Night Owl Cards

Score had a hell of a time getting my attention during the height of the junk wax era. For some reason, I completely missed its first offering in the card collecting arena, the 1988 set with the brightly colored borders. My awakening to Score came in 1989. I collected a little, but was not impressed. After a mini-hiatus from collecting in 1990, I attempted to collect every set issued in 1991 and accumulated a city block worth of '91 Score. But I still didn't care. Not thrilled with 1992 Score, either. Orange, green and purple? Bleah. The sets were too simple. The card backs, too. Although the 1988 set was special in a way that will allow it to make the countdown at a later date, the sets that followed merely mimicked the same formula -- vital statistics, complete batting/pitching stats, a large mug shot, and reams and reams of bio information. It became numbingly repetitious. The 1993 set offered more of the same when it came to the back of the card. But, for ...