tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post1402167161320514883..comments2024-03-29T07:44:22.008-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: The darkest of my dark periodsnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-49753623614753831452017-08-22T18:43:54.406-04:002017-08-22T18:43:54.406-04:00I LOL'd at that.I LOL'd at that.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-37885734697255747012017-08-22T18:13:35.111-04:002017-08-22T18:13:35.111-04:00Jackie looks like he's doing that dance (Jay o...Jackie looks like he's doing that dance (Jay outside the store) from Clerks on the Breaking the Color Barrier card. <br />Stealing Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818879297909675392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-5530978925490625442017-08-22T11:38:02.422-04:002017-08-22T11:38:02.422-04:00The eclipse here in CT wasn't anything special...The eclipse here in CT wasn't anything special either... just incredibly cloudy and overcast.Bubbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11062079159673852999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-39536199367209452682017-08-22T09:56:42.182-04:002017-08-22T09:56:42.182-04:00I was hoping for at least three of those cards to ...I was hoping for at least three of those cards to be needs, so for a third to be "useful" is a good news. <br /><br />Somewhere out there is some 28 year guy who considers 1997-2003 to be the golden age of baseball card collecting, knows everything there is to know, and feels completely alone in the universe. Stack22https://www.blogger.com/profile/17776094817608096430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-7831783646319317962017-08-22T08:37:32.781-04:002017-08-22T08:37:32.781-04:00a. out administration team gave us glasses and le...a. out administration team gave us glasses and let us watch the eclipse. it was pretty cool<br /><br />b. i've had a few collecting eclipses over the years. probably the longest period of totality was from around 2001 to 2007.<br /><br />c. i wonder which faux jackie robinson there are more of... 52t or 56t.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-77257481561363706182017-08-22T07:49:26.055-04:002017-08-22T07:49:26.055-04:00I was in the totality region of the eclipse. They ...I was in the totality region of the eclipse. They let us out of work long enough to view it. Even gave us glasses and fed us lunch. Brief, but fun to experience. No collecting for me during 1999-2002. Still difficult to care about any cards past 1990, but your blog somehow makes them interesting. Plus you throw in enough of the older cards to make it even more interesting. Great Drysdale card.Old Cardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13112089873949361756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-30311770016939167912017-08-21T23:21:49.745-04:002017-08-21T23:21:49.745-04:00I was outside during the eclipse at a higher perce...I was outside during the eclipse at a higher percentage of coverage than where you are (but not totality), and it was pretty neat but nowhere near "Must see TV". I wouldn't feel like you missed anything (and I'm guessing you don't).<br /><br />I slowed my collecting significantly in 1995 (you can guess why that year in particular) but I never truly "went dark"... and even so it's not that unusual for me to run across sets - especially from the 1990's - that I've never heard of. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-62637245383160656452017-08-21T20:39:13.135-04:002017-08-21T20:39:13.135-04:00!) I missed the whole thing, too. I was in coaches...!) I missed the whole thing, too. I was in coaches meetings. <br /><br />2) I also hard a 'dark period' in my collecting. I still see cards from relatively mainstream sets that I never knew existed. <br /><br />3) I wonder what image holds the record for 'Most times used by Topps on an insert'. I'd guess that Jackie image is right up near the top.Commishbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069472376708715755noreply@blogger.com