Night Owl Cards

Well, it's the offseason finally. The "once-proud" franchise won its final game of the year. The National League Cy Young Award winner will likely be a player from the "once-proud" franchise, and the N.L. MVP -- if people are thinking clearly -- will also go to a player from the "once-proud" franchise. The "once-proud" team seems to have found a legitimate closer, a reliable starting staff, a shortstop for the future, and some decent role players (and, no, I'm not talking about Eugenio Velez). "Once-proud," my team managed to finish above .500 and in third place -- nothing more, but nothing less than what I expected at the start of the season. For all of the June doom-and-gloom, I think the "once-proud" team produced some truly exciting moments, and two of the best individual performances that I have seen from my "once-proud" favorite club since I started following baseball 35 years ago. I'm pret...

I have an idea for the topics of my next four or five posts, and they are all related to older cards. Vintage cards. Mature cards. Cards that have been around the block a few times. Cards that will tell you to "listen to your father." So this is your last opportunity to see something shiny for a little bit. Unless I get lucky and pull something freakin ' awesome. But that sound you hear is my wallet crying softly, so that's not going to happen. These are some cards from Ed at Roll Out the Barrel . I saw a card I wanted and Ed knew what to do from there. Next thing I knew, there were Dodgers in the mailbox. Here is the card that I wanted. I have yet to see any 2009 SP Authentic in my area. I'm not crying about it. The cards are bland in a futuristic sort of way. They resemble Ticket to Stardom, which is not a good thing. But Clayton Kershaw rises above all that. The great ones always do. Ed also showed two other Dodgers in his SP Authentic haul. I asked for th...