Media guide has arrived
Finally got my copy this morning, which allows me to throw away my 2007 media guide, my 2007 postseason media guide (yes, every team has to print one whether they go to the postseason or not) and the slapped-together player bios we were given when we got down here (every non-roster player had Derek Lowe's photo on his bio -- they were just dummied in until the PR staff could get the photos of the actual players). Anyway, this year's cover is fairly basic, which is a tendency of the Dodgers, and I happen to like that. It isn't loud and it doesn't offend the senses. It has a home-plate shaped collage of photos from the club's first 50 years in Los Angeles, with the one across the top of Jackie Robinson and Sandy Koufax flanking Roy Campanella in his wheel chair at a game many, many years ago at Dodger Stadium. There are also photos of Don Drysdale having just thrown a pitch, Fernando in mid-windup, Hideo Nomo in mid-windup, Kirk Gibson thrusting his right arm skyward as he nears first base after hitting that famous home run in the '88 Series and, of course, a smiling Tommy Lasorda. And then, for some reason, there is a photo of Chan Ho Park in mid-windup. Funny that he's on the cover, but to find his bio, you have to go to the non-roster section.

Tony Jackson has covered the Dodgers for the Daily News since 2004 and has covered Major League Baseball on a regular basis since 1995. He previously covered the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds. He is a native of Springdale, Ark., and a graduate of the University of Arkansas.

Comments
Don't throw away that 2007 media guide.
I predict one page is going to be a valuable collector's item.
Posted by: Sobrino Favorito
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March 2, 2008 1:48 PM
Oh, I tore that page out last spring and threw it away immediately. And by the way, I'm having dinner with mi tio favorito this evening, and you, Sobrino Favorito, won't be there, which means, of course, that we will be talking trash about you -- Sobrino Unico
Posted by: tony jackson | March 2, 2008 2:09 PM
I made a collarge of Dodger pictures and used took some from the 2006 Media Guide. The Collarge consisted of players from 1947-2006, the years in which I followed the team a total of 60 years. I didn't throw it away.
Posted by: Joe Pierre | March 2, 2008 6:42 PM