Night Owl Cards

  I did not collect a single non-baseball card for the first three years of my collecting history.   Although I do recall 1976 Topps football cards working their way into my collection, I don't think I bought a pack of the stuff.   Then came 1977 and two non-baseball sets grabbed me: the super-colorful Topps football set and the Star Wars blue-bordered Series 1 cards. Everyone collected those Star Wars cards.   But that was just the first non-baseball blip in my collecting history. They would come and go. In 1978, I bought a pack or two of Topps basketball. In 1979, I'd return to collecting Topps football and then I wouldn't buy another football card for two decades.   In 1991, I'd purchase the Pro Set hockey cards as well as the Pro Set Musicards.   It's all been very sporadic.   That's because it's always been baseball first.   I'm fascinated when I see collectors treat all sports equally, jumping between baseball, basketball, football and hocke...