Dodger Autographs Served On A Sushi Platter

I've never sent an autograph request through the mail, but I've always wanted to. There are a lot of players and former players that I need for my autograph collection, I'm just too damn lazy to write to them. Luckily, my good friend Spiegel, from Nomo's Sushi Platter isn't as lazy as I am. He's been mailing autograph requests all year and it's definitely benefited both of us. See, we have this agreement in which I get autographs in person and he gets them through the mail, then we give each other any doubles we have. We did this throughout the baseball season.You can see some of the cards I've given him here and here.

As for my latest haul, Spiegel realy hooked me up. 

Hiroki Kuroda and Mike Marshall are my two favorites. I never got Kuroda's auto when he was in LA and I always regretted it. Now I have his sig! The Marshall is a bit of a sentimental auto for me. Mike Marshall was the first autograph I ever got. That was a million years ago at my local card shop in Chatsworth(there were five card shops in Chatsworth back in the day!). Anyway, I tore my parents place up looking for that autograph and I couldn't find it, so this is a nice replacement.

Thanks to Spiegel for all the TTM autographs. You can check out his blog Nomo's Sushi Platter here.

A Trade With The Snorting Bull Means New Kemps For Me!

I've made numerous trades over the last few years , but no one  has been as good of trade partner as Eric from The Snorting Bull. We've made four other trades in the past and just completed our fifth. Each one has involved at least one Matt Kemp card and this trade is no exception. He sent over two new Bisons for the collection this time.

The first one is this beautiful 2009 Upper Deck Signature Stars Trios card numbered to 30 which features one former Dodger, James McDonald and two current Dodgers, Chad Billingsley and of course Kemp. When we first started talking trade, the conversation began over a few 2012 Triple Threads cards. This triple signature piece was something that he remembered late in the negotiations, but I'm glad it was added as it's one of my favorites already.

Speaking of Triple Threads, we were able to involve one of the many Matt Kemp Triple Threads jersey cards Eric had in his possession. I had a few to pick from and I went with this statline card numbered to 27. It's a blue jersey piece that reads .324 39 126 IN 2011. Kemp's 2011 season was one for the ages and one I won't forget. In my opinion, Matty should have won MVP over Ryan Braun that year, but that's a discussion for another day. 

It was nice making another trade with Eric. I'm sure we've got another coming real soon. Don't forget to check out Eric's blog The Snorting Bull.

Limited Edition Matt Kemp Draft Day Jersey Bobblehead

Anyone else going through bobblehead withdrawals? It's gonna be a while before we see any new Dodger bobbleheads, so in the meantime, check out this new limited edition Matt Kemp bobble from BobblesGalore.com and Forever Collectibles. 

What we've got here is the Bison in a suit and Dodger cap holding up a jersey with his famous number 27. There were only 300 of these Matt Kemp Draft Day Bobbleheads produced and each one is serial numbered. Dodgerbobble.com readers can get 10% off by using the promo code BobblesGalore10 at checkout. To purchase this bobble click here.

Upcoming Appearance: Justin Sellers

Meet Dodgers Infielder Justin Sellers for an in store autograph signing. 

DATE & TIME:

SATURDAY OCTOBER 6TH, 2012
12:00PM - 1:30PM

WHERE:
Westfield Promenade Mall
All Star Collectibles
6100 Topanga Canyon BLVD
2nd Floor Store # 2330
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Store Phone: (818) 710-0513


If you have any questions concerning this event or you wish to pay for your tickets in advance, email Derek @ sales@mvptradingcards.com or call (818) 518-0989

Dee Gordon Bobblehead Now Available At BobblesGalore.com

Dodger shortstop Dee Gordon is off the DL and back in Los Angeles. Last night the speedster had a key steal in the Dodgers 4-3 victory over the Cardinals. Hopefully he does more of that in the stretch run here. 

Since Dee is one of my favorite Dodgers, I was happy when BobblesGalore.com and Forever Collectibles announced that they would be releasing a limited edition bobblehead of his. You can get that bobblehead now at BobblesGalore.com by clicking here. Remember, they're limited to 144 and each one is individually serial numbered.

All 49 Dodger Stadium Bobbleheads From 2001 To 2012 (Video)

On August 30, the Dodgers gave away the tenth and final bobblehead of 2012. That brought the all-time count of Dodger Stadium bobblehead giveaways to 49. Below is the video of all of them including the giveaway dates.

 
Sorry about the lip smacking.

Remember,  you can find the list of all 49 bobbleheads in the sidebar of the blog as well.

Hideo Nomo Garden Gnome Night, Yasiel Puig & Ken Griffey Sr

So I made another trip up to Bakersfield for a Blaze game last night. There were two reasons I went. One was to get the Hideo Nomo garden gnomes they were giving away and the other was to to try and get Yasiel Puig's autograph. Puig is the Cuban Defector the Dodgers signed to a $42 million contract a couple months back. He was promoted to the Dodgers single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga Quakes two weeks ago from the Arizona League and I wanted to get his auto before the California League's season ended.

When I arrived at Sam Lynn Ballpark, the first thing I did when I got the box for my garden gnome was open it up to check it out. I was worried the Hideo Nomo garden gnome was gonna be silly looking like the Josh Hamilton bobblehead they gave away in July. When I got it out of the box I was shocked. This thing was actually pretty nice. It looked a bit like Hideo and the quality was good. Nomo played for the Bakersfield Blaze in 1995 when they were an affiliate of the Dodgers, so it has the old school Blaze logo on the gnome hat. 

After looking at the gnome, I went to get autographs from the Quakes players. I was joined by my buddies Franz and Rob and we patiently waited for Puig. While getting autos from all the other players, we noticed there were only a few minutes left before game time and Puig hadn't shown up. That's when we found out he wasn't in the line-up and he was going to rest that day. He didn't even suit up and take the field with the rest of the team. We were disappointed, but we figured we'd wait until after the game to try and get him. 

The waiting paid off. Puig signed for the small group waiting for him outside the stadium. He was a real nice guy and signed everything that was put in front of him. Hopefully we'll see him in a Dodger uniform next year manning left field. After we got  Puig, we headed to the car to leave and we ran into the Blaze's manager Ken Griffey Sr. He signed for us as well, so it was pretty successful trip.

Me and Puig

I got one Puig sig on a ROMLB and one on a Cal League ball

Griffey Sr

I want to give a big thanks to the Autograf Hound, Rob for helping me out in Bakersfield. I can't wait to go back next season!