Night Owl Cards

  This post was inspired by a night owl-specific prompt from one of the original card bloggers, Phungo, the other day: If I'm correct in knowing what he means, I have mentioned this aspect of the 1975 Topps set in passing a number of times on this blog and especially when I was writing the 1975 Topps blog . But I haven't written an entire post on it, covering every team included in the set. As you know, the '75 set has wild two-tone borders with colors that clash crazily with the team featured -- what team wears purple-and-green that isn't the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks in the 1990s? But there are instances in which the colors match almost perfectly. Those are the times when you wondered if Topps specifically picked those borders to honor that player, and those were also the times when that card would often become a favorite of mine when I was collecting the set as a kid. Here now is what I found as the perfect color match for each team in the '75 set:   ATLANTA BRAV...

A couple of blog housekeeping notes: First, an update on the 5,000-post repack giveaway. I have sent out 11 of the 20 packages. Another is packaged and another is selected. I'm currently selecting winner No. 14's cards. Also, today's the last day to vote in the first round of the Cardboard Appreciation Hall of Fame series. If you haven't voted yet, copy and paste this link and vote!: https://vote.easypolls.net/6286614c5617e80062aee2cf  EDIT: POLL HAS CLOSED ).   Way back when I wrote the 1975 Topps set blog, I mentioned how much I liked the '75 Rick Auerbach card as a kid . Really, I shouldn't have liked it at all. It's a Dodger, surrounded by Giants colors. But I loved the orangey glow, it reminded me of my favorite drink of that time -- root beer -- and, heck, it was the '70s, that color combination was in everyone's house. It's also a great example of the color clash that is all over '75 Topps. I submit that the Auerbach card would not ha...