Saturday, July 21, 2018

the 2018 dodger 60th anniversary giveaways reach the 1990's

this is old news, but the most recent installment of the dodgers' 60th anniversary card giveaways celebrated the 1990's with the 1994 design and italian-american superstar slugger mike piazza 
receiving the hall-of-famer slot in the set.  piazza follows sandy koufax (50's and 60's), don sutton (70's), and tommy lasorda (80's) as the rotating player to accompany the usual suspects in these sets
piazza and his rookie-of-the-year cohorts get a mention on the header card, along with lasorda, chan ho park, and the o'malleys
the 90's were the first decade since the 1930's that the dodgers did not appear in a world series. i was dismayed at their lack of postseason success that decade - they won the division in 1995 and the wild card in 1996, but were swept in the nlds both years.  of course, they were in first place in the nl west when the strike occurred, so maybe 1994 was supposed to be their year.

the 2000's are next, with the giveaway in early august. the rumors are that the 2001 topps design is being used, and i am once again trying to guess who the hall-of-famer spot will go to.  i will assume that the 2010's set will feature clayton kershaw in that spot, so the 2000's has to be vin scully, right?  here's hopin'...

2 comments:

  1. A Vin Scully card would be sweet! Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

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  2. One of the promotional videos for this stadium giveaway shows Kershaw on the 2001 Topps design. Check out the video (https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/video/60th-anniversary-collectors-set/c-1887479283?tid=8010468) at about the 00:26 mark. If that does happen, then I'd expect Vin to be featured in the 2010's set. btw, so far I'm on track to go to the Aug. 2 game where the 2000's set will be given out.

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