Night Owl Cards

I have never shown a page from my Night Card binder in the history of this blog. That is mostly because I am loathe to show a page in which a spot is missing. The beauty of a night card binder is seeing the lights and stars lit up on every pocket of the page, burning brightly against a blanket of darkness. For a long time -- two years now -- I've been aware that I have the ability to complete the first page in my binder. It's been missing one card for that long. That card is card No. 4. It's been a tricky one. In 2013, two night cards that were both card No. 4 appeared almost immediately. One is the Opening Day card of Matt Dominguez. But somehow, Topps made Dominguez look almost grotesque as he strains to throw the ball to first . I didn't want that to have any part of my binder. The other card is the one that you see here. Yadier Molina is my least favorite catcher since Jorge Posada retired. And then Topps has to throw Adam "Mickey Mouse" Wainw...

So, today I traveled again to the big box epicenter in my town in my continuing quest to find Heritage retail packs. I found nothing. Neither store had any 2009 blasters either, of any variety -- darkened, grayed-backed, regular or extra crispy. So I walked away with the only thing that I haven't seen on any blog yet -- yes, two pax of '09 Topps Attax. Stop laughing. I get the distinct impression that some people don't consider Topps Attax collectible cards. That it's just a silly kids' game. Well, first of all, I don't know any kids who play cards. Most of the people I knew who played cards are no longer with us. I have a hard time believing, even with the online connection, that it's a big kids draw. But aside from that, they're pretty much like any other cards. Picture of the player and the team name. Yeah, the card back is direct from your grandmother's gin rummy deck, but I like the simplicity. And how often these days do you see a Topps wrapper...