dodgers for indians

the dodgers have made a few trades with the indians that i can recall off the top of my head.  they acquired pedro guerrero from cleveland, sent rick sutcliffe and jack perconte to the tribe for jorge orta, traded franklin gutierrez for milton bradley, and shipped carlos santana off for casey blake.  well, several months ago, i made my first trade with indian fan baseball dad.  it's taken me a long time to get to this trade post, but i finally made it.

the most unusual card in the return package was this 1993 topps commanders of the hill tom candiotti card

the candy man pitched for the indians (twice), but signed with the dodgers as a free agent after a short stint in toronto.  according to baseballcardpedia, these cards were available on military bases and were sold with the purchase of a fountain drink.  that explains the coca-cola logo on the back.  very cool - i had not seen these before.

i had seen these before - 1982 donruss burt hooton

and 1983 donruss terry forster

but it is always nice to get cards featuring two pitchers from the team of my youth!

1995 fleer rudy seanez

not quite 6 years of blogging, and i had not shown a 1995 fleer card until just now.  not sure if that is good or bad.

1999 topps stars adrian beltre - one star

and two stars

good thing topps stopped at four stars, otherwise you'd be in beltre's nose

2002 upper deck prospect premieres james loney

the dodgers' first round pick in 2002 still hasn't turned those doubles into home runs (11 doubles/1 home run so far in 2014), but he hit a huge home run for the dodgers in the 2008 nlds.

2005 leaf steve finley

finley also hit a memorable grand slam for the dodgers - his walk-off job won the nl west title for the dodgers in 2004

2009 upper deck x manny ramirez x5 insert

2008 seems like so long ago, but manny absolutely destroyed the competition after joining the dodgers.

2014 topps hanley ramirez target red parallel

believe it or not, this was the first 2014 topps card i owned.  that's how long it's been since this trade.  thanks baseball dad!

wicked cards from wicked ortega

while i don't hear the term 'wicked' very much anymore, i did use it sometimes in my youth to describe something that was 'cool' or 'hip' or even 'groovy'. like these cards from alfredo at my past time...i love it. first is the trade bait that lured me in - a 2008 topps stadium club blake dewitt auto... alfredo also sent the dewitt base... and a bunch of other dodgers, like

2007 upper deck nomar garciaparra

will he play in 2010?

2009 upper deck x matt kempwill he improve upon his 2009 gold glove/silver slugger season in 2010?

1981 topps dusty bakerwill he lead the reds into contention in 2010?

2009 topps chrome orlando hudsonwhere will he take his gold glove in 2010?

2008 upper deck baseball heroes brad penny mustard parallel where will he take his first-half decency/second-half meltdown in 2010?

and, a 2009 upper deck 20th anniversary insert featuring the hhh metrodome it won't be doing much of anything baseball related in 2010, that's for sure.

thanks alfredo. glad you enjoyed the marlins i sent.

manny ramirez: half man, half strange graphic design!

worse than spectrum, which just cut off his legs, 2009 upper deck x has done away with manny's entire body below the belly button (location approximate). good golly, that's a bad card.

so, would this be a mannytaur?