Night Owl Cards

You ever play that game in which you calculate how many years it's been since you were a kid and then take that total and subtract it from one of those years when you were a kid and come up with a difference that causes you to instantly turn off all the lights in your house and hide in a dark corner of your room? Yeah, that's not a fun game to play when you start to hit a certain age. It's been more than 40 years since the 1973 Topps set has been issued. Subtract 40 from 1973 and you're in the Great Depression -- in more ways than one. The only time when this exercise is fun is when it comes to cards. I am combining two recent packages that I received because each of them feature 1973 Topps (I can't have every post being '73s, as wonderful as they are). The '73s were central to the package. But with 1973 at the center, each package contained a card from either side of the spectrum -- 40 or so years after 1973 and 40 or so years before 1973. Now th...

Have you ever promised a card in a trade and then forgot to include it in the package? I've done that a couple of times now. The Lidge sketch card is the latest example. I promised to send it to Jim of The Phillies Room , along with some other Phillies , but somehow left it in my stack of Allen & Ginter . I guess Freud would say that means I really wanted to keep the card, but that's not the case. Sketch cards aren't my thing, so I'm happy to send them off. But unfortunately I've sent the package already. That means Jim will be getting a second package! Meanwhile, the cards he sent to me have arrived and I like this package a lot because it's a nice mix of new and old cards. I love me some variety. I try to mix it up on the blog, and if you can mix it up in the card package that's great, too. I'll start with the new and then get to the super good stuff. Staying with 2009 Allen & Ginter . Two cards for the quest. Two guys with lots of talent. ...