Night Owl Cards

  I have the latest selection of freebies from Johnny's Trading Spot that have been sitting for a little bit waiting for me to say something profound about them. But these aren't profound cards, they're pretty nondescript, with the only thing they have in common is that they're modern and most of them are needs. So when nothing springs to mind, you know what that means on NOC. It's countdown show time! Yes, that thing that is all too easy but has been a staple of this blog since the beginning. It will never not be fun to me, and those who don't like rankings just aren't fun. It's what I do. So let's see how these nine cards stack up. 9. Grant Holmes, 2016 Bowman Platinum This is a dupe. And Holmes is still toiling in the minors seven years later. That was not the plan and all the cards of Holmes in 2016 is proof. 8. Kenta Maeda, 2016 Bowman Platinum Also a dupe and also a 2016 sensation. But Maeda actually made the majors and is still there, althoug...

(Reminder: If you haven't seen that I'm running an anniversary contest, it's on the previous post. Comment there if you wish to enter). An indication that I spent too much yesterday was the blaster of Bowman Platinum sitting in the house for the second half of the day. I don't know what came over me. I barely buy blasters of things I like anymore, let alone Bowman Platinum, a set I've dismissed since it first came out half a decade ago. But in my recent good mood about cards, it seemed like an appropriate choice. Platinum is back after a year absence and this time, instead of that stainless steel motif that plagues it year after year, it is in living COLOR. (It's interesting what "in living color" means to different generations. To me, it means the NBC peacock that used to come on before shows. To a younger generation, it means the Fox sketch comedy show from the early '90s). The color that I saw in other blogs' posts of the set i...