Night Owl Cards

    Not too long after the first cards of the season are out, I make an attempt to come up with a name for the new set. Sometimes it's easy -- when you see a sea turtle, you see a sea turtle -- and sometimes it's difficult. This year's Topps set is fairly easy. I think a few people came up with a name back when Topps unveiled the design in the summer.   2022 Topps is "the wrench set."    If you don't see it, tilt your head to the side and note that the logo is where the open-end of the wrench is and the position "tear drop" is where the "ring" is on your average wrench.   Now, I never stop at the current set when doing these Define the Design posts. My goal is to name as many as I can . And there are so many sets!   So let's throw a few more set names out there.   Staying with the tool theme, I've got a name for the very weird 1999 Upper Deck set. It's still mystifying that this is what passed for a flagship design in '99. A...

Say you are at an upscale party. Tuxes and gowns, fancy drinks and appetizers with weird stuff in them. What is your go-to trivia question? Isn't that what they do at upscale parties? Impress each other with their knowledge of useless trivia? OK, maybe they don't. But I always feel the need to have a trivia question ready just in case I have to spring it on someone in order to get a free drink, or get out of jail, or unlock the code that allows me to save the human race from extinction. My go-to trivia question is pretty common knowledge among baseball trivia experts. I just haven't kept up with all of the statistics so I'm not able to quiz people on the five players with the highest WAR and the least number of intentional walks. So you probably know this one: Who are the three players who played for all four major league teams that originated in New York? The answer is Ricky Ledee, featured on the night card above ... ... Darryl Strawberry ... ...

MONDAY: TUESDAY: WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY: FRIDAY: Guess which day I have off? (And if you don't guess Friday, I'm sending Geronimo after you).

Telling you this story means that I have to confess to violating the rules of my own post . But I'm running low on material right now. And confession is good for the blog. Or something like that. So here I go. First, I'm going to jump ahead and say, what the holy hell was Stadium Club thinking when they issued this card? Were they trying to kill me? Because they almost did. I should never have to see that much man hair up close, and especially , man hair with product in it. I don't care if it's only an image -- I almost drove into oncoming traffic! And there's the confession: yes, I was looking at cards while driving. I really, really, really try NOT to do this. You kids out there -- take a lesson from Uncle Night Owl. If you open card packages while driving, you're going to end up finding something freakishly frightening like this and have to explain to Nice Mr. Policeman why the front of your car is resting inside the Crispy Creme doughnut shop. I have no ex...