Night Owl Cards

A lot of people have more free time on their hands than they did a month ago. I'm not really one of those people. My job isn't nearly as hectic as it was when sports were happening, but I'm still blessed to be going to work, which means I'm often unavailable for good portions of the day. This is not good timing, because ever since the pandemic hit, the card blogging world has been struck by Free Stuff Friday mania. It is so pervasive across blogs that I often get confused about what I'm seeing: is this a post about giving away free stuff on a Friday or is this a post on a Friday about the free stuff received? Also, I always seem to be arriving late to claiming prizes. Rod from Padrographs has been offering up free cards just about every day of the week, but they first show up in the morning -- when every good night owl is sleeping -- and by the time I stumble out of the nest, the free stuff is gone. I'm no match for the prize hounds anyway so I count m...

I had no plans to participate in the Big Fun Game over at Willinghammer Rising . I remember when Napkin Doon was running the BFG and it seemed like a lot of strategizing and paying attention. Nope, I didn't have time for that. But Breakdown Cards volunteered me for the BFG and I was officially in, so, heck, I guess I had to pay attention now! And then, JBF randomized the names and I came up as selecting last. That's the perfect spot for someone who's no good at strategy (see: my fantasy baseball teams). I could sit and wait and watch while everyone else selected, and without worrying whether someone was going to steal the card I wanted. When my turn came, the best card of all the really nice cards offered up by JBF in the BFG was up for grabs. And I grabbed. The glorious Carl Yastrzemski rookie card from 1960 Topps -- one of the most notable cards of the '60s -- is now mine. The card is so notable that it has been a topic of numerous Topps reprints over the ...