Night Owl Cards

  I've been involved in a few of Nachos Grande's group breaks over the last few years. They come in handy for a team collector like me. I'm at the point in my collecting journey where there are more card sets that I don't want to open than I want to open. Way more. Way, way, waaaaaaay more. That's where Chris' group breaks come in. Honestly, his motto should be "Opening Product So You Don't Have To."  So, last week I received my Dodger-card spoils from the most recent group break (or last two recent -- my memory is shot). I'm happy to say that about 40 percent of the cards were needs. That's very good for me. I almost didn't sign up for the most recent break for fear I'd come away with 10 needs and pay for a bunch of dupes. I'm not going to show all the cards. I'll limit it to a top 10, though none of this is in order. And you'll see why I'm glad Chris is opening this stuff and not me.   1. 1998 Pacific Online Bob...

How about that? I follow up the first post that did not receive a comment since November with a post that received the most comments (excluding contests) since the blog began. Some stuff sticks to the wall and some doesn't. I'm glad I'm not in the programming business, because I'll never figure that out. Anyway, amid all the posting, I've also been carting packages into the house. This week has been an exceptional one in the card-receiving department. I have scads of cards to show, but I'll save most of them for later. Right now I want to show three in particular. I have been receiving a number of oversized cards lately. Cards on steroids. And I don't mean cards the size of the 1984 Donruss Action All-Stars Dusty Baker item at the top of the post. That's a puny 3 1/2-by-5 card. I'm used to that stuff. I bought a bunch of those back in '84. I don't mean the late '90s Super Chrome cards -- about 4 1/4-by-5 3/4 -- either. They fit n...