Night Owl Cards

I was gifted with another loaded binder from Twitter friend Greg recently. I love how these arrive around Christmas with all the other large-shaped packages. It makes getting cards even more festive than it already is. People see them and say, "Oh! What did you get?" and I get to respond enthusiastically with "Cards!" and this would never be a conversation if this were to happen in, say, June. (June conversation: "What the hell is THAT?" Me, sheepishly: "Cards"). Greg has a knack for finding cards off my want list and, even more impressively, finding a card shop, wherever he happens to be, that has those cards. I marvel at this. The binder, as usual, was a gift in itself with plenty of empty pages for future storage needs. Inside was four filled pages of 1973 Topps needs: Lots of wonderful airbrushing there. I have no doubt I will complete this set in 2018. My next card mission is to obtain some of the star cards from this set so...

Hi there, and welcome to the latest edition of "Second Best," where we determine the second-best player who has ... What's that? This is the first time I've ever done a series called "second best"? Ha, ha, well, I guess that's right, isn't it? It's just that this particular series has been a thought jotted down in the idea notebook for four or five years now. That idea was beginning to wonder whether it was ever going to make it to reality, and apparently got so desperate that it half-convinced me that I've actually gone through with this series already. But, nope, this is the first time. This is where I examine all of the major league players who share the same last name, and determine not "the best" -- because they already get all the recognition and accolades -- but the "second best". (I suppose that this series is a little similar to my "Spawn" series , which is probably why I've avoided d...