The Yasiel Puig Superfractor Rookie Card Has Been Pulled and It's For Sale!

This card probably ranks as the #1 pull of the year.

I was cruising around eBay during lunch and came across this beauty.  Up for sale with a $30,000.00 "Buy It Now" price is the above 2013 Bowman Chrome Mini Superfractor rookie card of Yasiel Puig.  It was pulled out of a Jumbo box just a couple of weeks ago.

Wow!

Someone is about to cash in.

A Superfractor is a seeded parallel card numbered to just one copy of each player in the set.  In this case, they are the Chrome Mini cards that can be found in packs of 2013 Bowman Baseball.  As you can see in the pic below, it is marked as a "1 of 1".  The fronts are super shiny with prismatic embellishments, and they are considered the cream of the crop when it comes to rookie cards.

Past Superfractors have sold for thousands of dollars.  In May of 2010 the Stephen Stasburg 2010 Bowman Chrome Superfractor sold on eBay for $16,403.  Then, that same Strasburg resold soon after at $21,403.  The 2010 Bowman Team USA Bryce Harper Superfractor sold for $12,500 in 2010.  The 2006 Bowman Chrome Superfractor of Clayton Kershaw showed up on eBay in 2012 at a "Buy It Now" price of $17,500, but does not appear to have sold.

There's no telling how high the Puig card can go, but based on the above sales it's clear it'll be in the 5 figures. How much higher is anybody's guess.

Check out the Yasiel Puig Superfractor card auction right here.

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Get a Puig Photo and Meet Former Dodger Al Ferrara at the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Game on Sunday

This Sunday's Rancho Cucamonga Quakes games looks like a big winner for fans.  The first 1,500 fans will receive a commemorative Tremor & Yasiel Puig photo at the game.  On top of that, former LA Dodger Al Ferrara will be on hand to meet with fans for a autograph session.  He will be signing from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM.  Gates open at 4:05 PM.  Go here for more information.

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Try These On for Size: SCP Auctions a Bunch of Dodger Gamers

I've just been ga-ga over SCP's current auction of Dodger memorabilia.  On Tuesday I featured collectibles belonging to former short stop Bill Russell, and yesterday my post had items belonging to Steve Garvey and Rick Dempsey.  Today, I show a bunch of game-used Dodger uniforms going back to 1970.  Check them out below.

I think this is the best of the bunch.  This a 1978 Dodger road uniform of Jim Gilliam.  He is the only Dodger to have his numbered retired by the team who is not a Hall of Famer.  As I'm sure you know, he passed away just before the start of the 1978 World Series match-up against the Yankees.

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Below is a 1970 Steve Garvey rookie home uniform.

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Below is a 1975 Don Sutton game-used jersey.

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Below is a 1976 Ron Cey game-used uniform.  I love the National League Centennial patch on the sleeve.

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The Bulldog is featured in the uniform below.  Here is a Orel Hershiser's 1991 gamer.

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Blog Kiosk: 7/26/2013 - Dodger Links - Vin Scully, Lilly DFA'd and Brian Wilson?

Check out Vin Scully in the press box during his bobblehead give-away night.  Pic via @dodgers twitter.

• Tim Brown at Yahoo writes about the Dodgers tradition of first place ice cream.
• Via ESPN Stats & Info on twitter:

Mark Ellis singled in the 9th off a 102.1 mph Aroldis Chapman fastball. That's the fastest pitch resulting in a hit in last 5 seasons.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) July 26, 2013

• Via Steve Dilbeck at the LA Times, "Dodgers pull a shocker and designate Ted Lilly for assignment".

“We didn’t want to do this,” Mattingly said. “We all love Teddy. He just couldn’t stay healthy.

“It just gets to the point where we had to make a decision.”

• Via Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, "Ned Colletti on possible big trade".

“I don’t see it happening, there’s not that type of group of players out there,” Colletti said. “It’s a really thin market, more than in past years.”

• Ryu, Choo to meet in all-Korean pitcher-batter duel in MLB, via Yonhap News.  There's a great photo of Ryu peering in to watch Choo's press conference.
• Are the Dodgers thinking about signing Brian Wilson?  Bill Plunkett mentioned on twitter yesterday that the Dodgers saw him pitch.

