Night Owl Cards

Recently, there has been a lot of ranking and voting and counting down of every Topps set. This automatically draws my attention because as you know I've made a few lists and run a few countdown shows on this here blog. I've been ranking and counting down since I was a kid, whether I was doing it myself or Casey Kaseem was helping me along. The countdown on the Dimebox blog came first and I noted some mostly excellent ranking and selecting. But there were a few that were as jarring as when I played the wrong note during piano lessons as a youngster. Then I saw that the Cardboard Connection was doing an NCAA Tournament-style bracket vote-off in recognition of 64 years of Topps sets. This is brilliance and, yes, I wish I thought of this first. But I already can tell, just by the seedings that were made based on people's votes, that things aren't going to go the way I would like them (1995 Topps is going to get hosed in the first round). So, of course, I took ...

On the year-end post , I wrote that my worst habit during the previous 12 months was starting a new series and then not following up on it. Like many people, I love new ideas -- until they're not new anymore and work has to be done to keep those ideas alive and interesting. Then I have no use for them. But I plan to try very hard to take last year's new ideas and extend them through this year, so that you will know exactly how many Hall of Famers are in each Topps set, and you will know what card was created the year after an iconic card was produced, etc., etc., etc., blah, blah, blah. But first, I want to tell you about a NEW new series. Heh. Yes, I'm doing it again. But this one is going to work! I promise! I have faith in this one because it's something directly in my area of interest, it's not all that difficult, and I have the cards to complete the feat. So, I am happy to say that this year I will be counting down the 100 Best Cards of the 1...