Night Owl Cards

I've read a few comments about some of the cards from this year's Allen & Ginter having the same poses for some players as this year's Heritage. I haven't seen any images displaying the similarities yet. So, I decided to look at my own paltry collection and see what I could find. Keep in mind that I don't have the complete set for A&G or Heritage, so I'm sure I'm missing an absolutely perfect example that would tie this post together. Ah well, I'm almost certain that my gravestone will be stamped "incomplete." Might as well be consistent. Anyway, here is what I found: I found a lot of "this is from the same photo shoot " stuff. Makes sense. Heritage and Allen & Ginter are similar kinds of products -- retro sets with abundant portrait photography. Photographers always take a ton of pictures that are never used, Topps might as well make the most of it. Here is another one. "OK, Curtis. Stay where you are. I...

I may be a bit vocal about the card brands I don't like, but the truth is, I'll try anything once when it comes to buying packs. I can see all the cards I want on the blogs, but I don't make a final determination until I see them in my greedy, grabby hands. So that explains why yesterday I bought loose packs of two 2009 sets that I have no interest in collecting: Piece of History and Goudey . And you will be shocked to hear that I was pleasantly surprised by one of the packs. I'll give you a hint which one it was by showing you which one it wasn't: Lordy , what a disaster this card is. It's an instant candidate for Worst Card of 2009. This is candidate No. 4. Cal is somewhere in that painting, but you've really got to look. The orange background reminds me of burning wildfires. And Ripken's glowing orange arms are much more disturbing in person. I know people have said '09 Goudey is a faithful recreation of the original Goudey set. I don't ca...