Night Owl Cards

A couple of years ago, I joined a card draft at Scott Crawford on Cards! I enjoyed it quite a bit and also snagged some random cards that were interesting but I don't really collect. One of them was this 2011 Topps Andrew Bailey hope diamond parallel. I grabbed it because I wanted a hope diamond parallel in the collection. That's the only reason. Well, since then, I've acquired a couple more hope parallels, of the more appropriate Dodger variety. And, more to the point, Scott sent a collector my way who apparently is trying to complete the entire set -- base and update -- of hope diamond cards. He needed the Andrew Bailey card as one of three cards left to completing the whole thing, and he said he'd pay me $25. Done. I got the cash, and I happily sent the card off, and I hope he finds that Alex Avila and Frank Robinson to finish the full set. And that's enough about current cards. Time to see what I got for my $25. I went the oddball route in an e...

"What the hell is that fool doing? He knows that's a card from 2010, right? "And why are we talking about 2012? That was two years ago! He expects me to stay around for a card from two years ago? How lazy is he that he can't even stay current. I mean, I know he's stuck in the past, but this is pathetic. "It's bad enough that there's an A's card leading off this thing. Bleeping Night Owl and his bleeping minis." Hey! Hi there! I'm ignoring all those bad things you just said about me to tell you I played a little trick on you like I often do! The card at the top doesn't really have anything to do with the post at all! It's only tangentially related to what I want to talk about! This is to get you to actually click on the post rather than ignore it because the card image at the top bores you! Isn't that sneaky of me? Well, that's what you get for bad-mouthing minis. Anyway, the reason that the Andrew Bailey card is...

I am not a prospector. I think that's well-established by now. I can focus only on major leaguers , and a few minor leaguers from my favorite team. I have no time for anyone else. So, I was leafing vacantly through some cards a couple days ago, looking for some cards for a trade, when I came across this card: "Holy smokes, I know him," I thought. "That's the next American League Rookie of the Year." And, so it is . Now, it was a nice surprise for me. But when I think of it, I suppose a prospector wouldn't get the exact same feeling. He'd know all about Bailey already and probably had known who he was when Bailey was in high school. He'd certainly have more than this one, lonely, base card of Bailey. The news of Bailey's award might be the prospector's cue to start selling his cards. But, for some reason, I prefer to wander cluelessly through my collection some days, looking forward to what card can surprise me this time. It makes collec...