Night Owl Cards

Another month gone by without a '56 of the Month post. So here is one for December before I get any angry emails. People don't think of 1956 Topps -- or any Topps set from the '50s -- as having prospect cards. To many, a prospect with his own card was something that was born in the '80s and exploded in the '90s. And now we have entire sets of nothing but prospects. But this card of Al Silvera is definitely a prospect card. Silvera played in just 13 games in 1955 as a 19-year-old. That included just seven at-bats as he was used frequently as a pinch-runner or late-inning defensive replacement. Topps must have been thinking about this when they pictured Silvera in the outfield catching ... um ... a fly ball from the stands ? In true prospect card fashion the write-up on the back is in direct contrast to his stats on the back. The stats are nothing worth mentioning, yet Silvera is being carried off by lovely ladies, courted by every single major league ...