Night Owl Cards

    I finished paging this weekend the complete 2022 Topps set I received for Christmas.   I don't know about you but paging a complete set is fraught with alarming moments throughout, most having to do with being thoroughly convinced that Topps shorted me a card, until I find that card misfiled or under a chair or whatever.   But the whole set of 660 cards is officially in a binder now, which means I get to write out my feelings on the set now that I've seen it all at once.   Overall, I enjoyed the set more than when I was paging the complete 2021 set at this time last year. No weird jagged razors infringing on the photo this time. And I could read the player names. In these days of all-action photos, there is a sense of sameness to a lot of the cards. For a moment there I though every Brewers pitcher card was going to show the player on the mound, facing left, while in mid-pitch. A lot of batters batting and pitchers pitching.   But I seemed to notice a l...

  I spend a lot of time on this blog pointing out what I find odd about cards or in life. But if I'm keeping it real, I'm not so normal myself. Other people would think me odd and probably do. I'm not social, I don't engage in the mindless pleasantries that were determined ages ago (probably by extroverts) as signs of being a well-adjusted and all-around groovy guy. Most of my neighbors and co-workers know little about me. I prefer it that way, but they likely think it's odd. I drive the speed limit, or slightly above. The countless drivers who whiz past me think that's odd, maybe even infuriating. I like anchovies, coconut and blue cheese. I've known people who think that's odd.   I have odd tastes in music. Four of my all-time favorite female singers are: Bjork, Kate Bush, Siouxsie Sioux and Fiona Apple. Their music has been called odd. They have been called odd. What can I say? I like odd. I like being in the house alone. This would terrify half the p...

  Chris Taylor last night became the 11th player to hit three home runs in an MLB postseason game and I'm pretty sure he's one of the most under-represented in terms of baseball cards.   Other players in that bad-ass Three-HR Club include Babe Ruth, Albert Pujols, Adrian Beltre, Reggie Jackson, George Brett and Jose Altuve.   Taylor probably has more cards than Bob Robertson and maybe Adam Kennedy, who are also members of the club. But I bet Enrique Hernandez and Pablo Sandoval boast more cards than Taylor, whose cause I have supported for years now -- you can find posts of me whining (because that's what I do) about Topps' inability to create cards of Taylor during his breakout 2017 season. After missing Taylor's first home run, I was able to get away from work last night to see his last two live. It was something else. I didn't record this game (I was fairly certain the Dodgers would lose), but I still have Hernandez's three-HR game in the 2017 NLCS in Wri...