Upcoming Dodger Appearance - Bobby Castillo and Mike Brito

Sunday December 1, 2013

Mike Brito and Bobby Castillo

$10 - any item

$5 - inscriptions

Stage Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm

This signing will take place at the Radisson Hotel.

7320 Greenleaf Ave.

Whittier, CA 

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Upcoming Dodger Appearance - Steve Yeager

Saturday December 14, 2013

Steve Yeager

1981 World Series Champion

1981 World Series Co-MVP

$20 - any item

$10 - inscriptions

12:00pm

This signing is part of the Honabach & Sons Open House.  Also appearing is Tommy Davis.  The signing will take place at their shop.1614 S. Carlos Ave. Suite KOntario, CA 91761(909) 590-3713

For more info on Tommy Davis click here  

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Upcoming Dodger Appearance - Tommy Davis

Saturday December 14, 2013

Tommy Davis

2x NL Batting Champion - 1962 & 1963

NL RBI Leader - 1962

3x NL All Star - 1962 (2) & 1963

World Series Champion - 1963

$20 - any item

$10 - inscriptions

11:00am

This signing is part of the Honabach & Sons Open House.  Also appearing is Steve Yeager.  The signing will take place at their shop.

1614 S. Carlos Ave. Suite K

Ontario, CA 91761

(909) 590-3713

For more info on Steve Yeager click here   

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Upcoming Dodger Appearance - The Infield - Garvey, Lopes, Cey & Russell

Saturday December 7, 2013

Steve Garvey

$35 - balls and flats up to & including 11x14

$40 - large flats, minis, figurines & equipment

$50 - helmets, bats & jerseys

$15 - inscriptions

Stage Time: 10:30am-11:30am

Davey Lopes

$35 - balls and flats up to & including 11x14

$40 - large flats, minis, figurines & equipment

$50 - helmets, bats & jerseys

$15 - inscriptions

Stage Time: 10:30am-11:30am

Ron Cey

$25 - balls and flats up to & including 11x14

$30 - large flats, minis, figurines & equipment

$40 - helmets, bats & jerseys

$15 - inscriptions

Stage Time: 10:30am - 11:30am

Bill Russell

$30 - balls and flats up to & including 11x14

$35 - large flats, minis, figurines & equipment

$45 - helmets, bats & jerseys

$15 - inscriptions

Stage Time: 10:30am - 11:30am

This signing will take place at Frank & Son and is being promoted by Hall of Fame Sports as part of their Holiday Open House.  Also appearing are Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Maury Wills, and Sweet Lou Johnson.

For more info on Brock, Gibson, and Wills click here 

For more info on Sweet Lou Johnson click here 

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Upcoming Dodger Appearance - Sweet Lou Johnson

Saturday December 7, 2013

Sweet Lou Johnson

$10 - baseball cards

$15 - balls, flats, minis, figurines, & equipment

$25 - helmets, bats, & jerseys

$10 - inscriptions

Stage Time: TBA

This signing will take place at Frank & Son and is being promoted by Hall of Fame Sports as part of their Holiday Open House.  Also appearing are Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, and Maury Wills.  

For more info on Wills. Brock and Gibson click here  

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Yasiel Puig McFarlane Figure

In April of 2014, McFarlane Toys will release their MLB Series 32 line of figurines.  MLB 32 will include Manny Machado, Aroldis Chapman, Yadier Molina, Miguel Cabrera, Rickey Henderson and Yasiel Puig.  This will be Puig's first official McFarlane figure.  The Puig figure will also have Collector Level chase issues.  The first Puig chase will have a "big head" and be in the white uniform. 1000 - 3000 will be produced.   The second chase will be Puig in the Dodgers gray road uniform.  500 - 1000 will be produced.  

Keep checking back for more info.

UPDATE #1 April 4, 2014

McFarlane Series 32 comes out this month.  Check out the updated photo below.

UPDATE #2 April 6, 2014

Here are a few more pictures of the McFarlane MLB Series 32 Yasiel Puig figure.  The pose is of him warming up in the on deck circle.  Also, there will be two Puig "chase" figurines.  One in a gray uniform and one with a big head.  Those pictures can also be seen below.

Puig "chase" in road gray uniform

Puig "chase" with a big head

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Steve Sax Autograph Signing - Photos & Recap

On Saturday November 9, 2013, Steve Sax was scheduled to sign autographs at El Tepeyac Cafe from 12pm to 2pm.  After getting Norm Nixon's autograph at Frank & Son (linked here), I headed up the 60-Freeway to El Tepeyac.  Being that the signing had already started a line had formed outside in the parking lot and boy was it warm with no shade!  

