Night Owl Cards

  Bowman's been out for a couple of weeks, I guess, I don't know -- I barely pay attention to the product -- and has been enjoying its darling status as the latest and greatest. Of course, you couldn't find Bowman in stores even before sports cards were removed from retail shelves because this is the kind of product that draws the "investors," get-rich-quick dreamers and, yeah, some scammers, too. Isn't that a nice legacy for Bowman? Bowman didn't used to attract that kind of customer, of course. It was once the primary card brand in the land, along with Topps, and produced some pretty nice sets in the first half of the 1950s. But today it's all about prospects and guys I've never heard of and I think the biggest issue I have with it is: it's not a complete baseball card. Think about it. What is the drawing point for a Bowman card? Why do people buy it? They buy it for the name. Sure there needs to be a picture, but what they are seeking is the...

A bit of a cash crunch delayed some packages that I had planned to send out at the end of last week. But everything appears to be in order now, so I should be back to my old stop-and-start, wildly slow trading pace in the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, I thought I'd make one last stab at 2013 Bowman before I wave goodbye to it forever. Unless some crazy hit from this set crosses my way, or I land the Ryu or Puig cards, I don't expect to feature any more cards from this set here, mostly because I don't plan on buying any more. So let's see if we can come up with a Define the Design name for 2013 Bowman as a farewell gift. The design is a lot like last year's with a little more going on -- it's got that technogadget vibe that Bowman has churned out the last couple of years. The outline of the design looks like one of those wine glasses with a thick stem. Or even better, a goblet. In fact, I like "the goblet set." But then there are those blue tab...