Night Owl Cards

Did you know Bugs Bunny has a connection to the Brooklyn Dodgers? I didn't until I was looking up the origination of the nickname "Duke of Flatbush." Flatbush is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, mostly populated by African-Americans and West-Indians now, but during the times of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the residence of Italian, Irish and Jewish Americans. People who lived in Flatbush rooted for the Dodgers, naturally. Bugs Bunny featured a Flatbush accent, according to the original voice of Bugs, Mel Blanc. Also, according to Bugs' biography, he was born under Ebbets Field. So, this card ... ... makes perfect sense. Bugs is a Dodger, and ain't he a stinker? But the reason I went off on this cartoon tangent is because Shane of Off the Wall sent me the Snider card from the 1984 Donruss set. It's a former Nebulous 9 need, and I was beginning to wonder if it was rare, since it sat there on the list for so long. It turns out it's not so rare, beca...

... so, I might as well rip a pack of hockey cards. This is a pack of 1999-2000 Upper Deck Gold Reserve sent to me with my baseball goodies by Captain Canuck of Waxaholic . The Captain is known for throwing in a pack or two of hockey or basketball cards with his packages. Thank Gordie Howe that he sent me hockey cards. I know zip about the NBA. I'm pretty certain I've never watched an NBA game from start to finish in my entire time on this planet. That said, I don't know much about hockey anymore either. I was quite a fan in the '90s, but hockey has gone the way of football and other sports now. For me, it's baseball or nothing. So, it's a good thing this is a pack from almost a decade ago. I can revisit some of the players I knew and catch up on what they're doing now. And since Hockey Night in Canada is only about 13 hours away, my timing is just about perfect. Let's drop the puck: 1. Rod Brind'amour Then: Flyers (good golly, I hated h...