Blog Kiosk: 4/8/2012

Check out this great woodcut from Loren at WoocuttingFool of Sandy Koufax. Prints are available.

• Be sure to check out Jon SooHoo's (the Dodgers official photographer) blog with pics from Opening Night in San Diego.
• "Some Things Never Get Old, Like Baseball's Purity", and Vin Scully, from TJ Simers of LA Times.
• GCRL points out a old SportsCaster card featuring a Steve Yeager ready to lay out Johnny Bench.
  
• NBC has a complete list of the Dodgers at-bat music. (Hat Tip: Sons of Steve Garvey) An example:

  Javy Guerra
  "Insane In the Brain" - Cypress Hill

• Here are some details for USC Trojan Night at Dodger Stadium on April 25th. Purchasing a USC Night special package gets you a limited edition Dodgers/USC portable speaker.
• Halo's Heaven has Part III of his interview with Cheech Marin.
  
• Panini unveils even more preview pics from 2011 Prime Cuts; including the Jackie Robinson card below.
• Check out this Fox Sports video that features Ken Rosenthal relaying some talk heard in MLB offices that name the Dodgers as this seasons "dark horse" candidate- at the 1:25 mark.

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Sunday Baseball Videos:

With the 2012 season underway I thought the video below might be fun (if not educational) to watch. "How's It Made: Baseballs."

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If you missed out on the Opening Viewing Party at Dodger Stadium, then check out this video from the event from SoCal Sports Media.

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Here are yesterdays game highlights of the Dodgers winning it in extra innings.

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Steve Garvey talks about the new Dodgers ownership.

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Game 3: Dodgers vs Padres:

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres

Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 5:35 PST

at PETCO Park

on FoxSports and AM570

(pic via instagram @Discoverla)

Dodgers Lineup:

@skinnyswag9 SS,
Mark Ellis 2B,
@TheRealMattKemp CF,
Andre Ethier RF,
@jamesloney_7 1B,
Adam Kennedy 3B,
@AJEllis17 C,
Tony Gwynn, Jr. LF,
Chris Capuano P

Padres Lineup:

Cameron Maybin 8,
Chris Denorfia 9,
Chase Headley 5,
Jesus Guzman 7,
Nick Hundley 2,
Yonder Alonso 3,
Orlando Hudson 4,
Jason Bartlett 6,
Dustin Moseley 1.

Dodgers Starter Chris Capuano will face off against Cory Luebke. Below are historical statistics for both of them.

Chris Capuano


Dustin Moseley

2012 Topps Museum- Dodgers Autographed Cards

Following up on my post from a couple of days ago, here are some of the autographed insert cards of Dodger players that can be found in Topps Museum Collection.

There are two different Clayton Kershaw autographs.

Both card are numbered to just 100 copies.

Only 25 of these Sandy Koufax cards were signed.

There are also two different Matt Kemp cards, but none of them were seeded into packs. Instead a redemption card is provided.

The card below is a Framed Autograph card of Kershaw that is numbered to only 15 copies. This is the gold frame version. A silver and black frame parallel versions are available that are even more rare. BTW, a complete checklist for the 2012 Topps Museum set can be found here.

Here is a Momentous Material Jumbo autographed card of Kershaw. I love the look of an auto paired with a patch piece. It could only be better if it was an on-card auto. Dee Gordon, Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp cards also exist.

Below is the Duke Snider Momentous Material Jumbo.

I've always wanted a booklet card. I think the below Snider auto/ bat relic book card would be just right. It is a Primary Pieces Quad Relic Autographed Booklet.

Below are a couple of Signature Swatches Dual Relics of Kershaw and Snider.

Game 2: Dodgers vs. Padres: Will Magic and McCourt Do Another Double Date?

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Diego Padres

Friday, April 6, 2012 at 7:05 PST

at PETCO Park

on KCAL and AM570

(pic from yesterdays game via twitter @CorkGaines)

Dodgers Lineup:

Dee Gordon SS,
Mark Ellis 2nd,
Matt Kemp CF,
Juan Rivera 1st,
Andre Ethier RF,
Jerry Hairston Jr. LF,
Juan Uribe 3rd,
AJ Ellis C,
Chad Billingsley P

Padres Lineup:

Cameron Maybin CF,
Will Venable RF,
Chase Headley 3B,
Jesus Guzman LF,
Yonder Alonso 1B,
Nick Hundley C,
Orlando Hudson 2B,
Jason Bartlett SS,
Cory Luebke P

Dodgers Starter Chad Billingsley will face off against Cory Luebke. Below are historical statistics for both of them.

Chad Billingsley


Cory Luebke

No Autograph Alley On Opening Night, But There Will Be the Following Weekend

Later on, I will post up some information about Opening Day at Dodger Stadium this coming Tuesday. At this time, though, I wanted to focus a bit on Autograph Alley at Dodger Stadium.

Unfortunately, on Opening Day there will not be any scheduled signers at Autograph Alley. I guess the spectacle of the day will make it too difficult. After all, there is likely to be a lot of activity going on where they usually set up.

That being said, Autograph Alley is not going away.

The weekend after Opening Day there will be some former Dodgers on hand to sign for fans before each game. Check out the schedule below.

Friday, April 13:
5:10 PM - 6:30 PM
Tim Leary

Saturday, April 14:
4:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Kenny Landreaux

Sunday, April 15:
11:10 AM- 12:30 PM (at Viva Los Doyers)
Derrel Thomas