Night Owl Cards

Yup, I've got another online-only set for you today. But at least I wasn't the one who bought the cards this time. This delightful Corey Seager 1975-style mini, issued last year, arrived from R.C . He's the one who sent the '75 mini Kershaw previously . That one came from a 10-card set that accompanied the 2015 Topps mini set. I'm not sure if Seager here was packaged the same way. I have a hunch that it was though, because Seager came with six buddies! Good gosh, I sure do love those bright '75 colors. The color schemes are fairly accurate here, except for the Harper, which is way off. There was no such color combination in 1975 Topps. Also, the red-orange combo, featured on the Machado, should have blue team letters, not red. You may have noticed that adds up to only seven cards. That's because R.C. paid attention to my directive and took the three Cubs out of there! OK, well, actually, he's a Cubs fan and wanted Arrieta, Bryant and s...

Five years ago, I wrote a post titled "Five Years is a Long Time," in which I updated readers on the vast changes in players' careers in a five-year period. It was a bit surprising to see the results and the post drew a lot of comments. Well, five more years have passed since that post. Crazy, I know. And the set that was just coming out when I wrote that post -- 2011 Topps flagship -- is now going to kindergarten. I figured another comparison post was in order. But I don't have the time I had five years ago, so I won't be calculating like I did the last time. This time, I dug out all of the cards with the rookie card logo that I have from that flagship set (the set isn't complete) and briefly reviewed how those players have progressed since. See, this way I get to bash the rookie card logo while working on the post. It's double the entertainment! The most notable rookie-card logo player from that set that I own -- as of this moment right now...

I just got back from a few days off in which I went out of town. These days, one of the requirements of an out-of-town trip is checking out the card display at the nearest Target or Walmart. You can have your cheap knicknacks from the generic tourist trinket shack, I'll take my cards, please. This time it was Target in a very frenzied plaza that I know well. Each time I'm there, I feel like I take my life in my hands. Once, at this plaza, I was honked at, cursed at and nearly mowed over by the cutest, youngest blonde in the cutest, reddest car that you have ever seen, and I HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY. I can't even tell you what other stores are in the plaza because I'm forever watching for runaway, self-righteous vehicles. What we do for cards. The card aisle at this Target is not as large as the one near me. But I can count on it for different items. For example, Gypsy Queen had made its way to this Target (it's not at my hometown Target). You could buy loose ...