Night Owl Cards

I know what you are thinking: "Is this the kind of trade post history that will affect me? Or is this only some sort of personal milestone for Night Owl that I don't care about in the least?" Ah, my dear reader, that is something I won't reveal until the end of the post. But first you must get through a rather hefty trade post in which I regale you with the tale of multiple transactions. No fair scrolling to the bottom. That's the tactic of weenie blog readers. And you're not a weenie are you? Besides, Santa is watching. So be good. I have several stacks of cards that have been waiting patiently to show their faces on the blog. So, let's get to it: CARDS FROM: Dan of It's Like Having My Own Card Shop FAVORITE CARD FROM PACKAGE: Ted Lilly gold card I received some cards out of the blue from Dan. Well, actually, they weren't out of the blue. Once upon a time I had expressed interest in the Lilly gold card and then promptly forgot abou...

I have been picking up a Goodwin pack here and there lately, even though I am not collecting the set and have all the Dodgers already. The reason is because I wanted to see if I could snare a couple of moonlight variation cards or whatever they're calling these things. What I call them are "night cards." I think it's rather fishy that after I start a blog celebrating night cards the following things happen: a) Topps blacks out the backgrounds of its base set for a variation series that makes it seem like all the photos were taken at night. b) Goodwin Champions comes up with hard-to-find variations of cards that feature a moonlit night background. Go, ahead, tell me I have a God complex. But when I want to feel better about myself, I envision Topps and Upper Deck lackeys feverishly scouring my blog, taking copious notes, and reporting back to their superiors who are breathless with anticipation. Anyway ... The Goodwin moonlight cards seem like night cards to me. So ...

If you are a card blogger, then this has happened to you: you have purchased a blaster, reviewed its contents, and concluded that the blaster would have made another blogger much happier. That happened to me a couple of weeks ago. The blaster contained two "hits." And both hits -- actually one "hit" and one very nice parallel -- made me think of Bud from First Day Issue . "Damn," I thought, "this is his blaster." Well, less than a week later, I received a card package from Bud. Somehow, all the way across the country, he heard the blaster siren call. He sniffed it out. And he must have thought, "I better send Night Owl some cards." Which he did. So, Bud, never fear. Those cards are yours. I'll be sending them out in a week or two. Meanwhile, I need to show everybody the cards you sent me. Because it's a wild-and-crazy bunch. A '98 Donruss of Paul Konerko . A number of months ago, I celebrated my first Konerko Dodger c...