Blog Kiosk: 1/3/2014 - Dodgers Links -

Panini released a bunch of preview pics of their upcoming 2013 America’s Pastime Baseball set (which hist the market next Friday) and it includes a bunch of Dodgers; both new and old.  Check out the Puig and Campanella cards above.  Go here to see a whole bunch more.

• The new official Dodger Blog called Dodger Insider (and headed by Jon Weisman) can be viewed here.
• Via Mark Saxon at ESPN, "How much is Hanley worth to the Dodgers?"
• Jimmy Bramlett at the LAist shares his list of the Top-5 sexiest sportswriters of 2013 in LA.
• In some daily gossip.  Apparently, Khloe Kardashian will be having Matt Kemp's baby!  Via Media Take Out.com.
• Murray Chass writes, "BIGGIO, PIAZZA FANATICS SAY IT AIN’T SO".  I know this isn't going to be popular, but I do not disagree with Chass or Jeff Pearlman.

I can attest to the fanaticism of fans of individual players, in particular Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio. I have learned of their fans’ passion by having the audacity to mention them in connection with the use of performance-enhancing substances.

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Artifacts from the Dodgers Days in Brooklyn - via Lelands Auctions

Following up on Tuesday's post featuring Jackie Robinson's Rookie of the Year Award, I now share some fascinating artifacts that harken back to the days of Brooklyn.  Check out some goods related to Ebbets Field from Lelands Auctions.

Below is an original street sign for the corner of McKeever Place and Montgomery Street in Brooklyn.  As you may know, Ebbets Field was at this exact location.

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Here is a Flatbush Avenue subway sign that would lead travellers to Ebbets Field.

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Below is an original brick from Ebbets Field.

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Blog Kiosk: 1/2/2014 - Dodgers Links - Vin Scully and the Rose Parade

Here's a great pic of Vin Scully at the Rose Parade, via @MLB on twitter.  Check out even more great photos of Vin's day from Dodger photographer Jon SooHoo, here.

• Check out a digital copy of the 125th Rose Parade program right here.
• Watch a Vin Scully pre-parade interview from KTLA.
• Via Ben Platt at MLB.com, "Scully has exhilarating time at Rose Parade".

"I think to sum it up, you'd use the word exhilarating," said Scully, describing what it was like to lead the parade of floats down Pasadena's Colorado Avenue. "From the moment we reached the Tournament House, all the pre-parade excitement. The little chill in the air, that really got your attention, all the pageantry and, above all, all the good spirits of all of the volunteers, along with the policemen and motorcycle officers. It is just an incredible experience from the time we arrived this morning until now."

• Mark Aubrey at Mark's Ephemera made an awesome Vin Scully Rose Parade fantasy Baseball card.  Check it out here. 
• Via Bill Hanstock at SB Nation, "Vin Scully is the Rose Parade Grand Marshal, deal with it".  He shares a great .gif of Vin and his sunglasses.
• Here's a great .gif of Vin waving to the crowd, via the Dodgers tumblr.

• Stay tuned for January 6th.  The Dodgers are restarting their own team blog and Jon Weisman will be spearheading the effort.  WooHoo!  I can't think of anybody else who could do the job.  Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com, "Weisman's dream becomes reality with new position".

"I'll have the benefit of insider access I've never had. It's just my second week, but I feel like I did 10 years ago. There's an untapped area. There are tons of coverage we can do, and I want to break new ground. I want to do more with the magazine online and just promote a more dynamic content experience. Dodgers.com remains the home page. The blog will be distributed through the home page. There will be multiple posts a day. It will be a constant source of material. ... It's all pretty amazing -- and it's pretty daunting. I feel a great deal of responsibility."

• Kings forward Dustin Brown and goalie Jonathan Quick have been selected to the 2014 US Olympic hockey team, via Jon Rosen at Kings Insider.  BTW, I want this Olympic jersey, so bad!

• Too funny.  Via Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy, "USA Hockey mistakenly tells 67-year-old Canadian he made Olympic roster".

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Mailbag - A 2005 Orel Hershiser Diamond Kings Autographed Relic

The Diamond Kings autographed cards from 2005 ranks as one of my all-time favorite inserts.  I have 10 different Dodger cards in my collection and this new purchase (shown here) is my 11th different card.  As you can see, it is an autographed Orel Hershiser card with a couple of game-used relic pieces attached.  It is also numbered 9 out of 10.

I have made several recent purchases, so I'll be sharing them over the next few days.  They include mostly autographed cards like this, but there is one surprise vintage Dodger set that I am very excited about sharing.  So, stay tuned.

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The Original ROY Award Given to Jackie Robinson is Available at Lelands

The 2014 Sports Memorabilia Auction Season is starting off with a bang. 

Lelands auction house has their Fall 2014 auction already up and it features one of the more unique and incredible memorabilia items available.  Below is the first and original Rookie of the Year Award given to Jackie Robinson. 

As you may know, this was the first-ever ROY award ever given out and it was a league-wide award; meaning it was for both the American and National Leagues.  It is expected that it will sell in the 6-figures range, but exactly how high is anybodies guess.  At the time of this posting it is at $80,525.50.

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Following up on the Jackie Robinson theme, Lelands also has on auction an original scorecard from Jackie Robinson Day, September 23, 1947.  See it below.  This game was organized by the Brooklyn fans, and featured a showering of gifts onto Jackie and his family.  He received a new Cadillac, TV set, radio, cutlery and many other gifts.  Also, noted civil rights pioneer and entertainer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson danced on the dugout in Jackie's honor.

 

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Below is a used ticket stub from Jackie Robinson Day.

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Blog Kiosk: 12/31/2013 - Dodgers Links - Vin Scully and the Puig Police Report

This New Years is all about Vin Scully and the Rose Parade.  As you know, he is the Grand Marshall.  In the above pic he is being interviewed by Hannah Storm for ABC, pic via her twitter.

• Brian Bencomo at Pasadena Magazine shares a Q&A with Vin Scully.

The theme of this Rose Parade is “Dreams Come True.” Does that resonate with your life?
Oh, absolutely. I mean, I might not really qualify to be a Grand Marshal, but I certainly qualify under “dreams come true,” because I wanted to be a sports announcer when I was eight years old. Now that’s really rare because there were hardly any sports on radio and there was no television. So for a little kid who crawled under a big radio to listen to a college football game, to become a sports announcer and work in the big leagues, oh yes, I’m the embodiment of dream comes true.

• JP Hoornstra at Inside the Dodgers shares some language from the Puig arrest police report, and it's rather scathing.

Based on my training and experience as a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper and due to the high speed that he was traveling and the others Vehicles on the roadway. If Mr. Puig would had loss control of his vehicle or would had suffered a tire failure and crash. His mother and the two passengers would not survived as resulted of his action.

• Via Dustin Nosler at Feelin' Kinda Blue, "Dee Gordon could get one final shot to be a valuable player with the Dodgers".
• Via Rob Neyer at Baseball Nation, the Dodgers were the best at shutting down the running game in 2013, and he wonders how important is it really.
• Via David Seideman at Forbes, "Top 10 Treasure Hunting Tips For Cool Sports Memorabilia".
• Check out the Breaking Bad comic online, right here.

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