tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post4160784728453758646..comments2024-03-28T10:23:32.280-04:00Comments on Night Owl Cards: If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be rightnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-4176675082601345042012-02-16T01:02:36.144-05:002012-02-16T01:02:36.144-05:00Falcone card...totally awesome.
Guilty pleasure ....Falcone card...totally awesome.<br /><br />Guilty pleasure ... 1991 Score. But I also agree with Justin about 1991 Topps. Yes it was overproduced and the last of the the true Topps dinosaurs, but it really was well done. Great photography.<br /><br />Moneyball ... I'd really love to read the book. I'm envisioning it as less tedious than the Thorn/Palmer classic "The Hidden Game of Baseball" which I somehow just couldn't get through.<br /><br />I want to re-read "Boys of Summer" soon. That book was literally life changing for me. No, I'm not overstating that. That's the book that convinced me I wanted to be a sportswriter ... which morphed into photography. So while I'm not overplaying the "life changing" thing, I AM rambling. Sorry about that. It's late and I'm right in the middle of the state wrestling tournament. Iowans take their wrestling seriously. Really. It's a pretty high concentration of angry farmers. Short angry farmers. Short, humorless angry farmers.<br /><br />What are we talking about?EggRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595253834504194842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-78231380542593304592012-02-15T00:26:28.607-05:002012-02-15T00:26:28.607-05:00The 91 topps set. Mass produced neo-vintage cards,...The 91 topps set. Mass produced neo-vintage cards, yes, but also with some underrated photos.Justin G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07242355189588967971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-58832287777156083602012-02-14T23:20:33.782-05:002012-02-14T23:20:33.782-05:0082 Fleer is the one set that I have had in a binde...82 Fleer is the one set that I have had in a binder for the last 25 years. I have written in a profile of mine "They're ugly with bad photography, but they're still special to me". I even like the yellow/powder blue backs. Only 10 cards left for me to complete it.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896780361855961353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-45185719302601795552012-02-14T21:17:44.967-05:002012-02-14T21:17:44.967-05:00I also love the 82 Fleer set. It is one that I wan...I also love the 82 Fleer set. It is one that I want to slowly try to put together someday. I don't care about the bad pictures or a certain rookie card. Someday maybe, someday. Just like all the other sets I want to collect.Mariner1https://www.blogger.com/profile/09797929595718567181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-35467558543947847312012-02-14T16:35:15.505-05:002012-02-14T16:35:15.505-05:00I have always loved that falcone card. I think it...I have always loved that falcone card. I think it is the first baseball card of a player holding up his own baseball card - before Upper Deck did that like a dozen times (including a parallax effect on a few in '93, I am sure you know all about that). But is this the first baseball card with a baseball card on it? I am pretty sure it isn't, as there had to have been some before, right? I think we need to find this out. What is the first baseball card with a baseball card on it?<br /><br />p.s. comic sans? really?jacobmrleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991748868368917576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2700049103080920994.post-30704522885000833422012-02-14T14:26:07.541-05:002012-02-14T14:26:07.541-05:00As a sports fan (and not to sound like a snob) I p...As a sports fan (and not to sound like a snob) I preferred the books Moneyball and the Blind Side to the movies. That's because in both cases Lewis was analyzing a major trend in a sport, whereas the movies, because they were movies, had to have a movie-style plot with extra characters and conflict and the like. Because of this, in both cases, the movies never really drove home the points of the books. That's not to say they weren't entertaining, but it's the same kind of thing that happened with Fast Food Nation. I guess that's just a side-effect of trying to turn a non-fiction book into a drama that will draw an audience.<br /><br />That's my long-winded way of saying that you'll really like the book if you're truly a baseball fan.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09644523735533872065noreply@blogger.com