weekends autograph opportunities and events throughout the Southland. As always, be sure to check the Blue Heaven Calendar for other events (a link can always be found on the tab at the top of this page, just left of center), and always confirm with the establishment. Everything is subject to change.  Please email me with any tips about upcoming events in Southern California.  As the rest of the week progresses I'll update this post with other events (if there are any), as I become aware of them.  Also, I don't always list every event below, so be sure to check my Calendar.  I always try to favor free signing events over paying events.  Click on any pic to embiggen.

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Dodger legend Shawn Green will be signing autographs on Saturday, March 30th from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the Walmart Supercenter in Burbank. This is all a part of a Baseball Days event at Walmart and in conjunction with MLB The Show 19. Go here or here for information.

Walmart Supercenter
1301 N Victory Place
Burbank, CA 91502

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2019 Topps Now - #19 - Dodgers Opening Day Home Run Derby

The first great moment of the 2019 Dodgers season, or shall I say eight Dodger highlights, will unsurprisingly be memorialized with a Topps Now card. As you know, the Dodgers collectively pummeled the hapless Diamondbacks, 12-5, on the strength of eight homers by six different Dodgers'.  Per Ken Gurnick at MLB.com:

“When you see everybody getting good swings, you want to get a good swing,” said Muncy, who led the Dodgers with 35 homers last year but didn’t have one in Spring Training. “I think it was Seager, maybe, after the first couple of home runs he said, ‘Man, I want to hit one.’ He went out there and hit one.”

Blog Kiosk: 3/29/2019 - Dodgers Links - Homer Happy

Do you remember all that talk this Spring about how the Dodgers would play more small-ball this season?

Yeah, about that...

Yesterday afternoon, on Opening Day, the Dodgers cranked out a Major League record eight home runs, including two by Joc Pederson, to defeat the DBacks, 12-5. Per Rowan Kavner at Dodger Insider:

“We can enjoy that right now, but we’ve got to come back tomorrow and do it again,” said Pederson, who finished 3-for-5 with three extra-base hits. “Enjoy this moment. And move on.”

Photo above via @Dodgers on twitter. Go here to check out more pics from Opening Day. Below are more links to check out:

• This Day in Dodgers History: In 2004 the Dodgers purchased outfielder Jason Grabowski from the A's. They also traded reliever Jason Frasor to the Blue Jays for outfielder Jason Werth. In 2008 the Dodgers played a preseason exhibition game at the LA Coliseum against the Boston Red Sox in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the club's move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. A crowd of 115,300 attended -- the largest to ever see a Baseball game. Check out a boxscore here.
• Happy Birthday, Hank Gastright, Rube Dessau, Lee Meyer, Gibby Brack, Tommy Holmes, Mike Ramsey & Brian Jordan!

Turner on Kimmel

To usher in the upcoming 2019 Baseball season Justin Turner visited with Jimmy Kimmel last night to discuss the season, the goofy version of Clayton Kershaw, his beard and more. Watch it all below:

Video Link:
Pic above via @Dodgers on twitter.

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Blog Kiosk: 3/28/2019 - Dodger Links - It is Opening Day!

Opening Day, Baby!

Above is a look at the two new patches the Dodgers will be wearing this season. First, you can see the MLB 150 patch that celebrates 150 years of professional Baseball and will be worn by every team in the league. Above that is the Don Newcombe memorial patch, via a tweet from Arash Markazi.

Below are more links to check out:

• This Day in Dodgers History: In 1970 Dodger Stadium was host to the "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial All-Star Baseball Classic". All-Star teams were assembled that included Joe DiMaggio as manager of the East and Roy Campanella as manager of the West team. Ron Fairly of Montreal and Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs hit home runs as the East claimed victory, 5-1. In 1991 the Dodgers released legend and longtime Dodger hurler Fernando Valenzuela.  Per an AP article in the Lodi News-Sentinel:

"I will never forget Fernando and all he has done for me and the Los Angeles Dodgers," manager Tom Lasorda said. "It was a privilege and honor to manage him over the years because he was without a doubt a great talent and a great competitor. I want to thank him for all the memories."

Here's the Dodgers 25-Man Roster

The Dodgers just released their Open Day roster. As expected, Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill and Tony Cingrani have been placed on the 10-day IL (Injured List - formerly known as a Disabled List). 

Pitchers (13):

Starters:

• Hyun-Jin Ryu (L)
• Ross Stripling 
• Kenta Maeda
• Walker Buehler
• Julio Urías (L)