tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post8756139813918689935..comments2024-03-28T13:44:09.103-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: Where the action isnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-89779408708040570712014-01-15T06:07:55.347-05:002014-01-15T06:07:55.347-05:00Since at the time those action photos were not tha...Since at the time those action photos were not that common they sure deserve the highlight. Loved reading all the points but my favourite were 4. ACTION CARDS ALLOW YOU TO SEE COOL THINGS. Love observing cards and discover details like the one you mention. That shows they had payed attention to it and it makes the cards even more meaningfully.Ana Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920996724958583647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-89598621694428274012014-01-11T15:45:26.120-05:002014-01-11T15:45:26.120-05:00Night Owl…..this kind of post is why I love your b...Night Owl…..this kind of post is why I love your blog. I never knew that '71 was where all the action started for our cardboard?! Great perspective and fantastic story-telling. Again. Thank you for the enjoyment! I can't wait to add '71 to my set-building list….one day!!!!Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837626703395813878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-12798401080711072592014-01-11T11:20:50.087-05:002014-01-11T11:20:50.087-05:00Delivered somewhat tongue in cheek (not that you c...Delivered somewhat tongue in cheek (not that you can tell); the sentiments are valid, but I'm not that angry about it. In retrospect, the 71s were the best of them; they certainly had variety.Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-13241032062317022262014-01-11T02:56:53.243-05:002014-01-11T02:56:53.243-05:00Wow, Stubby, that's a mouthful. I guess I agre...Wow, Stubby, that's a mouthful. I guess I agree a little. The glut of action photos has removed much of the character and imagination that used to be in baseball card sets, without a doubt. But even as a little kid I gravitated to the action photos, no matter how lousy they were in the '70s (I didn't know any better). In my perfect world, card sets would be a mix of action and posed shots.night owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-77331802770286495602014-01-11T01:46:17.333-05:002014-01-11T01:46:17.333-05:00As someone who bought his first pack of cards in 1...As someone who bought his first pack of cards in 1964.........I HATED the action cards. Look at the Tommie Agee card--the actual card, not some oversized scan--and tell me who the featured player on it is? It sure as heck isn't Agee; all you see is the back of his head. Real tiny back of the head. Just a tiny blue blob, really. I hated those cards then and I hate them now. It would take a whole decade before Topps actually figured out what to do with action cards (or hired decent photographers or employed better cameras) and then.....they were even worse. Now, they're worst of all. You, yourself (IIRC), have done posts on how every single pitchers card seems to catch them at exactly the same point in the delivery and they're all cropped exactly the same. I hated action cards then and I hate them now. I like my cards posed, thank you very much. You want action? Watch a game. For cards, I want to know what my heroes look like. I want to see their eyes. You Johnny-come-lately collectors of the 70s, 80s, and 90s think action cards are where its at. That's because you have no imagination. As a kid, I could stand in the back yard with a bat on my shoulder, cool concentration in the eyes and, just like that, I'm Mickey Mantle and it all flows from there. Seeing an action card, as a kid, was like Geena Davis doing the split in League of Their Own. I can't do that. Who can?<br /><br />Thank you. I feel a lot better getting that off my chest.Stubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010142558613227433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-48673925633924562992014-01-10T22:01:57.035-05:002014-01-10T22:01:57.035-05:00A tie in to one of your posts a couple of days ago...A tie in to one of your posts a couple of days ago. An early Oscar Gamble card in series one was an action card.Mark Hoylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562266064195629037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-18060184775579246892014-01-10T20:37:44.611-05:002014-01-10T20:37:44.611-05:00Thank you for adding a bunch of cards to my 1971 w...Thank you for adding a bunch of cards to my 1971 wish list!<br /><br />I think the Ron Wood and Roy White cards have to be from the same game... Certainly the same catcher -- Maybe Duane Josephson, assuming it's the White Sox?<br /><br />I love the shot of the in-play Yankee monuments and flagpole on Ken McMullen's card. <br /><br />It's also fun to look at all the "cameo appearances" on the cards:<br />Vada Pinson's card has Thurman Munson<br />Joe Morgan's card has Jerry Grote<br />Chris Short's card has Pete Rose... I think. I smiled at the ALPO ad in the background.<br />Tommie Agee's card has Joe Morgan... Same game as Joe Morgan's card?<br />Jerry Grote's card has whoever was #5 on the Cardinals at the time.... same game as the other two Mets/Cards game?<br />Bud Harrellson's card famously has Nolan Ryan... also the same game as Tommie Agee and Joe Morgan?<br />Ken Boswell's card has Vic Davalillo<br /><br />...there are others that can be figured out, but I could only guess as to who they are.<br /><br />Great stuff! Early nominee for "Best Post Of 2014". :-D<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-33773394448423831462014-01-10T20:23:50.229-05:002014-01-10T20:23:50.229-05:00God I loved the Sox white stirrups. I really REALL...God I loved the Sox white stirrups. I really REALLY wish they would do the blues for a Sunday throwback some year.JediJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261262040532716901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-82180379824591404312014-01-10T20:03:29.592-05:002014-01-10T20:03:29.592-05:00That's one action-packed post!That's one action-packed post!petethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02222725895895580850noreply@blogger.com