Night Owl Cards

  (5,000-card giveaway update: I have mailed out the first 7 giveaways of 250 cards each. The 8th is waiting for a post office trip, the 9th is waiting to be packaged and the 10th is being selected. I should be halfway through sending by next week!)   I bought a pack of 2022 Bowman yesterday. I'll explain. Yes, I don't like Bowman. Yes, I haven't bought a pack of it in at least four years. I find the cards as disposable as cards can get, good for maybe hitting a hot card that I can sell, but that's not ever why I buy packs. So, why'd I buy it? Uh, I was at the Target card aisle and the stockers had reloaded. But the only baseball was a lot of Series 1 and -- what's this? -- Bowman fat packs? I'm a bit discombobulated this week after losing our dog -- it's so quiet in the house -- so maybe I'll blame that for picking up one Bowman pack. I also grabbed a Series 1 fat pack if it makes you feel better about me. I knew even before opening it that none of ...

  I had another Target gift card to spend and my patience is not good when it comes to those things. I am mystified when I hear stories of people giving their folks gift cards and then they put them in a drawer and forget about them.   So, in a yank to spend it quickly -- and on cards -- I had basically three choices. Two of them didn't interest me.    I could spend it on another blaster of 2022 Topps, but one of those was enough. Nothing more to be gained there, except for a bland Dodger insert. Or I could wait a little longer and spend it on a blaster of 2022 Heritage. But I didn't want to wait and, honestly, I've seen Heritage's take on the '73 design and I'm just not feeling it.  That left Opening Day. And that's where the gift card went. Heck, I could get a few more Dodger cards and maybe a couple decent inserts. Also, Opening Day was packing even more cards than ever into those boxes! Instead of $9.99 for 77 cards as Opening Day blasters have contained...