a baseball card celebration of the dodgers and the infield of my youth.
and even if i had to go to ebay to get it - i've pulled two copies of the rays coaches, plus the orioles coaches (with former dodgers juan samuel and t-bone shelby), but no phillies.
i've heard cc referred to as captain cheeseburger. to me, in this photo at least, he reminds me of grimace. anyway, cross another one of the want list. i am still trying to complete this subset, but it's not at the top of my priority list anymore. i really want to complete my 1978 opc set this year. still, if you have any of these timeline cards, let me know!
in the style of 1941 play ball. i am hoping mauer's back gets better soon. no offense to mike redmond, but the twins can't afford to fall too far behind in the al central.
hopefully we don't bring back loduca to try to placate plaschke.
close 'em out big guy!
not stoltz. although pulp fiction was awesome. and not to be confused with
a torre tag-along who has been pitching well this spring. keep it up.
let's see what he can do.
mop it up.
i had tickets to his no-hitter but didn't go. that sucks.
set up guy primed for a big season, i hope.
that's a closer's name if i ever heard one. but i think he wants to start.
sent down to triple a, but he'll be back.
released, but he came back to try to be the loogy. i thought that's why they picked up...
the latest dodger. started things out with a hr to the first batter he faced. i actually like this card a lot because it reminds me of the late 60s/early 70s cards where the photo gives no indication of the team, making it easy for use when players switched teams.
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donruss was in love with wrigley field for their 81 set. at least for the dodgers. the 1979 nl roy, sut actually debuted in 1976! in 3 short years after this release, rick would be doing his best work in wrigley, winning the 1984 cy young award. now he's slurring his words in the booth on espn. he looks pissed here, like he knows tommy is going to leave him off the post season roster.
check out that growler! why would buckner shave around that? it's like a brazilian wax on his neck. oh well, buckner was a guy i always rooted for. it was easy to do, since he was a former dodger, a good player, and the dodgers were successful. if they had sucked while billy was winning batting titles, i probably wouldn't have liked him as much.
now donruss is in dodger stadium. enos was one of those guys they threw at third base in the years after the penguin left. in 86, though, he only played a handful of games there. by that time, the mad dog was manning the hot corner. good times.
yet another neck shot for steve. with the unbuttoned jersey. a bit magnum pi-ish. i was disappointed that adam sandler didn't use yeager in his 'hanukkah song' instead of hall of famer rod carew (he converted), but the rhyme didn't work so i understand.
turning it over v-mart, and
jumping over oh my omar. pretty sure that's omar.
i love love love this set. heavy stock. 1965 topps design. awesome. perfect. i need to collate my singles to see if i have the set. will do that this weekend.
billy - thanks a lot for all the great cards!
now i know better, thanks to "card sharks". at least upper deck had the foresight/fortune to pick junior as their cover boy so to speak.
it's also one of my favorite cards of all time.
