A Very Nice Trade From A Bay Area Fan

I recently made a trade with BayAreaFan702 to acquire some very nice Dodgers cards that he seemed to not care about..haha. What are we going to do with these jints fans? I can't complain about the guy too much since he has been extremely generous and very easy to do business with. My hats off to you sir. I appreciate it immensely.

The envelope was loaded with beautiful Dodger Blue and here are the highlights...

2014 Bowman Chrome Yimi Garcia Short Print

 2014 Topps Triple Threads Jackie and Sandy and Topps Museum Sandy

Just to show off a few of the outstanding cards sent my way.

A throwback to DodgerPenguin's post about his silver frame Jackie.

Much appreciated and much needed additions to my ever growing collection of beautiful Dodger Blue. There were more sent along but time prevented me this morning from getting too many pictures. Thanks again, Rodney. I hope to trade with you again in the future.

DodgerPenguin Has A New Contest..And It's A BIGGIE!

DodgerPenguin being the strange, unique and amazing individual he is, is starting a new contest based on a contest he had been a part of a year ago with The Dutch Card Guy . It's going to be a long one but, from what it sounds like, well worth it. (ie. AUTO CARDS of KERSHAW and KEMP!)

Go check out the details on his page at: DodgerPenguin Card Contest.

This should be fun! I certainly hope to be a winner and I wish all the other contestants the best. May the best blogger win! GO GET EM!

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Baseball News From Around The Leagues

Angels' 2010 First Rounder Shot And Killed

Bud Selig's Retirement Earnings: $6 Million

A's Trade Derek Norris For Padres Prospects

Justin Upton Traded To Padres

What To Expect From The Phillies

Vice.com Documentary On John Rocker: The Real Kenny Powers (likely NSFW)

Wil Myers Traded To Padres In Multi-Team/Multi-Player Deal 

Dodgers Finalize Acquisition Of Jimmy Rollins 

Matt Kemp Deal To Padres Complete 

Baseball News From Around The Leagues

Marlins & Stanton FINALLY Agree On 13-Year, $325M Contract

Jose Canseco Claims His Finger Fell Off During Poker Game

What To Do With Matt Kemp?

5 Blockbuster Trades That Make Sense

Breaking Down The Best Tools In The Arizona Fall League 

Red Sox Turn Down Multiple Offers For Cole Hamels 

Blue Jays Sign Russell Martin To 5-Year/$82M Contract 

Where FanGraphs Is Wrong About The Mariners 

Tigers Not Going To Let Go Of Max Scherzer Easy 

Ben Zobrist Gets A Crash Course In Japanese Baseball Culture 

Braves Deal Jason Heyward To Cards 

Robinson Cano Breaks His Toe In Japan 

Buster Olney's Top 10 1st Basemen 

Ryu's Solid Pitching and the Puig/Kemp Combo Win in SF

It should be no surprise that Hyun-Jin Ryu will be in the postseason rotation with performances continuing like last nights. Don Mattingly seems to have strong confidence about Ryu. He said in his postgame interview, "I've always been comfortable with Hyun-Jin. There's no question mark. Most every outing has been pretty much quality.He bends, he doesn't break. You couldn't ask anything more."

Hyun-Jin Ryu(14-7, 2.97 ERA) allowed only 1 hit in 7 innings, striking out 6 batters, including the seemingly hot bat of Hunter Pence. Hyun-Jin Ryu's Great Start

Yasiel Puig homered in the 5th to put the Dodgers up 1-0 after getting hit by a pitch in the 3rd. As Vin Scully announced, 'he answered the way the good ones do, he crushes the ball and hits it out.' Puig's Deep Homer at AT&T

Although Tony Abreu hit a homer in the bottom of the 5th, it would be Matt Kemp who would break up the tie in the top of the 6th. Matt Kemp's Solo Homer To Break The Tie

Brian Wilson came into the 8th for the Dodgers and was met with "mixed reactions". Wilson would strikeout 2, retiring 3 in a row in the 8th.
Brian Wilson Back at AT&T in Dodger Blue
Brian Wilson's Perfect 8th

Kenley Jansen would come in for the 9th inning and conclude the save with the strikeout of Pablo Sandoval. Kenley Jansen's 28th Save

Personally, I saw a lot of Dodger Blue out there last night. It was beautiful. There are fans of baseball and then there are True Blue Dodger fans and it's a beautiful thing.

#GoDodgers #TrueDodgerBlue

Dodgers Drop Series Beginner in Arizona

Reminders of a dismal May 2013 seem to play through my mind when watching replays of last nights game in Arizona.

Hyun-Jin Ryu had a stellar start, only allowing 2 hits and retiring 19. The lack of run support though led to the Dodgers dropping this one, 2-1. This seems to be a classic case of them not getting beat as they let this one go.

Yasiel Puig, as everyone knows, needs to control himself. Matt Kemp needs to come back and stay back. Hanley Ramirez and Carl Crawford needs to get back and stay healthy. There's too many factors leading to losses with this team. Adrian Gonzalez said they "need to be patient" and that the wins will come. While I believe this to be true, and I'll use a term i hate, our 'B team' needs to step up like they have been in the last few months. Hustlers like Nick Punto, Skip Schumacher and Scott Van Slyke can motivate this team to perform. Our pitching is as strong as it has ever been. It's our bats that need to come back and stay strong.

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Dodgers vs Giants - Game 2 of 4 - 9/13/13

whatever Giants fans...

The only thing I'm upset about regarding this game is the fact that Kershaw took the loss. Otherwise, the game was the Dodgers' to lose. Giants still aren't going to the playoffs and as Hunter Pence said last night in his post-game interview, they know they won't, since they are just trying to "finish strong."

I will say that I am a bit disappointed that the decision was made to pinch hit Crawford for Van Slyke in the 9th. I think that was a bad idea. I also think that Yasiel Puig needs to regain some control at the plate. However, Nick Punto and Andre Ethier showed their hustle on the bases last night, even though Ethier aggravated his left ankle running out a double in the 8th.

The Dodgers would have completely dominated this game, had they been 100%. Hanley Ramirez is out currently with a back issue, Ethier hobbling on a bad ankle, the ever-absent Matt Kemp is out and 2 we didn't expect to see last night, Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford, both with persisting physical issues. Oh well. Nothing can really stop the Dodgers' playoff push at this stage of the game. It's just nice to see the Giants get beat.

Today brings Ricky Nolasco to the mound to face the Giants' Tim Lincecum. I don't believe that the Giants really know what to do with Lincecum. It's been basically proven that he's not a starter, even though Giants fans will tell you, repeatedly, different. He's a relief pitcher. That is all. He would be a great relief pitcher honestly, but they don't seem to see him that way. Oh well.

Mismanagement and an aging staff has led the Giants to overplay this "momentum" from the last few seasons. Again I say...Oh well.