Mailbag: Ely & Link Autos

There is nothing better then going to the mail box and finding a nice little package from an eBay purchase. Since I had failed miserably in getting a Dodger autograph from a group break I wrote about here I thought it would be best to snag a couple of them on eBay for, what I thought, was a great price. Here are the Jon Link and John Ely 2010 Topps Chrome autograph cards that just came in. I got them for $2.99 + $3.00 shipping. Heck, shipping them cost more than the cards themselves.

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Legendary Auctions: Mastro Collection: Ebbets Field

Legendary Auctions is currently offering up for auction 800+ items from the Bill Mastro collection. Mastro, who use to run Mastro Auctions before it imploded, has one of the more extensive and coveted collections in the hobby so I imagine there is a great amount of interest in what they have to offer. Included are numerous 19th century rarities and game-used items from Hall of famers. There are also a good number of Dodger related items worth a strong look by collectors. Below is one of those items.

Here is a vintage souvenir mirror, measuring 2.75" horizontally, made in 1910 featuring Ebbets Field. Likely sold at the stadium this example is very rare.

(Auction Link)

How's It Made: Sports Cards

Panini, the European sticker company turned sports card maker (they purchased Donruss), has a very cool video up on their blog that I think any current and former card collector will be fascinated by. It shows how packs of cards are made. Check it out below.

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Flutebox

Enjoy this Sunday morning musical interlude with Nathan "Flutebox" Lee.

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Let It Grow, Davey

With Davey Lopes rejoining the ranks of Dodger Nation I thought this vintage print found on eBay would be appropriate. It is a 1975 Linnett Portrait drawn by Charles Linnett of Walpole, Mass. These were available originally in various retail stores (possibly at Dodger Stadium) and sometimes given away at games as a promotional "Portrait Day". I am unsure if the Dodgers did the latter.

As you can see, it shows Davey with not only a full head of hair, but also a nice thick afro to boot. I say, "Davey, grow it back!" Of course, Lopes in 1975 was only 30 years old so this request may be a little difficult for him to accomplish today.

(eBay Auction Link)

Missing Dodger Stadium?

As the winter months drag on we are left with a loss only a Baseball fan can understand. The sounds of an unsettled crowd, the ping of a batted ball, along with the aroma of freshly cut grass, are absent. There are no chants. There is no wave. We cannot wax poetically about a bouncing beach ball. The muse, whose voice still resonates throughout our city, lays in wait for warmer weather. Alas, we are left in a kind of limbo as we trudge through the freeze waiting for the Spring season to begin.

To help ease your mind and mine a fellow fan named Isaac Goeckeritz put together a great little short film about a summer evening at Dodger Stadium that I think will surely help.

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