Night Owl Cards

  A couple of months ago I ran a Dodgers card giveaway in hopes that collectors would both relieve me of some of my many, many dupes and also enjoy what I was sending.   There wasn't much of a response. Four or five folks. Blogging giveaways aren't what they once were. Plus there are all those deluded Yankees and Giants fans who have yet to come to grips with the one true team 😃. What I did send made somewhat of a dent, but there is so much left.   Meanwhile, the collectors who took me up on the offer were appreciative. One collector, Jeremy, even sent something back. He didn't have to. But it's nice to know that he really liked the cards. In fact, his two kids did, too, and sent a couple of drawings.   It's great seeing young Dodger fans. They're so rare around here.   The goodies in the box mostly came from Dodger Stadium giveaways, I think. Those drinking cups at the top recognize the Dodgers' World Series title, appearance in the postseason and Opening ...

The Dodgers just finished playing the Yankees and lost 2 of the 3 games. This doesn't bother me much because regular-season meetings seem to mean less and less every year when it comes to the postseason. But you know the hype machine. Just about every media outlet, after mentioning the Dodgers and Yankees were playing, would follow with "a possible World Series preview" in the next sentence. Of course it's a POSSIBLE World Series preview. So was the Indians-Braves a few weeks ago. I don't remember anyone mentioning that matchup as a potential World Series preview. Personally, I don't think anyone is getting past the Astros this year. And if the Yankees somehow manage to beat the Astros, then I don't think I want to follow the rest of the postseason. But all the mentions -- Yankees-Dodgers World Series! Yankees-Dodgers World Series! -- you can't help but think about it a little bit. The first World Series that I saw most of was the Yankees-D...