Night Owl Cards

  The Dodgers recognized "The Infield" on Friday on the 50th anniversary of Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Dave Lopes and Bill Russell first playing together. It seems like they just did that the other day, but I guess 10 more years have gone by since, and, wow, was that fast. That Dodgers infield set the major league record for most consecutive years together and they did it all during my first years of following baseball and the team, from 1973 to the end of the 1981 World Series. I thought I'd take the occasion to look through my cards of each of those players and pick out a few notables for each. Here we go:     RON CEY Total number of cards in my collection: 178 Rank in my collection: 30th Number of autographed cards: 25   Rookie card: 1972 Topps (AL-NL Rookie Stars) Favorite card: 1975 Topps Most difficult to land: 1979 Hostess Most painful card: 1983 Topps Traded   As you could guess, it was tough to choose from my Cey collection, which is easily the most var...

A number of times, bloggers or traders have confused me for a left coaster. They know I'm a Dodger fan and automatically assume I live in Southern California. Of course, I don't. I live far, far away from sun and warmth (but it's 81 degrees as I write this). I'm actually on the east coast and have been all my life. I don't necessarily subscribe to the belief that just because you live close to a team, that it must be your favorite. In some cases that makes sense, in other cases, it's just not thinking for yourself. But it's true, there are A LOT of Dodger fans 3,000 miles away from me. And unless I want to keep suffering, listening to Michael Kay and pretending to like it, I better connect with them. And I have. Thanks to them, I actually have some Dodger items that can only be found or obtained in the greater Los Angeles area. And there is nothing more fantastic than that. Recently, steelehere bestowed upon me a package full of Dodger memorabili...