Night Owl Cards

First, if you haven't voted for which set blog you'd like me to start, head to this post and then vote in the poll on the sidebar. OK, onward: I received this card from Those Back Pages  a week or so ago. It was a Nebulous 9 need, which means I am super-happy to check it off the list. Donruss Triple Play should never, ever, ever be needed . Juan Samuel's awesome action was shipped to me as basically a one-card agreement. "I've got a card from your list for you," is what TBP said. So I expected to pull a single card out of the envelope. But this card came out, too: Excellent. A night card. And a stadium shot. It was a finalist in the Awesome Night Card tournament a year or so ago. I have a few copies of this card. It'd be cool if I could get nine of them and then put them in a page to kick off my night card binder. But then people might think I'm a Cubs fan, and I'd never want that to happen. But the point is, I wonder if there's ...

Perhaps you've noticed. I've changed my banner. Or header. Or whatever you call the image that leads off one's blog. Good gosh the thing is big, isn't it? I don't know if I want to keep it that way. I kind of like that it's the FIRST THING that people see when they hop on the blog. But it's a tad alarming. If anyone knows how I get the image to be like it was before -- a little smaller and subdued -- please let me know. Aside from that, I like the card arrangement. I've been meaning to change it for awhile. I finally got the chance, what with the family out of the house, baseball done for the season, and no cash to blow. So let's move on to the agonizing breakdown of why I chose the cards that I did: 1. Fernando Valenzuela, 1981 Topps Traded: One of the first cards I ever pined over. It took me decades to land it, too. 2. Mr. Met, 2011 Opening Day: I had to get a night card up in the banner. It was one of the old banner's greatest fla...