Night Owl Cards

I made an assumption on my last post that I wanted to explore today. The First Pitch inserts from the last two years of Flagship sets are my favorite recent inserts. They're not interesting enough for me to attempt to complete the sets, but they're interesting enough for me to write about them. I still enjoy pop culture even though I know far less about it than I did 25 years ago. To give you an idea: I just found out yesterday that Tim Whatley of Seinfeld fame is also Walter White of Breaking Bad. But one of the reasons that Allen & Ginter has interested me all these years is its inclusion of pop culture subjects. The First Pitch insert set is Topps' attempt to do the same in flagship. I have noted who has been included in the First Pitch cards and how many subjects I know (It's running at about 50 percent). Given that people who agree to throw out a first pitch may not be the biggest stars and also that Topps probably is required to run through a few hoop...