what tomorrow may bring

tomorrow we find out if don sutton gets some company as the lone hall of famer from the team of my youth.  both steve garvey and tommy john are up for election by the expansion era committee.  i am optimistic but not expecting either to make the cut, unfortunately.

here's my (you've seen night owl's already) 2013 topps garvey million dollar chase autographed card

as well as a nice tommy john card from 2007 ud sweet spot classic

instead of either of these dodger greats, i think that another former dodger manager will get the call

unfortunately for me, it's joe torre and not bill russell.  i do think torre's new york success was largely due to the work of bob watson and buck showalter, and later the free spending of the steinbrenners (i give brian cashman even less credit than torre), but what do i know about what it takes to be a successful manager? nothing.  i expect bobby cox and tony larussa to join torre as hall of famers tomorrow, but i hope that there are a couple of other names announced as well.