Night Owl Cards

  For the first 8-9 years of this blog, I'd say until 2017, I could play a certain card aisle game and everyone reading -- certainly most card bloggers -- would understand.   This is because blogging about cards still reigned, and also because buying retail was the default purchasing option and hadn't been overrun by flippers. But most of all, you could play this game because every single time you went to the card aisle during that period -- well, most every time -- there was plenty of product available.   We didn't know how good we had it.   Now, moments like I experienced on Friday are a treat. I stopped by the local Target card aisle after running a couple of other errands that had built up all week. This is the same Target card aisle that has been devoid of baseball card product all season -- basically since the middle of last year. (The closest Walmart is even worse).   But Friday I was greeted by a full two shelves of baseball cards for sale. At top, four ...