It was a slow moving line as Sax was chatting with fans and posing for pictures.  Years ago I attended a signing and had Sax sign a ROMLB with his "82 ROY" inscription but wanted to get him on a mini helmet along with some other members of the 1988 World Series team.  Take a look at my pics below.

Steve Sax signing a baseball

Steve Sax auto on my mini helmet

The other autos on the mini helmet. Scioscia, Hershiser, Mike Marshall and Mickey Hatcher

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Clayton Kershaw to Receive WWE Belt

On Wednesday November 13, 2013, Clayton Kershaw was named the 2013 National League Cy Young Award Winner.  During the announcement on MLBs Twitter account mocked up some WWE Championship Belts for Max Scherzer and Kershaw.  WWE Chaiman Vince McMahon tweeted that WWE will get Scherzer and Kershaw the "real thing".

.@ClaytonKersh22 wins the Cy Young Award. @ClaytonKersh22 gets a belt: pic.twitter.com/zQMZEQvdC1
— MLB (@MLB) November 14, 2013

.@WWE will send the real thing to @MLB Cy Young Awards winners @Max_Scherzer and @ClaytonKersh22 pic.twitter.com/TAoa50rk0v
— Vince McMahon (@VinceMcMahon) November 14, 2013

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Norm Nixon Autograph Signing - Photos & Recap

On Saturday November 9, 2013, former Laker Norm Nixon was scheduled to sign autographs at Frank & Son.  This signing was promoted by Honabach and Sons.  Nixon was scheduled to sign from 11:00am to 12:30pm and I arrived at approximately 10:45am.  I picked up my will call ticket and jumped in line.  At around 11:00am, we were notified Nixon was stuck in traffic due to an accident on the freeway.  About an hour later, he finally arrived and began signing.  

I have a Lakers program from a game I attended with my dad when I was 9-years old. The program is from a game between the Lakes and Portland Trailblazers that took place on November 7, 1982.  As I placed the program down in front of Nixon, he said, "Wow, an old Forum program!"  I replied, "Yes, it's from November 7, 1982."  Nixon then stated, "That was a championship year."  He signed my program with two inscriptions.  I thanked him for his time and when he shook my hand, he said to me, "I need to get one of those programs."  Thanks to Honabach and Sons for giving everyone a free inscription due to Nixon being late to the signing.  Take a look at my pictures below.

Norm Nixon getting ready to sign a jersey

Nixon signing a ball

Lakers program with 80 & 82 NBA Champ and 2X All Star inscriptions

True to the Blue! (and the Purple & Gold)

Reggie Smith and Steve Lyons Autograph Signing - Photos & Recap

On Saturday November 2, 2013, former Dodger Reggie Smith was scheduled to sign autographs at Frank & Son.  The signing was to take place from 11:30am to 12:30pm.  I arrived at around 10:30 and immediately headed to will call to pick up my tickets.  As I entered the events center, an employee of Hall of Fame Sports handed me a ticket for the free Steve Lyons signing.  Once I picked up my will call tickets, I was given another ticket for the Steve Lyons signing because I had purchased my Reggie Smith tickets in advance.  Since Lyons was already signing, I jumped in line.  I had come prepared and got the two cards below signed by Lyons.

Steve Lyons posing for pictures

My two cards signed by Lyons with the "Psycho" inscription.

As 11:30am approached I got in the Reggie Smith autograph line and got my items ready.  Smith arrived on time and began signing right away.  I had already gotten his autograph on my 1981 World Series 16x20 project and wanted to get his autograph on a ROMLB.  Also, before Game 3 of the 2013 NLCS, the Dodgers honored Dusty Baker, Ron Cey, Steve Garvey and Reggie Smith for being the first four teammates to hit 30-home runs or more in the same season.  They accomplished this in 1977.  They posed for a photo before Game 3 and I wanted Reggie to sign it.  It was another great experience put on by Hall of Fame Sports.  Their signings are always pretty well organized.  Take a look at my pictures below.

Reggie Smith auto on ROMLB

Reggie Smith auto on 8x10

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Pick Ups From Dodger Auctions

Last week, I picked up a couple of items from the Dodgers online auction.  The first item I won through the auction was a Joc Pederson autographed baseball.  Joc Pederson was the Dodgers minor league player of the year in 2012 and is one of their top 5 minor league prospects.  In 2013, Pederson was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game.  As you can see in the picture above his signature is on an official All-Star Futures Game baseball.  The signed ball is MLB Authenticated.

The second item I won in an auction is a Dodger flag.  The flag is also MLB Authenticated.  This flag flew on the rooftop of Wrigley Field during the second half of the 2013 season.  I was really interested in the is item because it was part of historic Wrigley Field.  In 2014, Wrigley Field will turn 100 years old.  Take a look at the flag below. I taped it to my door for this picture so you could see how big it is.

True to the Blue!