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Kissing 1968 goodbye The 1968 Topps set is one of my least favorite vintage sets. Of the 1960s Topps offerings, only the 1961 set ranks lower for me. I’ve said before that I’m not crazy about the borders, although it did make things easy on the first Define the Design when it...

RIP: Willie Davis via SOSG, former Dodger outfielder, Willie “Three Dog” Davis has been found dead in his Burbank home. LA Times Story. PS. Do you know how his nickname “Three Dog” came about?per Wikipedia: It “was given to him by his teammates when they went to the dog races and the dogs...

Kissing a few more sets goodbye About a week-and-a-half ago, I featured a card package received from Lake Effect Cards. It was filled with Dodger goodies. Before I even wrote the post, Greg emailed me and told me another package would be coming. This one would be even more tailored to my want lists. And...

willie davis through the mail success! willie davis signed and returned this 1964 topps card in just over a week.it was the second time i had sent it to him - the first time i didn’t realize he charged $10. i decided that was a small price to pay for a guy who retired as the...

Goodbye Pudge, Hello Minor Leaguers Well whaddaya know? Pudge Rodriguez was traded to the Rangers, not sure exactly WHY they wanted him back, seeing as how they have a surplus of good young catchers and Pudge has already reached his marketable milestones. I most certainly was NOT impressed with Pudge’s game calling skills, blocking skills...

Day 3 Evening practice notes: The ‘Greatness’ shows up to camp The golf cart came out soon after the second practice of the day began. Al Davis sat in the cart for most of the practice taking everything in from the session. It’s the first time this camp that he’s been seen. Up until this evening, the only Davis at camp...

Vernon Davis is a friend of Patrick Willis One of the things I always like about teammates in any sport is that they spend time with each other outside of the game. And I cam across these YouTube videos of some 49ers hanging out at the PlaymakerMobile party. Tight end Vernon Davis, linebacker Patrick Willis and running back...

Awesome night card, pt. 45 (is this goodbye, Upper Deck?) This morning’s news, that Topps will become the exclusive trading card of Major League Baseball, means only one thing to me: I can finally stop buying Upper Deck cards. I have always bought Upper Deck cards with a bit of reluctance. With the exception of 1993 UD and some other...

Time to Say Goodbye I met Dave Trembley in 2007 while he was still interim manager for the Baltimore Orioles. I was impressed at how well the Orioles had been playing since Trembley took over and as he signed the baseball I handed him, I told him so. I also told him that I...

I never knew you, Willie The first cards I ever saw came from the 1974 set. My mother went shopping and she brought home a cardboard addiction. One of the few cards that I remember having that year before I threw all the cards out at the end of the season, was Willie Davis....