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Friday, July 29, 2016

Memorabilia from Walter Alston's Estate at SCP Auction - The Early Years

Holy moly!

Last time around SCP featured a giant collection from the estate of Dodgers Hall of Famer Don Drysdale. Now they bring along another collection from a Dodger great. Featured here are some of the memorabilia that once belonged to Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston.

Over the next few days I'll highlight several of my favorites. The items shown here all relate to his early years as a player and a young rookie manager in Brooklyn.

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2016 Topps Allen & Ginter - The Dodgers Autograph and RIP Cards

Below is a last look at Dodgers cards found in packs of 2016 Allen & Ginter packs. Featured below are the autograph, booklet and RIP cards. Also, I include the checklist of the Dodgers' "Artist Originals" cards. Unfortunately, none of them have been seen yet. Go here to check out all of my past post on this set.

Mini Autographs

#AGA-CSE Corey Seager (redemption)
#AGA-KMA Kenta Maeda (redemption)

#AGA-FM Frankie Montas #AGA-FV Fernando Valenzuela

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Blog Kiosk: 7/29/2016 - Dodgers Links - Peters, Anderson and the Blue Gala

Above is a photograph of the Chavez Ravine, facing towards downtown, in the midst of being carved and shaved into Dodger Stadium, circa 1960. The photo above via MLB Cathedrals on twitter.

Below are more links to check out:

This Day in Dodger History: In 1983 Steve Garvey's consecutive-game streak ends at 1,207 when he is unable to play the second game of a doubleheader due to a dislocated thumb. In 1996 Tommy Lasorda announced his retirement as manager of the Dodgers due to issues with his health.
Happy Birthday, Chad Billingsley and Chief Meyers!

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

Diamondbacks Series Starts on Friday - Stadium Giveaways, Pregame Info and Other Stuff!

The next homestand starts on Friday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Below are some odds and ends for this upcoming homestand.

The Sonoran Dog will be available for this homestand only against the Diamondbacks at the Extreme Loaded Dog concession areas located on the field, loge and reserve levels. It features a bacon-wrapped super dog with pinto beans, mayonnaise and pico de gallo.

The eighth 2016 issue of the new Dodger Insider magazine, featuring Adrian Gonzalez on the cover, will be available at Dodger Stadium. (see it on the left). The Dodgers merged their previously separate Playbill and Dodger Insider magazines into one publication (at least 80 pages per issue) with a new edition available each homestand. They are distributed at auto gates (one per vehicle) and via Fan Services for those who use alternate transportation.

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Friday, July 29th at 7:10 PM
RHP Zack Godley vs. RHP Kenta Maeda
SNLA / AM 570 (Eng.), KTNQ 1020 AM (Span.)

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AJ Ellis Gets an 2016 Topps Now Card for his First Stolen Base - #290 - I Kid You Not

No frick'n way!

Ya know... I haven't been a buyer of the 2016 Topps Now cards, but that may change.

I have just found out that Topps has decided to commemorate AJ Ellis' first career steal with his very own Baseball card highlighting it. It says on the bottom:

"35-Year-Old Catcher Steals 1st Base Of His Career"

And it describes the event in detail on the reverse. Go here to check it out and order. Per Jon Weisman at Dodger Insider:

“It was just kind of one of those weird plays, he was a little bit slow to the plate, wasn’t paying much attention to me, and we’d see if we could make something happen,” Ellis said. “In all honestly, I didn’t think they’d be covering second base right there. I thought we’d just get catcher’s indifference to get to second base. He had a long leg kick — probably didn’t expect me to run. I wouldn’t have expected me to run.”

And I didn't expect to be so enamored with a Baseball card from this set. In my opinion, this is the best Dodgers card made so far this year.

UPDATE: the print run for this card is 261.