tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post6261340620899395745..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: That's what the boxes are fornight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-2037339589056522202010-04-28T12:26:57.050-04:002010-04-28T12:26:57.050-04:00I guess I'm too young to remember actually usi...I guess I'm too young to remember actually using the checklists as checklists. I do find it odd that newer checklists do not have boxes in which to place that check (or random color ink scribble). They are less "checklists" and more "lists of cards that appear in this set".<br /><br />Great post, by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-21523391262237578592010-04-27T11:36:52.678-04:002010-04-27T11:36:52.678-04:00I still fill in my checklists, both for old cards ...I still fill in my checklists, both for old cards and even new ones, like the thin stock ones that come from Topps.<br /><br />The days of filling out checklists are only "gone" if you want them to be.Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10955725607806692792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-56086353332052704492010-04-27T11:34:40.222-04:002010-04-27T11:34:40.222-04:00I used the team checklists too. That was really t...I used the team checklists too. That was really the thing to do in the 70s. It was great because it provided little milestones in completing the sets. We'd track how many teams we'd completed during the year.<br /><br />People talk about "the last card I needed to complete the xyz set." The card seems special to people. In the 70s we got that special-ness 26 times (after the appearance of the Blue Jays and the Marine-ers). It was kind of cool to get just as excited over pulling a Bombo Rivera as it was pulling a Rod Carew.Eggrockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543338186244288630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-6517431697636234852010-04-27T11:06:40.012-04:002010-04-27T11:06:40.012-04:00Nice post!
"I cut up his card to create min...Nice post!<br /><br /><br />"I cut up his card to create mini cards of Moates and the three other guys on the card."<br /><br />Hey, I did that too with my '67 and '68 rookie cards! A few months ago, I came across the George Spriggs half of a card.Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-10180935169315504052010-04-27T02:14:31.197-04:002010-04-27T02:14:31.197-04:00It's funny that you bring this up. My 9 year ...It's funny that you bring this up. My 9 year old has been carrying his 2010 Rangers team set around in his school back pack. Wrapped with rubber band. I started to tell him not to do that. When he started playing baseball this spring, he took some old junk wax cards I had given him and started practicing his autograhph on them. So he has nice autographed 1990 Donruss nobody card with his name scribbled across it. It might be my favorite auto'd card.Play at the Platehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-40363009426357709402010-04-27T01:51:44.411-04:002010-04-27T01:51:44.411-04:00I too have those checked box checklist cards. Too...I too have those checked box checklist cards. Too bad we can't return to those innocent times and really enjoy collecting the way it was meant to be!MrMoparhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15573372366609526953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-55309312656413458252010-04-27T00:33:30.048-04:002010-04-27T00:33:30.048-04:00I think this type of interaction with our cards is...I think this type of interaction with our cards is lacking these days. We've lost something. I'm sad now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-36932034460310436412010-04-26T21:03:52.381-04:002010-04-26T21:03:52.381-04:00thank goodness these checklists aren't tests! ...thank goodness these checklists aren't tests! you couldn't stay colored within the box! ;)<br /><br />BTW, my 70's checklists are pristine. I didn't start collecting until 1981 and when I went to obtain sets going back to my birthyear, I bought whole sets in NRMT/MT condition or starter lots and completed them so the checklists were unmarked.Two Packs A Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195977957843437931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-25151606228755195832010-04-26T20:18:18.162-04:002010-04-26T20:18:18.162-04:00Topps had "team checklist" inserts in 19...Topps had "team checklist" inserts in 1974. They had facsimile player autographs on the fronts and the checklist on the back. The team cards had the team's all time records. I think this was the best way to do it. Topps did this in 1973 too, but I didn't start collecting until '74 so I don't know whether these checklist cards were inserted in all of the series.<br /><br />My team checklist cards from this era are also pretty hammered. The team card was always on the front of a team stack, and I marked up my checklists.Matt Runyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386635541020320778noreply@blogger.com