Whether it was his strong showing that led to a win in the American League Wild Card Game or his everyman reaction to his catcher’s foul-ball incident, more than a few baseball fans saw New York Yankees pitcher David Robertson on Tuesday night.
What they won’t be able to see? A certified autograph of the former Yankees closer on an official MLB baseball card.
He enrolled at Notre Dame in 2006 with dreams of gridiron glory but had no recorded statistics in seven games played. He transferred to Stanford where he caught 27 balls for 351 yards and a touchdown over two seasons.
The tight end went undrafted in 2011 but caught on with four NFL teams over five seasons, mostly practice-squad work, but he did play in 30 games (starting four) for the Jets and Ravens — the last coming in 2015.
But these aren’t the reasons you could now hear his name.
A new baseball season is nearly here with the first spring training games set to air later this month and that’s when we’ll see the newest players on their new teams.
And many of them will be wearing new uniforms — well, at least new caps.
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He’s a 29-year-old, 5-foot-11 second baseman-shortstop who’s in his fifth season as a big-leaguer. He’s a Minnesota Twin with Defensive Player of the Year and All-Star honors.
He’s also a guy who, thanks to a three-homer game last night while batting lead-off, has a career-high 38 homers this season.
He’s Brian Dozier — and he’s also not the easiest guy to find on baseball cards.
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The current SCP Auctions sale includes items from the personal collections of Baseball Hall of Famer Don Drysdale and collections of memorabilia that include plenty of other big names, but it’s a selection of championship rings here that’s highlight-worthy.
Below is a gallery of 18 rings up for sale now and ending on April 23. Click below to enter the gallery, get a closer look, see who’s owned them and what the bidding sits at now.
Lot #516 Harmon Killebrew’s 1965 Minnesota Twins American League Championship Ring (Killebrew COA) — Opening bid: $20,000
Lot #77 Don Drysdale’s 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers World Champions 14k Gold Ring (Drysdale Collection) — Current bid: $24,159
Lot #67 Don Drysdale’s 1963 Los Angeles Dodgers World Champions 14k Gold Ring (Drysdale Collection) — Current bid: $24,159
Lot #517 Harmon Killebrew’s 1987 Minnesota Twins World Series Ring in Original Presentation Box — Current bid: $10,000
Lot #15 Don Drysdale’s 1956 Brooklyn Dodgers National League Champions 10k Gold Ring (Drysdale Collection) — Current bid: $13,310
Lot #1143 2008 Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XLIIIChampionship Ring Presented to Player Dallas Baker – Only SB XLIII Ring Ever Offered Publicly! — Current bid: $32,157
Lot #1133 1993 Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XXVIII Champions 10k Gold Ring Issued to Linebacker Godfrey Myles — Current bid: $14,619
Lot #477 Duke Snider’s 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers National League Champions 10k Gold Ring (Snider COA) — Current bid: $12,081
Lot #775 2009 New York Yankees 14k Gold World Series Championship Ring (Staff) — Current bid: $9.983
Lot #1142 2007 New York Giants Super Bowl XLII Championship Ring Presented to WR Brandon London (London LOA) — Current bid: $16,081
Lot #809 1969 New York Mets World Series Champions 10k Gold Ring Issued To Director of Player Development & Future Gm Bob Scheffing (Scheffing Collection) — Current bid: $10,721
Lot #614 2010 San Francisco Giants World Series Champions 14k Gold Ring Presented to Vida Blue — Current bid: $14,272
Lot #1118 1983 Los Angeles Raiders Super Bowl XVIII World Championship Ring Presented to Linebacker Tony Caldwell — Current bid: $7,321
Lot #758 1978 New York Yankees World Series Championship 14k Gold Staff Ring — Current bid: $6,655
Lot #1060 2010 Los Angeles Lakers NBA World Championship “A Version” Ring Presented to Scout (Boyson) — Current bid: $5,857
Lot #1002 1955-56 Philadelphia Warriors World Championship 14k Gold Ring — Current bid: $4,235
Lot #584 1997 Florida Marlins World Series Champions 10k Gold Staff Ring — Current bid: $4,659
Lot #139 Don Drysdale’s 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Champions 14k Gold Ring (Drysdale Collection) — Current bid: $10,721
Fans of World Series teams and All-Star Game hosts in recent years can remember their big events with game-used dirt jars that can be found via buy-it-now listings MLB Auctions.
Sure, they are novelty items — but for casual collectors these small items will stand out as something both unique and affordable.
Awards week is here as the Baseball Writers’ Association of America begins its postseason honors this evening with the Rookie of the Year winners revealed.
Among the candidates for tonight’s awards are Kris Bryant, Matt Duffy and Jung Ho Kang in the National League and Carlos Correa, Miguel Sano and Francisco Lindor in the American League.
Who’s Buzz picking? Find out and get a rundown of each player’s basic stats after the jump.