Boom Goes the Dynamite! Puig Hits a Walk-Off Homer

Somehow, Puig always seems to be a major factor in every game he plays. 

This afternoon, he struck out 3 times, but managed to get the meat of the bat on the ball when it counts the most.  In the 11th inning of a scoreless game, he pummeled a 0-1 fastball to the left field pavilion.

It was walk-off magic.

Watch this moon shot below.  The pics above are via Jon SooHoo.  Check out even more great photos from this afternoon here.

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Sunday Dodger Videos: A Fernando Flashback, Puig Hits it Out of Stadium and Ryu on a Game Show

Here are this Sunday's Dodger Videos.

Here's a flashback video for you.  10/23/81: Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela strikes out Lou Piniella to finish his complete game and gets the Dodgers a win in Game 3 of the 1981 World Series.

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DodgerFilms captured some Dodgers batting practice and captures Yasiel Puig hitting it out of the park.

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Watch an episode of a Korean game show called Running Man that features Hyun-Jin Ryu and Shin-Soo Choo playing some psychic supernatural Baseball.  (Hat Tip: Reddit CrayonShinChan)

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Blog Kiosk: 7/27/2013 - Dodger Links - Jansen on Twitter, Logan White and Greinke Disappointed in Braun

Hyuim-Jin Ryu and Shin-Soo Choo shake hands during a press conference yesterday.  Today the Korean superstars will face off against each other for the first time.  Pic via @Dodgers twitter.

• Kenley Jansen is now on twitter.  Follow him at @kenleyjansen74.
• "Sarah's Take: Kemp needs to get it together," via Sarah D. Morris at MLB.com.
• Check out Jon SooHoo's great photos from Vin Scully's bobblehead Night.
• Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com, "Investment in farm system paying off for Dodgers".

One year later, the farm system is stirring with signs of life. The Yasiel Puig phenomenon is the quick payoff for what promises to be a reopening of a foreign pipeline of talent the Dodgers originally discovered, then abandoned.

More subtle, but no less important, is a sea-change in Draft approach from high-risk, high-reward high schoolers to more projectable college talent that should allow the Dodgers to more quickly fill more holes from within, which had become a frustration in recent years.

• Yesterday, a Dodger Redditor (kittysparkles) had a couple of Red's players come into his work; including the previous nights winning pitcher Matt Latos.  There are some pics and a funny story about kicking his butt on Call of Duty.
• Via ESPN, listen to Carl Crawford on 'Max & Marcellus Show'
• Dustin Nosler at ChadMoriyama.com shares a recent interview with Dodgers' scouting guru Logan White.
• Via Eric Stephen at True Blue LA, "Clayton Kershaw going deeper into games: It has been 24 years since a Dodgers starting pitcher has lasted as deep into games as Clayton Kershaw in 2013".
• "Frank Jobe's Hall of Fame life: The originator of Tommy John surgery has just about done it all," via Doug Miller at MLB.com.
• Via Dylan Hernandez of the LA Times, "Dodgers' Zack Greinke disappointed in former teammate Ryan Braun".

 "The main thing is, yeah, he lied to us," Greinke said. "He forced us to lie for him, threw people under the bus in order to help himself out and didn't care, blamed others for his mistakes and it’s just a lot of things you don’t expect from people."

• Bob Lemke writes about the 1951 suicide of former Dodger Hugh Casey.

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Happy Birthday, Bugs Bunny! A Born Blue Dodger Fan

I just thought I'd make note that everyone's happy rabbit, "Bugs Bunny", turns 73 years old today.  As the story goes, Bugs was born underneath Ebbets Field in Brooklyn on July 27th, 1940; which makes him a Dodger fan by birthright. 

In celebration, I've put up the classic film "Baseball Bugs" below for you to enjoy.  It was produced in 1946 and current resides in the public domain.

BTW, the card above is from the 1990 Upper Deck Comic Ball "Looney Tunes" card set.  At one time I had the complete set in my collection; including the colorful official albums.  Unfortunately, I can't seem to find it.  My memory is a little fuzzy, but I may have given it to a young cousin many moons ago in order to given a child a little smile.  I think it worked. 

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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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