oh my o'malley! this is just all kinds of awesome!

i will say one nice thing about frank mccourt.  his staff still forwards mail to peter o'malley.  o'malley, of course was the owner of the dodgers prior to the fox regime who then sold the team to mccourt.  o'malley's father, walter, brought the dodgers to california from brooklyn.  peter was the team president before taking over the reins when his father passed away in 1979, and he served as co-owner with his sister until selling the team in 1998.  if i recall correctly, o'malley was concerned about the tax responsibilities for a family-owned franchise, so it seems he comes from a more fiscally responsible background than that of the current owners.  before i come off sounding too much like plaschke, i'll move on.

what i am getting at is that it took only about 2 weeks for this card, a 1978 topps dodgers team card,

to get to dodger stadium, where it was thankfully forwarded to o'malley's office somewhere in la, signed by the former owner, and returned to me.  i am fully stoked.  even though he is not on the card, the o'malleys were obviously a huge part of the team of my youth, and i am very very happy to add this to my collection.

mr. o'malley also included a hall of fame post card of his father

along with a request to 'visit walteromalley.com'.  i have plugged that site before, but it is worth doing again - it is a treasure trove of information for dodger fans.

just for good measure, i'll update my modest 1978 topps dodgers autograph project - here's the tally:

team card (red adams) - through the mail success!
team card (mark cresse) - through the mail success!
team card (john hale) - through the mail success!
team card (peter o'malley) - through the mail success!
team card (boog powell) - through the mail success!
dusty baker - through the mail success!
glenn burke - ebay success!
ron cey - through the mail success!
vic davalillo - ebay success!
terry forster - ebay success!
mike garman - through the mail success!
steve garvey - through the mail success!
ed goodson
jerry grote - through the mail success!
burt hooton - through the mail success!
charlie hough - through the mail success!
tommy john - in person/through the mail success!
lee lacy - through the mail success!
tom lasorda - ebay success!
dave lopes - through the mail success!
ted martinez - ebay success!
rick monday - in person/through the mail success!
manny mota - through the mail success!
johnny oates - ebay success!
doug rau - through the mail success!
lance rautzhan - through the mail success!
rick rhoden - through the mail success!
bill russell - through the mail success!
reggie smith - through the mail success!
elias sosa - through the mail success!
don sutton - through the mail success!
steve yeager - ebay success!
nlcs (davey lopes) - through the mail success!

28/29 = 97%

in all fairness, i must admit that i sent a 2009 upper deck o-pee-chee dodger stadium card to mr. mccourt right after that set was released sometime in 2009.  i haven't heard back.

thanks mr. o'malley!