still more steve garvey oddballs from the garvey oddball binder

two more pages from the oddball garvey binder.  i have these particular items in ultra-pro 12-pocket pages, by the way.  not a lot of dodger garvey goodness here, unfortuately.  

this first page has a 1983 topps sticker, the 1984 all-star game program insert, a 1984 fun foods pin (with pinback), a 1984 fun foods pin proof, a 1984 7-11 slurpee coin, the garvey from the 1984 topps gallery of immortals bronze set, a 1985 all-star game program insert of garvey solo plus one with david green of the giants attached, a mini beckett cover (this was probably cut out of an ad or something), a 1985 general mills sticker, and two more 7-11 slurpee coins - one from 1985 and one from 1986 that also features jim presley of the mariners and bill madlock of the dodgers.  enjoy.

here are the backs

there are only two oddballs on the second page - a 1987 red foley sticker and a 1987 topps coins garvey

and again, the backs

i do have one more item to show, and it is the latest garvey item to be added to the collection.  it's a copy of the october 21, 1978 issue of "the sporting news" featuring 'dodger clout king' garvey on the cover.

this came to me courtesy of everybody's friend, mark hoyle.  there's some good stuff in there, along with a ridiculous amount of cigarette ads.  i will probably only keep the cover, but i've enjoyed looking through the 36-year old articles.

more garvey goodness to come...

things are a little less saxy in arizona

i saw that the diamondbacks have decided to not bring back their first base coach next year, or rather, they have decided to go with a different first base coach in 2014.  that means that former dodger steve sax is out of a job.

here's a 1983 topps sticker of the 1982 nl rookie of the year in happier times

i didn't realize that he was back in the game until sometime during the season when daniel from it's like having my own card shop pointed it out in a post.  sax and dbacks manager kirk gibson were teammates for one magical season 25 years ago, so i guess that is the connection.  here's a 1986 donruss highlights card of sax

september of 86 is the month that sax put together a 25 game hitting streak and made a run at the batting title (he finished a couple of points behind tim raines).

for some reason, i never got around to posting this 1989 upper deck card that saxy signed for me through the mail a while back.  now seems like a good time.

former dodger dave anderson was also relieved of his coaching duties recently, so maybe sax can head to texas with andy going to the desert.

stick 'em to me

after hosting the 1983 fleer star sticker group break, i was motivated to pick up some more stickers for my collection.  for the longest time, i ignored stickers - seeing them as less important or even not something worthy of being in my collection.  i have since come to recognize that some sticker releases have merit, especially those with different and sometimes better photos than the card releases.  here's a 1982 topps steve garvey sticker

that includes dodger stadium world series action.  topps did not acknowledge the 1981 world series in their 1982 flagship release.  of course, topps also had boring photos in their sticker sets, like this garvey from their 1983 release

which uses a photo from 1981, and this davey lopes sticker

fleer's 1984 stickers set included some nice images, like the one on ken landreaux's sticker

featuring an on deck dodger stadium pose.  fleer went on the road for tom lasorda's photo

as well as steve sax's

but stayed in chavez ravine to capture fernando's eyes to the sky windup

pedro guerrero got two stickers in the 1984 fleer set

i wonder what the story is behind the little prison window in the dugout.

here's fernando's 1985 fleer star sticker

i think fernando was the only dodger who had that type of pullover.  he is featured on a number of cards wearing it, and i don't recall seeing any other dodgers in similar gear on cards.  or stickers.

here's former dodger lee lacy on his 1985 fleer star sticker

i don't know why some years they were 'star stickers' and some years just 'stickers'.  they varied the sticker size, too.  in 1986, fleer went back to full sized stickers.  they stayed that way for the 1987 star sticker release, too.

here are sax

fernando

and reggie williams

from that set, along with former dodger charlie hough

hough is best remembered by most as a ranger, i suppose.  still, i held out a little hope that his sp in this year's archives release would show him in a dodger uniform.  i was also expecting a dodger uniform when i ordered the rick honeycutt 1984 fleer sticker.  instead, i got another ranger

i figured i had a 50/50 shot at being right.  honey has since been sent off to texas where he belongs.

ok, enough with the stickers.  back to cards tomorrow.