Rockies Series Starts Tonight - Scheduled Autograph Signings, Game Give Aways and Other Stuff!

The next homestand starts this evening against the Colorado Rockies, and several old-time Dodgers will be in the house to sign free autographs for fans.  Below are the scheduled autograph opportunities and other odds and ends for this upcoming homestand.

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Monday, June 16th at 7:10 PM
LHP Tyler Matzek vs. LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu

Tonight's game starts at 7:10 PM.  Auto gates open at 4:30 PM, and stadium gates open at 5:00 PM. Gene Simmons of KISS will perform the national anthem. “True Blood” star Sam Tramell with throw the ceremonial first pitch.

Former Dodgers Tim Leary (in right-field pavilion plaza) and Lee Lacy (in left-field pavilion plaza) will be signing autographs for fans from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.

• The Veteran of the Game presented by Bank of America is U.S. Marines Gunnery Sergeant Jaime Osorio of Los Angeles. Osorio enlisted in 1994 and currently serves with the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101, also known as the “Sharpshooters,” at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The squadron trains aviators to fly the F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighter.  Osorio is responsible for the unit’s movement for all missions as well as managing and mentoring more than 20 Marines and Sailors. He has served at Camp Pendleton and has served deployments to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan. His accolades include two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals and the Global War on Terrorism Medal.

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Tuesday, June 17th at 7:10 PM
RHP Jhoulys Chacin vs. RHP Zack Greinke

Tonight's game starts at 7:10 PM.  Auto gates open at 4:30 PM, and stadium gates open at 5:00 PM. The first 40,000 fans will receive Dodgers facsimile autograph/art ball.  See it on the right.  BTW, this giveaway will given out when you exit the game - I guess they are worried about fans throwing them onto the field during gameplay.

UPDATE:  The Los Angeles Kings are bringing the Stanley Cup to the game for a special pregame ceremony.  It is not known yet who will be in attendance, but I'd be willing to bet that defenseman Matt Greene will definitely be there - he is a bigtime Dodger fan.

Holly Robinson Peete, actress and philanthropist for Autism Awareness, will sing the national anthem.  Ed Asner will officially start the game with “It’s time for Dodger baseball!” alongside his son, Matthew Asner, the executive director of Autism Speaks Southern California. GRAMMY award nominated R&B singer Trey Songz will throw an honorary first pitch. Kevin O’Leary, from “Shark Tank,” will throw the ceremonial first pitch and announce the Dodgers’ starting lineup.  

Former Dodgers Tommy Davis (in right-field pavilion plaza) and "Sweet" Lou Johnson (in left-field pavilion plaza) will be signing autographs for fans from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. 

• The Veteran of the Game presented by Bank of America is U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Bernadette Montes of Whittier. Montes enlisted in 2007 and currently serves with the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion Airborne. Montes has served at numerous posts throughout the country and has been deployed to Iraq on two occasions. Her accolades include the Combat Action Medal the Global War on Terrorism Medal.

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Weednesday, June 18th at 7:10 PM
 LHP Jorge De La Rosa vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw

Tonight's game starts at 7:10 PM.  Auto gates open at 4:30 PM, and stadium gates open at 5:00 PM. “Girl Meets World” cast members Ben Savage, Daniel Fishel, Rowan Blachard and Sabrina Carpenter will partake in the ceremonial first pitch.  Billy Ray Cyrus will perform the national anthem.

Former Dodgers Billy Ashley (in right-field pavilion plaza) and Dennis Powell (in left-field pavilion plaza) will be signing autographs for fans from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. 

• The Veteran of the Game presented by Bank of America is U.S. Navy Chief Ronald Richards who currently serves with the Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 55 based at Point Magu.

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2014 Topps Series 2 Baseball - The Dodger Base Cards

The second series of Topps flagship Baseball card product was released last week.  On Friday, I shared the Dodger short printed base cards that available from 2014 Topps Series 2.  Today, you can check out all of the Dodger base cards that are in the set.  Go here to see all of my other past post on this set.  I'll have photos of the Dodger autographed, relic and insert cards over the coming days.

Base Set

#367 Brian Wilson

#400 Clayton Kershaw                           #415 Andre Ethier

#460 Matt Kemp                                       #519 A.J. Ellis

#552 Yasiel Puig

#566 Carl Crawford

I absolutely love the Dee Gordon card below.  It shows what he does best while sporting some Mother's Day gear. 

#587 Dee Gordon

#596 Juan Uribe

#604 Clayton Kershaw NLCY

The next two cards are black bordered parallel cards.  Black bordered cards are numbered to just 63 copies.

#606 Kenley Jansen

#623 Chad Billingsley

#643 Alex Guerrero

The Dan Haren card below is a green camo parallel card.  They are limited to just 99 copies.

#646 Dan Haren

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Blog Kiosk: 6/15/2014 - Dodger Links - Billingsley Looks Done, Hanley Goofs on Uribe and Bat Flip Gone Bad

Adrian Gonzalez was enjoying his Father's Day at Dodger Stadium yesterday with his two daughters, pic via @Dodgers on twitter.  Check out a bunch of photos from Dodger photographer Jon SooHoo from yesterday, here.

• Via Steve Dilbeck at the LA Times, " Chad Billingsley's season appears over; career as a Dodger may be too."

“It’s very, very, very, very, very, very, very slim that I would pitch again" this year, Billingsley said. “If I do the rehab I would have a chance, but the risk would be . . . tendon fails, that’s a six-month rehab after surgery. Doing three years' rehab would be a grind.”

• Via Mark Townsend at Big League Stew, "Hanley Ramirez strikes again — puts snake in Juan Uribe's shoe."
• Via Ken Gurnick at MLB.com, "Lasorda, coaches attend funeral for Welch."
• A bat flip gone bad courtesy of Yasiel Puig, via Dodgers tumblr.

• Via Chad Moriyama at Dodgers Digest, "Dodgers sign 10 more 2014 draft picks, including Taylor, Freeman, Wolfe, Vela, Allen."
• Via 25Stanley.com, check out some photos from the Kings celebration the evening they won the cup at the North End in Hermosa Beach.  It's a French website, so I apologize in advance.
• The LA Kings Insider shares a whole bunch of photos from each game of the Stanley Cup Final.  Check them out here.

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