Night Owl Cards

I've been enjoying the leisurely pace of my vacation immensely. Since the other people in the house are still on their usual busy schedules, there was no opportunity to go anywhere special. And you know what that means. That means I get to stay home and play with my cards! Yay! Stay-cation! More like CARD-cation, am I riiiighhhtt??? The first few days have involved some cards, but they've mostly been occupied by the World Series and various errands and around-the-house tasks. However, the wife is headed out of town for a couple of days, meaning -- oh, glorious day -- cards take over the house. I plan on planting a giant box of cards in the center of the dining room table and going straight into a sorting binge. I'll also have the chance to search for cards for various people without being under the gun from this task or that one, or have that enormous work cloud tailing me throughout the live long day. And, of course, I can blissfully show off cards I've receiv...

My daughter went out to the store, and with her own money, bought me four packs of Topps Series 2 for Father's Day. Sure, she had to open one of the packs ahead of time and stuff them into a discarded "Twilight" wrapper so I could pull it out of the gift bag unsuspectingly. After all, she is her father's daughter and knows how to goof around. (She's constantly giving me rundowns of the weird vampire love saga that dominates the conversation of every girl her age. But it's only because she knows I don't want to hear it. I respond with a breakdown of John Ely's last three starts and we're even). The Kemp 2020 card came out of the stack pulled from the vampy wrapper. I was very pleased. I have pulled just one other card from this series, and since the Dodgers are well-represented in the series, I'm looking forward to grabbing them all. My lone issue with it is this: I know it's a nice photo, but come on, man. It's obvious Top...