As you all know from my past few entries we have been in Dodgers mode for the past few days. With them in town getting kicked around by the rejuvenated Mets we have been able to get some great signings done...none of which was more important than the small one I conducted Sunday with our old friend Joe Torre. The whole weekend must have been a whirlwind for Joe as he was back in New York for essentially the first time since signing on as Los Angeles' manager. Torre was nice enough (he really has been so accommodating to us over the years) to give us an hour Sunday morning (with such limited time I opted to not take any photos and maximize the signing) Before going into the plethora of amazing product that was signed I must say that Joe truly does seem happy, relaxed and..at the same time..excited about his young talented team. Anyway, the main focus of the morning was to finally complete our 1998 Yankees team project. I have been chipping away at it for months and ironically the final name to be added was the one to fill up the sweet spot on these impressive pieces. Overall these pieces came out amazing. We did a limited number of baseballs, bats, jerseys, batting helmet and three different images in 16x20...not to mention a small number of those classic Joe DiMaggio signs. The '98 team is one of, if not the, greatest team in the history of the game. As the years go on it will be harder and harder to get the whole group to sign so I definitely recommend picking up a piece or two (or three) from this run. Aside from the Yankees project Joe also signed some ridiculously strong game-used Dodgers items including baseballs and bases. As I said in my last entry we are slowly but surely building up an incredible collection of Dodgers items ranging from Sandy Koufax to Clayton Kershaw to Joe Torre. Los Angeles is one of the elite franchises in baseball and we are really excited to offer these robust pieces.
Check back later for some thoughts on another elite sports franchise from Los Angeles...