we'll start off with the strongest man in so-cal, italian-american superstar slugger, mike piazza, getting after it on his 1993 leaf card.
sans facial hair. i still can't believe he was traded.
1992 topps stadium club tom goodwin.
i don't recall how many times goodwin played for the dodgers. twice, i guess. claimed off of waivers by the royals, and then the dodgers traded todd hollandsworth to the rockies to get him back 6 years later. i do remember that after the dodgers released him, he signed with the giants and proceeded to play extremely well against the dodgers even though they were paying the bulk of his salary.1996 topps chad fonville.
fonville was a sparkplug for the dodgers in 1995 after coming over from montreal. unfortunately, he struggled in 1996 and then was traded to the white sox and ultimately bounced around from cleveland to the mets to the rockies to boston, where he finished his career in 1999.
2008 bowman draft picks and prospects chrome devaris strange-gordon.
here's hoping stephen king writes a book about the girl who loved devaris strange-gordon someday.
1987 donruss bobby welch.
his strikeout of reggie jackson in the 1978 world series is one of my most vivid dodger memories. i felt badly that he missed out on the 1988 championship, but he got one in 1989.
i appreciate how topps left manny as a red sock here. they didn't pull a 1975 bobby murcer and call him an american league all-star on a national league team. kudos.
fonville was a sparkplug for the dodgers in 1995 after coming over from montreal. unfortunately, he struggled in 1996 and then was traded to the white sox and ultimately bounced around from cleveland to the mets to the rockies to boston, where he finished his career in 1999.2008 bowman draft picks and prospects chrome devaris strange-gordon.
here's hoping stephen king writes a book about the girl who loved devaris strange-gordon someday.2007 topps grady little.
this is one of those 2007 topps cards that looks pretty washed out to me. is it just the black borders? i didn't mind little as manager, but i wish he would have shown a little more fire, especially when the torre rumors started.
this is one of those 2007 topps cards that looks pretty washed out to me. is it just the black borders? i didn't mind little as manager, but i wish he would have shown a little more fire, especially when the torre rumors started.1987 donruss bobby welch.
his strikeout of reggie jackson in the 1978 world series is one of my most vivid dodger memories. i felt badly that he missed out on the 1988 championship, but he got one in 1989.manny. 2009 topps heritage all star short print.
i appreciate how topps left manny as a red sock here. they didn't pull a 1975 bobby murcer and call him an american league all-star on a national league team. kudos.and finally, it's a 2007 topps juan pierre.
bad photoshop job by topps. i don't think the dodgers have worn the blue jerseys in a game since the davey johnson era. juan figures to get the bulk of the playing time over the next 48 games, and i am sure he'll make the most of it.
bad photoshop job by topps. i don't think the dodgers have worn the blue jerseys in a game since the davey johnson era. juan figures to get the bulk of the playing time over the next 48 games, and i am sure he'll make the most of it.thank you ladies! it really was a fantastic group of cards! not bad for answering a question about the giants!
no pressure.
the card back says he ‘oozes with raw power potential’. i think that means ‘tremendous upside’.
back for another spin with the dodgers this year. reportedly he bought a house formerly owned by slash.
it’s the gold version. i wonder if chad speaks jive, like barbara billingsley did. apparently he is a believer in nolan ryan’s philosophy of extra throwing to develop arm strength. i wonder if that includes throwing a football around, too. there are some who believe that there are only so many innings in your arm, no matter how often you throw. here’s hoping chad has another 20 years of innings in his.
nall spent 2007 in the red sox and nationals’ organizations after 8 years in the dodgers’ minor league system, and it looks like that was his last year. now, here’s one of the reasons i don’t buy much bowman. this card is similar to the base cards above, but it is numbered bp91. i guess that means bowman prospect 91. it has silver triangles on the bottom front. otherwise it would look just like
this one is numbered bdpp21 which i would guess means bowman draft picks and prospects 21. aren’t these two cards from the same set? someone educate me, please. gallagher played last year at the high a level, mostly at third base. i don’t know enough about him to know if he is a future contender for the rotating spot that is the dodgers’ hot corner or not. we’ll see.
now, this one looks like the others above, except it is green and is numbered bdp29. i give up. according to the back of the card, tony was ‘discovered’ by luis polonia. they put discovered in quotation marks, which leads me to believe that polonia must have mistaken abreu for a young girl. anyway, tony is another middle infielder, along with chin-lung hu and blake dewitt that is probably bummed that orlando hudson was acquired. 
speaking of dewitt, he will likely play the role of superutility man this season unless someone is injured. as much as i would like to see more of dewitt, i am hoping he doesn’t see any real regular action as a starter this year.
a nice card with the left field pavilion in the background. trust me, it's there. the 2001 dodgers were a fun group. kevin brown. gary sheffield being gary sheffield. darren dreifort injured for the entire second half. eric gagne, the starter. one of 
