Night Owl Cards

So, the "Future Stars" subset is back. Everyone knew it was coming back because when Topps released its prototype of the 2014 design back in August , it plastered "Future Stars" script on its Yasiel Puig mock-up card. Topps is obviously rather proud that the "Future Stars" are back. It's a nod to collecting from the 1980s when Topps first featured the phrase on its cards. Those who first collected back then probably got all gushy when learning that it would reappear. Me? Well, other than indicting "Future Stars" for the ruination of the card collecting hobby, I didn't give it much thought. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's look at the beginning of the "Future Stars" tradition. And no, I'm not starting with 1987 Topps. "Future Stars" first arrived in 1980 with Topps' traditional rookies subset. In previous subsets, Topps labeled the new players "rookie stars" or "rooki...