Night Owl Cards

I can't say things have worked out well for me this week. I feel like I'm window-shopping at my job -- cool new assignments and perks for others, nothing but bad news for me. The interest in my blog posts this week has been tepid at best. Fashion Shoes has been my most consistent fan. When things get this way, I need a few days away to snap out of it. Fortunately, that's what I have ahead of me. I'm looking forward to it. Meanwhile, to get through this last day of junk, I've pulled an envelope from fellow Dodger fan Jim, of many different blogs , to the front of the rotation. Jim and I are eagerly awaiting the Dodgers' playoff debut today (or were , depending on the progress when this post hits the public). We're both Dodger fans with roots in the 1970s. And we collect in a similar fashion. In short, Jim understands me, and this is what I need right now. One of the cards he sent was the American Pie Duke Snider card. It completes the 2001 American...

I know there are a lot of collectors who save baseball card wrappers. For a long time, I couldn't figure out why they did it. It was garbage, wasn't it? I'm not nearly that militant in my thinking now. In fact, ever since this blog began, I have saved a wrapper from every single card product that I have purchased. One for each unique set. I stuff each one in a box as I get them. They help chart my journey through the hobby. Maybe one day I'll show them all here, and show off all the fool card sets that I've chased through the years. I know that Ted of Crinkly Wrappers must have a wrapper collection, or why would he name his blog that? Or more probably, it's named after the piles of wrappers on the ground after opening a case of something. At least they tell me that's what it looks like after someone opens a case. I wouldn't know. Anyway, Ted recently sent me cards from a variety of sets, including one much-appreciated set of the retro variety th...