Dodgers Blog Kiosk: 1/24/2013

Here is a great photo of Chavez Ravine before there was a Baseball stadium (1957).  The man in the foreground is pointing to where home plate will be.  The gentleman is unknown, but thought to be a reporter with the LA Herald-Examiner.  Photo via reddit Notlandshark. 

• With it less than a week before its official release, Topps unveiled some more preview pics from their upcoming 2013 Topps flagship Baseball card set.  Go here to see them on facebook.  The Adrian Gonzalez and Josh Beckett cards are below.

• Mark Ozanian at Forbes notes that the reported $7Billion TV deal is based on ambitious assumptions.
• Scott Elbert is out for the start of the season.  Via Mark Saxon at ESPN, he had arthroscopic surgery on Wednesday.  Paco Rodriguez, Shawn Tolleson and Peter Moylan figure to be competing for his spot.
• Listen to Dodger Talk with Jorge Jarrin as he speaks with Andre Ethier.
• Dodgers photographer Jon SooHoo shares photos from Day 3 of the Dodgers Community Caravan.
• Scarlet at Sports Collectors Daily highlights a vintage WWII Baseball card set that is easily the ugliest card set ever made.  Really!  It's disgustingly horrible looking, but I guess that's its charm.
• RinkRat at LetsGoKings.com provides the definitive guide to the LA Kings Stanley Cup Championship rings.  I didn't know it would be so varied and confusing.  In fact, it includes a pic of the rings that will be given to fans this coming Monday.  WooHoo!  I can't wait to get it.  See it below.

• Are you going to the Dodgers FanFest this coming Saturday?  Well, just to let you know, it will still go on, rain or shine.

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