YouTube: Baseball Boogie

Big League Stew was able to corner a few of the former 1986 Dodgers recently to ask about the famous video. You gotta check it out. It's has some great quotes.

On Hershiser, Ken Howell said,

"Well, his name is Orel, so come on, what do you expect? When I look back at that video, I think, "What move was he really trying to make?" He was dancing like he had roaches in his pockets."

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Weekly Blog Kiosk 3/9/2008

This weeks favorite places to visit.

• Peggy has some great photos from Spring Training 2008.

• Mark Timmons of LA Dodger Talk is headed for Vero. I can't wait to see your pics.
  
• Cardboard Junkie reminds me of a book I've been meaning to read: Ball Four. Does anyone else have a Spring ritual like his?
• Dodger Sims studies Dodger steals.

  Ok, now what does all of this tell us. It says that Juan Pierre's base stealing exploits were worth nearly 6.8 runs or 0.648 wins last year. So while Juan Pierre is about 0.21 wins below "replacement level" as a left fielder his base running abilities are the only thing keeping him in the league.

• tagvestibule captures Don Mattingly.
• The Dodger blogroll just gets bigger. I've added Young Sports, Rockin' the Ravine and Guo Mania.
  
• Check out the Dodger podcast from the Tivens Brothers.
  
• Roberto lets us know about a Steve Garvey signing event in Southern California in April.
  
• NASA photographed, for the first time, an avalanche on Mars. This NASA website is one of my all time favorites. Go around and explore. They have a ton of really great videos.

YouTube: Vote for Joe Beimel!

Troy says vote for Joe Beimel.


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A Braves reporter visits Dodgertown.


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Upper Deck threw a Super Bowl party and Russell Martin was on hand.

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Alyssa Milano gives up on ballplayers. I still have a chance.

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A story about a former Brooklyn Batboy.

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Collection: Morrell Meats and More Postcards

As you can imagine, when the Dodgers landed in LA various promotional/ advertising items were created to take advantage of their popularity. One manufacturer was Morrell Meats. They produced 3 sets from 1959 to 1961 that can can be very difficult to come by today. There are the same size as Baseball cards of the time. I believe they were put in packages of hot dogs which might explain why they are usually found in rough condition. I wonder if Morrell Meats was the original Farmer John? Anyway, the below cards are from the 1960 set (i still need 6 more) and feature Dodger players before a game at the LA Coliseum. Check out my photoalbum of Morrell Meats cards here.

Don DrysdaleDon Drysdale Back

John Roseboro

Wally Moon

I added 12 more Dodger postcards into my photoalbum. Below are 2 of them. There is a 1963-64 Don Drysdale and 1966 "Sweet" Lou Johnson. See my photoalbum here.

YouTube: deezuleboy runs into Troyfromwestvirginia

The famous Troy spent the weekend at Dodgertown and runs into deezulboy. He's captured in 3 great videos. Language is explicit.

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Troy shows us Joe Beimel glove.

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This is a hilarious. Lance Carter meets the wrath of Troy.

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Auction Roundup: Mastro, CSA, MHCC,

Mastro auctions a timely lithograph from sports artist Bill Dawson. Produced in 1958, this drawing features the Brooklyn Dodgers "Bum" hitchhiking his way to the Dodgers new home at the Coliseum. Do you have your tickets for the upcoming March 29th game? I just got mine and I can't wait. This item sold for $150.00 and included another lithograph about the 1959 World Series.
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Below is one of the rarest of all Jackie Robinson vintage collectibles, especially in this condition. This doll was created in 1950 and was sold only within the African-American community. It includes the very rare original tag and is in incredible condition. It rivals the doll I saw for sale in the famous Barry Halper collection about a decade ago. The only thing missing here is the original box. This doll sold for $890.00 earlier last month.
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Below is one of the rarest of all Baseball promotional items. I'll let Mile High Card Company describe it.

Presented is without question one of the rarest baseball collectibles ever issued as well as being one of the most visually appealing items to commemorate the immortal Joe Jackson. The offered collectible was issued by the George Frost Company of Boston, Massachusetts in what is widely considered to be their second offering of window store advertisements. Each of the 12 subjects from within the issue measures 4”x 8-1/4” and is printed on a thin cardboard stock displaying period lithography of the featured player... In our research we have found that there most likely is around a half dozen copies of this card known to exist.

It sold for an incredible $86,975.85.

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Can you ever get enough of Babe Ruth in a Dodger uniform? Below is an original 1938 press photo from World Wide Photos that sold for $626.28.
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