Night Owl Cards

I was going to save this post for tomorrow (well, later today anyway), but then I looked at the back of this card, and I nearly freaked. And I realized I had a problem that I needed to share. It's something I've mentioned before, but never made the topic of a post. This is absolutely no reflection on the terrific cards that Greg of Lake Effect Baseball Cards sent me, which included the Delwyn Young relic card. I love every one of the cards. Honestly. Fantastic stuff. And not a base card in the stack. I don't know how you do it. That said, the Young card makes me, oh, I don't know, want to wash my hands. Twice. With turpentine. There is only one card that I know of that makes my brain go "eeeeeeewwwwwww" for about 7 minutes. And that is a game-worn pants card. Since I have returned to collecting and started accumulating modern cards, I have enjoyed everything about relic cards, provided that it is designed around the player, not the material. But then I heard ...

First a note about the latest "Define the Design" post. I said it was going to be a toughy, didn't I? No one really came up with an ideal description for the 1990 Upper Deck set -- probably because it is "the most boringest boring bore of boredom set," to partially quote dayf. So, for now, I'm going with my "green-and-gold racing stripe set" definition on the sidebar. If anyone comes up with something better, let me know. But you won't win cards for it now. As for the 1991 Upper Deck set, a few people came up with a similar definition that works pretty well. The design seems to suggest the path from second base to home plate. The person who came up with that first is David from Topps Tribe . I'll be using his "Score From Second" description in the "Define the Design" sidebar, and he wins a stack of '91 Upper Deck cards! David, email me your address, and I'll send you some 2009 Upper Deck as well. OK, speakin...