a baseball card celebration of the dodgers and the infield of my youth.
as for the twins, they don't go anywhere too exciting, nor do their interleague matchups intrigue me, but they do have a new stadium, so that's nice.
can't top the checkerboard! reminds me of vans and junior high. so sad to see nomar making spot starts. the twinkie announcers were talking like he was dead over the weekend.
1995 upper deck collector's choice se darren dreifort rookie class
little d was the personification of 'tremendous upside'. injuries suck.
1982 donruss ken landreaux 
once traded for rodney cline carew, this man caught the final out of the first dodgers' world championship of my lifetime.
i always wondered why the dodgers brought whitfield back from japan instead of re-signing dusty or reggie or even rick monday. i also wondered what that guy off his right hip was wearing and what he was doing in the dugout.
i believe tudor led the league in being traded for pedro guerrero.
this set is even less attractive in mini style.
this card is bad ass. like shaft playing shortstop.
not as dark as the walmart card, but it scans that way. another need from my timeline quest taken care of.
hm. stick with the blue refractors, especially for the dodgers.
thanks rwh! see you in the fall classic!
and the nlcs card
in just 10 days back in april! i feel very fortunate to have received these, as i have seen posts indicating that recent ttm requests sent to davey c/o the phillies are being returned to sender.
chad billingsley
clayton kershaw
russell martin
matt kemp
russell martin upper deck coupon decoy thingy
james mcdonald
rafael furcal refractor
looking forward to next month (back to the twins though) with 2008 prime cuts and goodwin champions.
he curiously did not add the stitches or his number to his auto, though.
2009 a&g
2009 topps base
and, just to mix things up, 2008 upper deck
not so good for autos.
here he added the stitches to his facsimile auto. nice!
from 1968 through 1971, tom was a catcher for the dodgers. he was traded to the tigers in december of 1971 for cash and a minor leaguer - just enough time for topps to pull out the anonymous 'shot from below' and change the team name on his card from dodgers to tigers. fair enough, i suppose, they did the same thing with richie (dick) allen and larry hisle, among others. what makes haller different is that he also had an 'in action' card.
while there is no direct team identifier on the card or on haller's uniform (although the blue piping on the pants and the blue shinguards are telling), clearly he is featured as a dodger. the card itself features a play at the plate with a new york met, and is actually a pretty interesting situation. there's a head first slide, an elevated bat, and haller is about to turn around to discover that the player has slid around him.
i had always considered this to be a tigers card simply because of haller's base card, but i have recently realized it's not that simple. upon further review, it looks like a dodgers card, so it must be a dodgers card.
so, 37 years later, welcome to the topps dodger binder 1972 tom haller in action. we're happy to have you.
between dave goltz and stanhouse it's a wonder the dodgers ever got back into the free agent market. here, stan the man unusual looks like mr. noodle's brother, mr. noodle.
a great card with alston, russell and yeager lurking. 106 games. good golly.1960 fleer zach wheat.
in full cryptkeeper mode.
1980 tcma chuck dressen. 
no real reason to pick this card, other than it is so non-descript.
1969 milton bradley jimmie hall.
a non-dodger. how did that get in there? i think jimmie was with the angels for this issue, although you can't tell.
1991 topps fernando valenzuela.
his last dodger card. in a classic fernando pose. i sent this one off for a ttm a while back, successfully, i might add.
so there you have it - 6 cards that are easy for a dodger fan (and a jimmie hall) to love!
