Jonathan Broxton Rookie Card

Got a great tip today about Jonathan Broxton signing autographs in Pasadena on August 21st. See below for details. I’m hoping he can win the starting closer job back by then, but either way, he would still be worth getting an autograph from. He is an All-Star closer and will be around for many years to come.

WHAT:

On Saturday, August 21, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Jonathan Broxton will be at the Pasadena Foothill AT&T Store signing autographs and taking pictures with area residents and fans. Broxton made his MLB debut with the Dodgers on July 29, 2005. In 2009 and 2010, Broxton was chosen by fans, players, coaches, and mangers to take part in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In 2007 and 2008, Broxton and his wife took part in a back-to-school shopping spree for underserved youth at the Staples in Hawthorne.

Event attendees will have an opportunity to receive free tickets to shows at the Canyon Club given away by Dodgers radio, as well as take advantage of promotional discounts on the new Motorola Backflip with MOTOBLUR* ($49.99 after mail-in rebate and 2-year agreement.), the first Android-based smartphone on the nation’s fastest 3G network.

WHEN:
Saturday, August 21, 2010
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

WHERE:
AT&T Retail Store
3699 E Foothill Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91107

For the complete array of AT&T offerings, visit http://www.att.com.

P.S.  If you want a jersey for the signing, here’s the authentic one on Amazon:
Los Angeles Dodgers Jonathan Broxton Cool Base Authentic Home Jersey (44 Large)

When it comes to great baseball rivalries or the best rivalries in all of sports look at no further than the Giants and Dodgers. The ill-will between fans, players and ownership crosses decades, a century and the continental United States. This is the longest running and the most storied rivalry in all of baseball history. Both franchise’ date as far back as the nineteenth century, played in New York City and were National League teams. While the rivalry began in New York between the two at the Polo Grounds located in Manhattan and Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, it was suddenly moved to California in 1958. The feud has been fueled by pennant races and playoff runs in which one of these National League teams prevents the other from a bid into the post season. The historical significance of this great rivalry has led to increases in jersey sales and taunting of team jersey pride in each other’s ballparks.

The Dodgers Jersey

Like the most traditional baseball franchises the Dodgers jersey has remained mostly the same for close to 70 years. The home jersey is bright white with the “Dodgers” logo written in blue cursive lettering across the chest, finished with a classic swoosh coming of the “s”. The away jersey is identical except in an off white or grayish color. The jersey first saw the “Dodgers” name across the chest back in 1933 when the color’s team outfit was white with red pinstripes. Throughout the 1937 season, the team wore uniforms outlines in green with green caps before devoting themselves to “Dodger Blue“. The team jersey has remained the same since 1939 with very minor changes, most notably the removal of “Brooklyn” from the “away” jerseys.

The Giants Jersey

Unlike their adversary, the Giants have made many more changes to their jerseys through the years. After the move to California in 1958 they kept the jerseys with bold block print curved across the chest, and orange outlines but obviously changed the “New York” with “San Francisco“. In 1973 the team saw its first major amendment to the jersey by reversing the colors for the “Giants ” logo across the chest. In 1977 the Giants made the switch from the classic button down jerseys to pullovers, keeping up with baseball’s style changes. They then created a new front logo replacing the block lettering with a script font in orange and black and a uniform number placed on the front. The Giants, furthermore, had the same home jersey in black and the road jersey was orange with block lettering “San Francisco” across the front. In 1978 the team would forgo the block lettering and keep the “Giants” script logo on the away jersey as well.

In 1983 the franchise let go of the pullover jersey adopted in the 70’s to go back to the traditional button down style. The same year they also used white home jerseys and gray away jerseys with a new nontraditional block-like typography logo across the chest. Continuing to stay traditional but with a modern appearance in 1994 the team once again changed their logo, this time back to classic jerseys of their history with block lettering. Through the years after the Giants have made only minor changes, keeping with a traditional old school look but with contemporary accents. In 2000 they eliminated the player’s names across the back of the jersey and changed the color from white to cream from the franchises’ early history. The final major change to the Giant’s jersey came in 2001 when they made an alternate style in black. The jersey was identical to the cream ones being used at the time and only used for away games during the 20002 season. The black jerseys were worn with the standard cream (home) and white (away) pants.

