Night Owl Cards

I'm sorry, Pete, but you're going to have to put away those packs of 1981 Fleer. I'm glad you're sitting down, because I have some bad news for you. (Deep breath) OK, here it is: You don't exist anymore. That's right. And, what's more, I don't exist either. Neither do all those card bloggers out there, the collectors who post on message boards, the bidders we compete against on eBay, the autograph seekers at ballgames, and the shoppers in the card aisles in the retail stores. We're all extinct. Barry Zito? Sorry, Pete, he doesn't really collect his own cards. It's a sham. How do I know? I read it in an Associated Press story on Saturday. The story was about those soon-to-be-released PopCardz, yet another card issue featuring Hollywood celebrites (yawn!). But this time the cards are officially sanctioned by the celebrities themselves. The article was written in a fawning manner, as AP stories often are, and made PopCardz sound like it was some...