Night Owl Cards

The Astros' manager was fired late last night. Did you know? Do you care? I know that when it popped up on the news wire at 12:15 a.m. last night that I cared because it meant that I had to redo a page in the sports section of the newspaper. But it was the first time that I had thought about Brad Mills since probably the day he was hired as Houston's manager. (One of those reasons might be because Topps stopped including managers in its base set after 2009). The Astros just don't get a lot of attention from the general baseball public and get jerked around by Major League Baseball because nobody is paying attention. (Let's see MLB try to move the Cubs or the Cardinals to the American League West). If major league baseball operated like English Premier League soccer, the Astros would be easy relegation candidates. It makes me a little sad, because I remember when the Astros were not only worth noticing, but a significant force in baseball. I'm not talking ...

So far, this is the baseball-related item that I have received for Valentine's Day. Yes, I'm one of those shallow types who doesn't read the book until I see the movie. I don't know how much success I'll have with this book. Like dayf , I have reader's block. Only I've been stuck on Chapter 2 of "The Catcher Was a Spy" for two months . I also have this thing about reading books in order. So Michael Lewis will have to get in line behind Nicholas Dawidoff. In the event that some new cards don't fall my way in the next 10 hours or so, I figured I'd recognize Valentine's Day with the illicit affair theme. I don't know why. Maybe it's just what you do when you've been happily married for 21 years. So, quick, what is the card set that you feel totally guilty about loving with all your heart? Time's up. Mine is 1982 Fleer. I know I've mentioned this at least a dozen times already. I even ranked '82 Fleer ...