Night Owl Cards

Following the Dodgers in these final days of an excruciating season is an almost unbearable task. I "watched" the Dodgers' barely Triple A-effort against the Padres last night from another room. That means I had the TV on, but not wanting to see the Padres score runs -- if you can call what the Padres do "scoring" -- I sat in an entirely different room and ran into the TV room if anything good happened. I didn't end up running to the TV more than twice. The Dodgers are pathetic, and hopefully, there will be changes in all the right areas in the offseason. But this is more than just a one year problem. A quick look at L.A.'s history shows that the Dodgers are right down there with the Royals and the Brewers when it comes to success in the last two decades. Since 1988, only nine teams have not been to a World Series. Here is the breakdown in terms of the most years since a World Series appearance: Cubs, 65 years Nationals/Expos, 41 years Rangers...

This particular "crisis" has to do with my other blog, "1975 Topps (it's far out, man)." But I don't want to post it there because I like to pretend everything is happy and blissful and, well, 1975ish, on that blog. Why muck it up with confusion and disappointment? As you may know, 1975 Topps is my favorite set. There are a host of reasons for this, including it being the first set I ever collected, but two other reasons are the various colored borders and the mini set. Well, those two factors recently conspired to throw me for a bit of a loop. The other day I received an awesomely thoughtful package from Greg at Lake Effect Baseball Cards , who is much more active as "grogg" on Twitter. I'm not going to show all the cards he sent right now as I'd like to save it for a post that can be solely about that great assortment. Instead I'm showing just one of the cards here, the Dave Lopes '75 mini card. As you know, it's ha...

If you saw the Dodgers' clinching of the NLDS against the Cardinals, you saw a nice, subdued celebration on the field and then champagne wackiness in the locker room. I liked the on-field version. It was classy and fitting with what the Dodgers achieved. The champagne spray-off needs to be reserved for at least the NLCS . Seriously, what's so special about being named "Division Series" champions? Besides the fact that I won my wager with Cards on Cards, that is. When the Dodgers, clinched, I wrote a three-line post. The shortest one I've ever written. That's only because I was at work at the time, very busy, and couldn't elaborate. But considering it was only the NLDS , that seemed about right. So, I guess you can consider this my "cover the lockers with plastic, boys, because everyone's getting a soaking tonight!" celebratory post. I've got a bunch of Dodgers to display! This is my tribute to the Dodgers, in the form of a trade post. ...