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 ...

You can't be in this blog business for very long before collectors are sending you items "just because." I take it as the ultimate compliment, that people see something, think "night owl might like that," and take the time to package it up and send it my way. The vast majority of these packages contain baseball cards. But sometimes they don't. I received a couple of unusual packages recently. The first arrived from Ryan at The Great Orioles Autograph Project . Ryan has been a reader of this blog for awhile, and I always really appreciate his comments. He's one of those guys who will actually let you know that what you wrote may have struck a chord. Not everyone does that, so when someone does it's very cool. Anyway, he sent an oddly shaped box and I had no idea what was in it. What came out were definitely not cards. Now, these items weren't scannable, and I have no time to set up a photo studio and take pictures. So I had to find ...