Night Owl Cards

  Just one more World Series-related post to finish off the week. I can tell by the views that people no interested in my Series discussions, but I wouldn't be a fan if I didn't write about my team when it gets to the championship and wins. What am I supposed to do, discuss Topps Update? That's what the offseason is for.   I don't know when the next time the Dodgers will reach the World Series will be (and judging by some fans' typical reactions, I may not want to write about them if they win again next year), so I'm taking advantage.   This post will tie up some loose ends and thoughts about the Series.   First off, I need to mention "the blob" and "the king of the hill" on this post. Long-time readers will know that "the blob" is the player that makes the last out in the World Series. It comes from when I was a kid and me and my brother would determine "the blob" each year. I most-recently updated the World Series blobs ...

  Regular readers may have been wondering where my "If I Was King Of The Postseason" post was this year. I decided I'm not continuing that tradition after the little bit of crankiness that arose after my post in the series last year. Normally I don't let something like that affect content, but I was tiring of the series anyway. It takes a long time to do for what's essentially the same thing every year. I don't know, if anyone misses it, I can pick it up next year. Instead, this year I'm calling back to a post I did long ago , and also updated long ago . It was my research on which player made the final out of the World Series, something my brother and I called "The Blob" when we were kids. I had listed every "Blob" for every series to that point and then I added to the updated post through the 2016 World Series. That's where it stopped. In looking back on those posts, I found a couple of errors. Also, the formatting is off, as happ...