If I were to figure out which set had the greatest number of night cards -- and I have no plans to do that, although who the heck else is going to do it? -- I know that it would not be 1989 Upper Deck.
It'd probably be some set from the last five or 10 years, when technology was at its finest and night games weren't the obstacle that they were in the past.
In the 1980s, night games were still a project. But bless 1989 Upper Deck, they tried. They really, really tried.
I have maybe 70 cards from the '89 set. Probably 25 percent of them are night cards. That's a skewed percentage because the majority of my '89 UD cards have come through trades and those traders know I like night cards.
But it's still likely the set from the '80s with the greatest percentage night cards.
My good buddy Dave K. knows this and sent a whole bunch of night cards the other day, along with some other very fine goodies that I'll show off some other time.
Among the night cards was the Gene Larkin card above.
And a load more '89 UD nighty nights.
All of those that you see above are going in my night card binder.
These three that Dave sent have already been awesome night card topics and already reside in the binder.
This one, unfortunately, doesn't make the cut as West can't top the No. 7 card in the binder.
But as you can see, that's a whole lot of nightness in 1989 Upper Deck.
One day, I will have the binder filled and then I can see which set occupies the most spots in the binder.
To me, that will be the proper (and easier) way to evaluate the king of all night card sets.
Step aside, Ken Griffey Jr., there may be a new way for me to remember '89 Upper Deck.
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Night card binder candidate: Gene Larkin, 1989 Upper Deck, #580
Does it make the binder?: yes
AND ...
Night card binder candidates: Mike Schooler, 1989 Upper Deck, #28; Bret Saberhagen, 1989 Upper Deck, #37; Allen Anderson, 1989 Upper Deck, #85; Bo Diaz, 1989 Upper Deck, #169; Tom Henke, 1989 Upper Deck, #264; Mark Portugal, 1989 Upper Deck, #358; Charlie Hough, 1989 Upper Deck, #437; Mark Davidson, 1989 Upper Deck, #577; Orel Hershiser, 1989 Upper Deck, #665
Do they make the binder?: YES!
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A catcher pitching beats a pitcher pitching.
He was also know as an avid hater of the Dodgers and numberd that Gibson 'dagger in the heart card' (as I will call it) accordingly with the devils number, 666. Stuff you rarely think about, when I first read it I thought it was interesting.