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Baseball Card Artist a Real Cut-Up

(April 8) -- Some folks will do anything in the name of art -- even cut up valuable baseball cards. That's the vision of San Diego-based artist LaVern Brock, who is, so far, the only known artist specializing in the medium of cut-up baseball cards. Brock, 43, takes old baseball cards and cuts them up into collage...

Baseball Brunch: Youth Served in L.A.

Every Sunday, MLB FanHouse empties out its notebook in Baseball Brunch.Yes, the Dodgers' solar system revolves around Manny Ramirez. He's their star on the field and their main attraction.But they wouldn't have Ramirez, nor many of the players who carried the team in his absence, were it not for a farm system that has been...

Roto Rush: Kid Kershaw Impresses Again [Man-Crush Alert]

Poppin' out the box scores and right into your cubicle, the Roto Rush is your double espresso shot of fantasy baseball advice every weekday.The only downside of the NBA playoffs is that I feel like I miss some baseball that I would normally get to see. But with the Lakers (sigh) crowned champs now, both Kobe Bryant and I...

Not-So-Good Friday for Tigers Fans

The home opener of a baseball season is a day for celebration, jubilation and a hot dog or two. Good Friday is a day for Catholics to engage in penance, prayer and avoidance of eating meat. The two things will come into direct conflict on April 10 in Detroit. All 30 teams have games scheduled on that day, but only the...

Madoff Client List Includes Sandy Koufax

Sandy Koufax, three time Cy Young winner and Dodgers great, is on a distinguished list of clients that Bernie Madoff conned out of millions with his Ponzi scheme, according to documents that were made public in a U.S. Bankruptcy court yesterday.Koufax was a friend of former Mets owner Mike Wilpon, and as a result ran in...

SandyKoufax News From the Web

05/20/12 MLB Notebook: Morrow nearly unhitable, again Source: MLB In 1968, when Bob Gibson had 13 shutouts -- the most for any pitcher in the live-ball era -- the breakdown of those 13 by hits allowed went as follows: one on seven hits, two on six hits, three on five hits, five on four hits, one on three hits and one on two hits.
05/16/12 Nat Fein's Babe Bows Out Original Photo, Sandy Koufax... Source: TMCnet Grey Flannel Auctions' Summer Games Auction 2012 is now under way with collectors placing early bids on Premier Lots including the June 13th, 1948 "The Babe Bows Out" Nat Fein's Original & Actual Wire Photograph Published in the NY Herald Tribune, 1965 Sandy Koufax Dodgers Game-Used Home Flannel Jersey from his Championship & Cy Young Season, 1972 Roberto Clemente Pirates Signed Final Career Contract and 1981 Robert Parish Boston Celtics Championship Ring originating from Parish himself.
05/07/12 Cole Hamels Followed in the Tradition of Bob Gibson,... Source: Bleacher Report Cole Hamels continued the old baseball tradition by deliberately throwing at Bryce Harper.
04/24/12 This Day in Baseball: The Dodgers from Sandy Koufax to... Source: Bleacher Report On Monday night, the Dodgers improved their record to 13-4, including 7-0 at home, with a victory over the Atlanta Braves (and Jair Jurrjens, a very good bet to be placed on a disabled list near you sometime in the near future--late edit: he's been demoted, and if I had to guess, he'll ultimately end up on the Triple-A DL).