Night Owl Cards

This is a particularly cool night card from 2000 Fleer Tradition Update. It commemorates the first time a catcher received the pitching victory in a game. According to the card back, Brent Mayne took the mound in the 12 th inning of the Rockies' game against the Braves on Aug. 21, 2000 because the Rockies had run out of pitchers. I double-checked with baseball-reference.com to make sure, because card backs have been known to tell a fib or two. The card back got it right -- except for the date. Small detail. The game happened on Aug. 22, not Aug. 21. So both the card back and the card front are wrong. Oops. Anyway, Mayne, who was Colorado's starting catcher that year but did not start in that game, came in for the top of the 12 th inning and pitched scoreless ball (he did allow a hit to Rafael Furcal , a walk and threw a wild pitch). He became the first position player to earn a victory since Rocky Colavito in 1968. Afterward, Mayne said he had never pitched in a game at an...