Night Owl Cards

When I coerced UltraPro into making pages to house 1975 Topps-style minis and then somehow got them to send me a box of the new pages , I knew it wouldn't be long before the guilt would set in. My primary goal in getting these pages made was so I could store my 1975 Topps mini collection, which is now three cards away from completion. That collection is now stored in those free pages and ... I have a few leftover. What do I do with the leftovers? And -- here is where the guilt comes in -- will I ever need more of these mini style pages? I eased my guilty thoughts by quickly storing some 1970s Kellogg's 3-D cards in the remaining mini pages, knowing that I would likely be pursuing more Kellogg's cards in the near future. But at the achingly slow rate that I am adding cards to my collection, when would I ever need to buy more mini pages for the cause? Enter Tony of Off Hiatus Baseball Cards , who reminded me that '75-style minis are here to stay in many diff...

I am not a crusader. When I was a kid, I'd watch as my father would get into "discussions" with sales people about this item or that and often -- not all the time, mind you -- get what he wanted. The older I got, the more aggravated I became with this technique, and although I've been known to stand up for what I believe in, most of the time I just let it go, because honestly ... I'm lazy. Or dislike talking to people. One of the two. Probably both. It took a page, a ridiculous nine-pocket plastic page that protects bits of cardboard, for me to get noisy. I have been campaigning for a page to house 1975 Topps style minis -- cards that are 3 1/8-by-2 1/4 inches -- since I found out that the old pages for that size of a card didn't exist anymore. For probably 3 or 4 years on this blog I've mentioned that there needs to be a page that fits these cards. Once I got on Twitter and connected with UltraPro, that's when I saw progress. As Topps began...

I received a few more 1975 Topps minis from Mark H. the other day. Mr. Sutherland is one of them. The cards would be appropriate for this post, but I don't have the time to scan them all in, so I'll have to find something pseudo creative for those cards in another post. Those minis get me down to needing about 70 more to complete the set (I counted the other day and can't remember the exact number now because I'm old -- duh, I'm collecting '75 minis). This is great, of course, but it also means that time is ticking on finally getting pages to fit all those '75 minis. But apparently, UltraPro is clued into my '75 Topps mini completion timeline because this it what it released today: When I saw it, I kind of sat and stared at it in stupor. I had just woken up after another long Olympic work session and my mind plays tricks on me in the late morning. So, I just sent a little message to UltraPro to make sure it wasn't all a dream. To ...

Now don't get excited. If I found pages to fit my 1975 minis, the whole post would be in capital letters. No, all I've got for you are mini pages that fit Allen & Ginter minis, sent to me by Ryan at O No!!! Another Orioles Blog . Believe me, that's exciting enough for me. In fact, when Ryan announced that he had a bunch of A&G minis from the last few years of Allen & Ginter, the most thrilling part of his announcement was that he would send mini pages along with the cards. I am forever running out of mini pages, and too cheap to search them out on my own. So I signed up quickly. I am so grateful for the pages that I am featuring the cards I received inside the pages, just how Ryan sent them to me. A couple of '07 minis of two guys that caused Dodger fans more frustration than anything else. We fans are never satisfied. A surprise Dee Gordon Gypsy Queen black Dee Gordon mini joins two former Dodger favorites from '07. Martin's hittin...