Night Owl Cards

It's time to tackle the epic box that Jeff of I am Joe Collector sent me out of the goodness of his heart. Honestly, he must have shelled out a pretty penny for all that postage, and as many bloggers have noted already, he didn't leave a return address. (I might have to put my reporter hat on and do some sleuthing. After the holidays, of course). The 434 cards arrived Saturday (plus more than 70 checklist cards. Checklist cards as packing material? Hmmm. I see a Things Done to Cards post on the horizon). I'm finally getting around to sifting and organizing. And I've been on vacation, too! That's how much Jeff sent. I had expected just Dodgers cards. Which is fantastic all by itself. But aside from the 181 Dodgers cards, Jeff sent cards of teams from four different sets. He basically sent starter sets for 1993 Topps, 1996 Topps, 2000 Topps and 2008 UD Baseball Heroes. Before I get to the Dodgers, let me show a glimpse of the other cards. 1993 Topps. I received 67 ...

Steve, from one of the finest card blogs around, White Sox Cards , and I recently completed a team trade of Sox for Dodgers. He's already posted about the White Sox he received. Now it's my turn to post the Dodgers. The White Sox and the Dodgers have a bit of a history, being two of the older franchises in baseball. There's the bad: the White Sox still getting lots of use out of former Dodger prospect Paul Konerko. There's the good: that 1959 World Series when the Dodgers beat the White Sox for the championship. (I have interviewed a member of that '59 White Sox team, but as my aunt likes to say all the time, "We're not talking about that right now.") I've always liked the White Sox. Out of the AL playoff teams, they're the ones I wanted to make the Series. I much prefer them to that other Chicago franchise for several reasons. The White Sox and their fans just seem a bit more real than the Cubs and their cuddly sun-worshippers. Add the fact t...