Night Owl Cards

Happy Easter. I don't have anything Easter-related for this holiday blog post. I actually thought of something appropriate five minutes ago, but by the time I gathered everything together into my very festive Easter basket, there'd be about an hour left in the holiday. So I'll save it for next year -- if I remember. Instead, what I had queued up to run is very dry and dull compared to colorful jelly beans and spring dresses. In fact, with the exception of the above card, everything else you will see here is black and white. Wait! No, wait, come back! I knew this was going to happen. Sorry, I think I've just entered the "early 20th century" phase of my collecting journey. It was a super black-and-white period. This doesn't mean I'm going to suddenly start picking up cards featuring antique bicycles and crows. I'm not attempting to land traditional tobacco cards of baseball players either. No, all of that is too fancy for me and also...

I've participated in a couple of rounds of Johnny's Trading Spot's Big Fun Game lately. I haven't received anything that truly connected with my collection. But my interests are broad enough that I've been able to make things work and, thanks to a bit of luck, I now have a new set to build. In the first Big Fun Game, I landed these: All I knew about them is they were from a set dedicated to the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" and I recognized the names as members of that team. I've read the book. I watched the movie quite some time ago. But I didn't know any more than that. The second Big Fun Game came around and somehow I landed me some more cards from that same set! OK, now that's 18 cards from that set in my possession. Logic told me that there were probably other cards from this set, but likely not many more. I probably should try to complete this thing! But before attempting to complete it, I had to know what the heck ...