26 October 2013

cards and things from the diamond king

it's time to show some dodger goodies that came my way a while back as a result of a trade with the diamond king.  i sent some cards for his steroids/scam project, and he sent me cards of honest, hard working dodgers, like hall of famer don sutton on a 2006 fleer greats of the game insert card
i appreciate the inset photo of dodger stadium with the palm trees and the sunset.  unfortunately, the 'dodgers' script seems to be a bit off.  oh well, this is still a great insert set chock full of dodger greats.  obviously.

speaking of dodger greats, here is clayton kershaw on a 2012 bowman draft picks and prospects insert.
he shares space with a padres' southpaw, max fried, who was also a top ten draft pick.

here's a 2011 bowman platinum matt kemp ruby parallel
and a couple of josh beckett parallels from 2013 topps gypsy queen.  the first is the framed blue parallel numbered to 499
and the second is the framed white parallel that is not serial numbered
the dodgers will have beckett back in 2014 for one more season.  he was 0-5 in 2013 before his season was lost to injury.  hopefully he will bounce back in a big way.

another dodger who lost time to injury in 2013, and of whom i received multiple parallels, is andre ethier.  this is his 2013 topps heritage chrome parallel
and this is his 2013 topps heritage chrome refractor parallel
see the difference?

the diamond king sent a couple of double play cards along to keep the dodgers company, which was nice.  here's a 1995 score gold rush parallel of roberto alomar
and a 1999 topps stars card of miguel tejada
the most unusual (and unexpected) item in the package was a 8x10 giveaway sheet commemorating the 1972 oldtimers day at dodger stadium.
that was the day that the dodgers retired the jerseys of jackie robinson, roy campanella, and sandy koufax.  it also marked, i believe, the last time jackie appeared in public, or at least at dodger stadium.  he passed away in october of 1972, about four months after the ceremonies.

thanks for the trade!
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2 comments:

  1. NickOctober 26, 2013 at 12:36 PM

    That Old TImer's Day piece is fantastic.

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  2. MrMoparOctober 27, 2013 at 1:16 PM

    First time I ran into that old timers piece was when someone was offering an "un-cataloged" card of Newcombe, signed. Someone had cut the photo into a square and had it signed. I bit, and bought the "card", probably for much more than it was worth as just a Newcombe signature piece. I later found another full piece with several signatures (Reese and maybe Koufax, can't remember now) as well as a clean copy. I have a different year piece as well, so they did then for at least 2 different years.

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