Blog Kiosk: 2/7/2012

Here are the Dodgers at their first stop on the 2012 Dodgers Caravan tour this morning at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. (Pic via @Dodgers Twitter)

• Newest Dodger Todd Coffey is a twitterer. Go ahead and follow him.
  
• The Dodgers had a fruitful year when it came to helping out the community. Check out the Dodgers 2011 Community Report featuring all of the good deeds by the organization in 2011.
  
• Check out Left Field Pavilions great graphic called "Wheel of Misfortune."
  
• Bill Shaikin of the LA Times unveils another Dodger bidder, Jared Kushner, who happens to be the son-in-law to Donald Trump. I agree with Mike at Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness assessment that we do not want "the Trump" to be anywhere near the Dodgers.
  
• Josh Macciello made a $2.2Billion offer for the Dodgers. What? Via Mike Szymanski at Studio City Patch.
  
• David Laurila at FanGraphs has a great interview with Dodgers scouting guru Logan White.

  “Looking at the [biomechanical] factors, I felt that Kershaw had the best delivery, the best mechanics, the best arm action, of the four. There are obviously other factors when you‘re looking at someone. A guy can have great mechanics and a terrible makeup, or he may simply not have the arm speed. There are different variables that come into play, but biomechanics are certainly a big factor for us and we liked Kershaw’s mechanics.

• Beckett talks about a new hobby related reality show called "Ball Boys." Think pawn stars meet Baseball cards.
  
• Zach Hample was at the Hall of Fame and has plenty of photos to prove it.
  
• Check out Part 2 of the video featuring Cheech Marin and Rev Halofan talking Baseball at Halos Heaven.
  
• Bob Lemke writes about 19th Century ballplayer Phenomenal Smith.
  
• REA Auctions shares an item that will be on auction later this year that is just fascinating. It's a book that once belonged to Baseball pioneer Alexander Cartwright, and it may have played a large part in the creation of organized Baseball.