Night Owl Cards

  As a known enthusiast for the 1970s, I've got the history of the decade down pretty well. I didn't follow the news much during that decade -- I was just a kid -- but a lot of what happened was around me, on the TV here and there, the gas lines and the peace talks and the disco scene. I was aware of what went on in the back half of the decade more than the front half.   The first part, I don't know a lot, just what the history chroniclers tell me. The year 1971, in particular, is the most mysterious to me.   I recall listening on the radio to a decade wrap-up music show that was popular around the close of 1979/early 1980. Mixed in with the music from each year was a news highlight from that year. I can't recall each one, except for 1971, which recounted the tale of "D.B. Cooper" and the hijacking of a Boeing 727, Northwest Orient Flight 305, out of Portland, Oregon in November of that year.  It remains the most mysterious hijacking in U.S. history. Cooper --...

    I don't do such a great job tracking down lesser-known Dodgers sets, especially regional issues. I have enough on my plate when it comes to collecting cards from major issues, along with all the set-collecting I do. So regional sets often get ignored. Sometimes, in a spasm of guilt, I'll suddenly add one to my want list and feel a little better about myself. "See? I can collect obscure stuff, too!" But it's usually a half-hearted gesture. Often I have no idea what the cards are or even what they look like. Recently, that happened when I added the 1971 Ticketron Dodgers wants to my blog lists. I'd known about the Ticketron set in the past, one of those regional issues that bounced around in my brain. But I had never seen it before, didn't know anyone who had them. I didn't expect to get any, really, until I made it my priority at some distant point in time. I basically put the set on my want list sight unseen. Then I received a couple of PWEs from g...