Night Owl Cards

  I mentioned dismissively a few weeks ago that I had bought a blaster of 2022 Topps Series 2 with one of my birthday gift cards. I wasn't going to show it. I don't have anything to say about 2022 Topps anymore, as often happens when Series 2 comes out. It was pretty underwhelming while I was opening it -- my lack of enthusiasm is evidenced in that I still don't have all the Dodgers from the set (hoping to get the rest cheap at the card show). But I was stuck for a quick-and-easy post. I'm real busy lately and there's no time for thoughtful research that will require lists and comparisons and ... oh lordy, where is that Series 2 box? Let's get this over with.   So I selected a handful of cards from the blaster that I thought were interesting enough. The cards kind of grew on me in the ensuing weeks. Besides, it's not like there's anything else current out there to show off.   Here's a smattering:     #622 - Kenta Maeda, Twins Players who used to be s...

Have you voted in the Cardboard Appreciation Hall of Fame first semifinal yet? It's a barn-burner! All you need to do is copy-and-paste this link to vote: https://vote.easypolls.net/62d093b28d44710062531dc2     If you've been following my Twitter account (and, if not, why aren't you?), you know I've been a bit immersed in vintage lately.  There's a big reason for that. I believe it'll all come into focus here in the next few weeks, but in this collecting state, I haven't thought a lot about current Dodgers needs ... or current cards at all really. It seems weird -- and unnecessary -- to even be dealing with them.   I admit, I've been a bad team collector of late. There aren't even that many people on the blogs to shake some sense into me. Once upon a time there were five Mets bloggers alone. There were three or four Indians collectors. There was actually a Rays collector! Two of them! Team collecting was the rage and that enthusiasm rubbed off on ev...