Night Owl Cards

It's a melancholy kind of day around here. It's rained all day, work is a beast, the Dodgers' win that I recorded yesterday was sabotaged by ESPN's constant switching of games between its networks, and I woke up too early this morning only to catch the news the Pedro Guerrero had suffered a second massive stroke and is currently in a coma. Guerrero was my favorite during the second half of high school and early in college. And I can only hope that the early progress he's made that his wife has mentioned continues. At age 60, he's far too young. While thinking of Guerrero, I dug out this card, which is his first solo card. I had planned this week to write another post in my Start and Finish series , so why not start with one of my favorites? The problem with Guerrero is I don't own the final card of him issued during his career. I have a thing about actually having the cards for this series (which is really going to limit me for people who started o...

The broadcast of this game was replayed on YES this week after the Yankees' game was rained out. It's featured on the Yankees' propoganda TV network all the time. But I've never seen it from beginning to end, and it took place right before I started watching baseball as a kid. I should spend some time and watch the whole thing. But this time I saw the game when I was at work, so I only had time to glance at the first inning. A co-worker and I were commenting on what we saw. Among the brilliant observations: The Royals' road uniforms in 1976 were VERY blue. I sort of remember them as a light, powder blue, but these were more vivid blue, neon blue. Bright. They looked uncomfortable to wear. But I suppose if you could wear rainbow stripes across your chest, a star on your belly and an orange hat on your head, then you could wear some bright blue jammies. It was shocking how young George Brett looked in that game. He had been in the majors for three years at that point...