Fan Jerseys

Today fans wear their team jerseys with great pride and admiration. Baseball jerseys in general have become a very popular and stylish clothing fashion, from rock stars, hip-hop artists and even grandmothers around the world. The legitimate jerseys sold to the public are the real deal and exactly what the players are wearing on the field. Furthermore, to gain popularity are the throwback jerseys which fans can purchase for any player of any era just the way they were worn in baseballs historical past. Whenever there is a heated rivalry between two great teams, with the Dodgers and Giants, and each has a history of amazing moments, players and fans the team jerseys of today and yesterday will be the most desired. The differences of the teams can be traced right through to their jerseys, the unchanged tradition “Dodger Blue” and the ever changing modern styling of the San Francisco Giants. One thing that cannot change is this unrelenting rivalry, which has woven itself into the fabric of not just baseball history but American culture.

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I’ve got a guest writer this week to mix it up a little.  The Dodgers are literally going down the toilet and the Giants can’t seem to lose, so it was time to mix it up.

This week, we’ve got a special article on the history of the Dodgers/Giants Jerseys.  I have a contact who helps sell tickets to broadway shows in New York, but happens to know a lot about the Dodgers/Giants rivalry.  The next post will be his and there will be a link at the bottom on where to find tickets to the Addams Family show in New York.  You can also find other show tickets through this link:

http://www.reedstickets.net/index.html

Thanks again Reed for the great history lesson.  Enjoy the post everybody.

Dodger Dog Package

If you’ve followed this site for a while, you know I’ve been on a long search for Dodger Dogs.  I had some help that certain Smart and Final stores in the Bay Area might have them, but alas, the one near me didn’t carry them…even after I called and they said they did have them.

Well, everything looked brighter this week, when I made a list of all the Smart & Final stores in the Bay Area.  I started calling them, but you had to be careful because many carry Farmer John dogs, but not Dodger Dogs.  Finally, I made a breakthrough.  The store a little farther from my house carries Dodger Dogs..but in their frozen section.  Apparently this is the difference.  You have to check the freezer section, not just the refrigerator section.  They only seem to sell them in 18 packs, which are a lot to eat, but all the more reason to have a party for your local Dodger fan friends. 

So here’s the kicker.  I have searched high and low on the internet and no one seems to sell Dodger Dogs.  Unless you live near a Smart and Final in California, I don’t know of any other way to get them.  I also called UPS and they do allow you to ship them, but you have to do them 2 day air to make sure they don’t spoil.  You also have to freeze ship them with dry ice.

Here’s where I need your help.  I know that people from all over read this site, and not just here in California.  My question is:

Would you pay to have some one ship a pack of Dodger Dogs to your house? 

Would you pay even if it cost $40-70 dollars for an 18 pack?  Obviously the dogs don’t cost that much, but early estimates of shipping are $20-40 just for UPS.

Let me know your comments below.  Also, if you know for sure you want them, e-mail me at scott@sfdodgerfan.com and I’ll work out sending a pack to you.  I’m really thinking of starting to sell Dodger Dogs on-line, so I’d love a few people to test the process with.

Thanks for your help.  Long Live the Dodger Dog…I can almost taste it I’m so close.

Well, if you haven’t noticed, the frequency of the posts on this site have declined a little. I’m still here, but there’s been a few behind the scenes changes.

First, when I first started the site, I thought it would be a fun blog site, a little side business and a place for local Dodger fans to call their own. Well…1 out of 3 isn’t bad, especially in baseball.

The blog has been there, but the business never took off and I’m still working on building a community here.

So, that’s why the double switch. I’m still blogging, but I find that people really come to this site when  the Dodgers play the Giants. This is good. The problem is that people don’t come as much the rest of the season. So, I’ve started writing for www.gearupforsports.com. It’s a bigger outfit, and there’s definitely more feedback on the posts. You can check out all my articles here: http://www.gearupforsports.com/writers/profile/scottwagner

I’ll write general articles there, and more specific ones to the Dodgers and Giants here.  I’m going to do my best to put a post here as to when I write a post there, so that you can keep track of the articles.

As for the other two goals, that’s the second half of the double switch.  This year I’m going to focus more on T-shirts and gear specific to SF Dodger fans, as well as try to build a community of local fans.  I get a lot of requests for where local Dodger fans are meeting, so I’ll try to help organize those groups when the two teams play.  If you have ideas on SF Dodger fan gear, or want to be involved in helping organize local fans, please contact me using the contact form. 

Go Blue.