Night Owl Cards

  I'm making good on a promise I wrote back in July with this post, with just one day to spare.   During the last One-Card Wonders post I finished all the 1970s one-card wonders and said I wanted to do the same with the 1980s in the next post, which I said would happen before the end of the year.   Well, the end of the year is here and I can't let all those people who have been waiting for the last five-plus months down! So don't worry, be happy! The last OCW post of the year is here!   In this episode I'm covering 1988 and 1989, the only years I haven't touched from the 1980s. I'm also tackling not only the Topps sets from those two years but Donruss, Fleer, Score and Upper Deck, too (This means I'm technically not done with the '80s after this post because I still haven't uncovered OCWs for some of the other 1980s Donruss and Fleer sets).   As a reminder, I define One-Card Wonders as cards of players who appeared on one major release only. I discou...

  Several nights ago, just before turning in, I was leafing through my huge hardcover book of all the Topps cards from 1952-85. It's a good way to relax before bed and I should go through it more often than I do instead of staring at youtube videos.     The book may not be quite as fascinating as when I first saw it in a mom-and-pop bookstore back in the late 1980s. I've completed so many Topps sets since that point and the only cards pictured in there that I have not obtained are from the 1950s and '60s.   Except for one set.   1984 Topps Traded   It's the only 1980s Topps Traded set I haven't completed. In fact, it's the only Topps '80s set period that I haven't completed.   That's because the Dwight Gooden pre-rookie card is in this set. But the most recent set I haven't completed other than 1984 Traded in that book is 1968 Topps! 1984 Traded should be finished! Instead I have only 13 of the 132 cards.   I decided after looking throug...

  It was a very uneventful and quiet Christmas this year. Not a lot to boast about as far as gifts go.   Unlike last year and the last few years, my sister-in-law did not get me any cards. I'm assuming she couldn't find any under the current Fanatics landscape because she always tries her best to get some for me. She did get me a Target gift card but there's nothing online to buy right now as far as 2025 product unless I want to pony up for a hobby box. (I won't bother checking the store in town).   I've yet to receive all my gifts so perhaps there's something card-like in the near future. But I won't pout about it because right before the holiday hit, I received a couple Christmas wishes that came with cards from both The Best Bubble and Too Many Verlanders .   They get it and it sure is appreciated. I'll show off the cards from The Best Bubble first.     Right before snapping pictures of these cards for this post, the Best Bubble cards slipped out of ...