Night Owl Cards

I decided to open one of the packs that was sent to me by reader Jonathan quite awhile ago. It's been sitting waiting to be opened -- in a home that never leaves packs unopened -- for quite some time. And when I suddenly realized that there are Dodgers inserts that I need from this set, well what am I doing? Let's get this thing opened! The 1994 Studio set is slightly more appealing to me than previous versions of the set. Even though the back features trimmed down personal information when compared with earlier sets, the fronts are cool. Lockers! The players are placed in front of their very own lockers! From a fan's perspective this is quite awesome (from a sportswriter's perspective, it isn't so awesome, trust me). You get to see what's sitting in a major league player's locker! For example the first card I pulled out of the pack, No. 101, Ken Griffey Jr. You get to see his various uniforms and caps. Very '90s there, Junior, with the t...

During my health funk, I mentioned that I didn't care about trading. It was all a part of being generally ill. You know what it's like being sick. You don't feel like doing anything, even the things you love the most. But I'm afraid I might have scared off a few people. "Night Owl is done with trading!" "Night Owl is retired!" "Have you heard? Night Owl doesn't want your 1991 Donruss anymore!" Well, that is entirely untrue. Except the part about not wanting '91 Donruss. That's always true. No, I may have a problem with pretending that people are breathlessly referring to me by my made-up nickname, but I don't have a problem trading. Sure, it's been crazy as hell around here. Sure, it's still freakin' March. Sure, I've got a new lifestyle that requires I take more time to work out and eat properly and certain old people stuff like that. But I still trade. At my own, methodical, pokey, you'll-g...