Probably the best way I can explain the difference between card blogs when I first started blogging, say 2008-11, and card blogs now is the difference in how Allen & Ginter is received and perceived. During the golden age of blogging and A&G (well, the recent incarnation anyway), the release of Allen & Ginter was an event on the blogs. The set was celebrated and there was enthusiasm for the framed autographs, the weird inserts and the non-ballplayers in the set. Sure, some collectors still didn't like it/understand it and there was always a little bit of "what the hell is this card?," but the overall reaction to those cards and the set was, "it's wacky, it's zany, it's interesting! Let's learn about stuff and maybe find a piece of hair from an old, dead, president!" Then, in perhaps the biggest party the card blogs had at that time, 30-40 blogs or more would participate in "Gint-a-Cuffs," a celebration of a set the likes o...
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