Ex-#Giants closer Brian Wilson is scheduled to throw for scouts in LA area Thursday. #Dodgers will have scouts there. Had TJ surgery in 2012
— Bill Plunkett (@billplunkettocr) July 25, 2013

• "Dodgers Could Be Last Team To Strike Gold With Local TV Deal," via Wendy Thurm at FanGraphs.
• "Nate Silver, data, and storytelling: ESPN's new hire could transform sports television.," via Douglas Alden Warshaw at CNN Money.
• This is for the Kings fan who miss your favorite palyers.  Drew Doughty's shared a bunch of pics from his Grand Slam for Cancer softball game this past weekend on facebook, here.
• Dodger fans give Vin Scully a standing ovation on his bobblehead night in the MLB video below.

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SCP Auctions: More Dodger Goodies

Along with the Bill Russell Collection I featured a couple of days ago, SCP Auctions has available for sale more Dodgers memorabilia items worth taking note of; including collectibles from Steve Garvey and items from former Dodger catcher Rick Dempsey.  Check my favorites below.  Be sure to click any pick to embiggen.

This is the first time I've seen this kind of commemorative Dodger Baseball, so I'm unsure of its origins.  This was within Garvey's personal collection and has been signed by him.

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Here is another Stave Garvey item.  Below is his game-used 3rd baseman glove.

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It's easy to forget that Rick Dempsey was a part of the 1988 World Series Champion Dodgers.  He joined the club as a free agent to be their backup catcher.  Better regarded as a defensive specialist he went on to have one of his finest offensive season of his career that year.  Per Phil Gurnee at True Blue LA:

Splitting time with Mike Scoscia, Dempsey tore up left handed pitching, posting a career best 129 OPS+. Rick only had 198 plate appearances but he made the most of them, hitting 13 doubles, and seven home runs.

Below is his 1988 World Series Championship ring.

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The Jackie Robinson bust below is just plain cool looking.  From the auction description:

From Bret Saberhagen's personal collection comes this 18-inch high near-lifesize bronze bust of Jackie Robinson by acclaimed artist and sculptor Palmer Murphy. Murphy's work is well known within the sports memorabilia hobby, including producing a number of different busts and even some of the "modern" Hartland statues, but these spectacular bronze pieces issued by the Hall of Fame remain among his most notable entries in the sports field.

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Blog Kiosk: 7/25/2013 - Dodgers Links - Ryu's Playbill, Matt's Voice and Puig Turning the Corner

Check out the above 9th edition of the Dodgers Playbill featuring Korean hurler Hyun-Jin Ryu on the cover.  Fans can receive the Dodgers Playbill when they enter the parking gates and can also get copies at Fan Services stations during the game.

• Sports Business Daily ranks every MLB club by popularity.
• "Los Angeles Dodgers Top 20 2013 PRE-SEASON Prospects in Review," via John Sickels at Minor League Ball.
• "Why Matt Kemp's voice matters: Ultimately, players have to lead the push to thoroughly clean up the game," via Ramona Shelburne at ESPN.

"Talking about things like this is very, very touchy," Kemp told reporters in Toronto on Tuesday. "It's weird. Me, I don't like to talk about this stuff, but I feel like I have to a little bit."

• "Dodger Stadium Serves Frozen Beer Foam – Keeps Drink Cold For 30 Minutes," via Geoff Kutnick at FoodBeast.com.  (Hat Tip: Roberto at VSIMH)
• Ron Cervenka  at Think Blue LA writes, "Has Yasiel Puig turned the corner?".

But lost in the excitement of AGon’s and Ethier’s back-breaking blows to the Blue Jays was a simple at bat that in any other situation might have been meaningless, but was instead perhaps one of the most important at bats of the season. It was a seven-pitch walk issued to Yasiel Puig just prior to AGon’s blast.

Based upon last nights performance I think it's safe to say that Puig is back in the upswing.

• Via Mark Saxon at ESPN, "They can't be this good, can they?"
• If you are so inclined, check out the Greg Maddux Celebrity Invitational golf tournament in Las Vegas on Oct 21st to Oct 22nd.  Go here for info.
• Sports Collectors Daily tells us about a collector with a huge and formerly valuable Ryan Braun collection who feels jilted.

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