Night Owl Cards

I received a blaster of Allen and Ginter for my birthday. It's about time. After nearly a decade of broadcasting my love for baseball cards, people are beginning to realize that this is not a phase I am going through and that, "wow, I guess he really does like these things." The most interesting card out of the blaster was the above card of Desmond Jennings. Yes, a Tampa Bay Ray was the most interesting card. More on that later. First some observations: 1. Topps' collation sucks never collect modern cards put down those cards right now and RUN, RUN, RUN to vintage: I don't know if I'm just more observant and cynical about these things than in years past but seven of the 31 base cards that I pulled out of the blaster were dupes. That's 25 percent after opening only two A&G blasters and no other packs. That seems pretty high to me. Almost obnoxiously high. Someone crunch the numbers and see if I should be as irked as I am. 2. 2008 is n...