Night Owl Cards

Ladies and gentlemen, Dick Woodson! He looks like he wants to have some fun. Also, I think his name might explain why I have such difficulty tracking down his card to complete sets. Anyway, I'm still trying to finalize the contest results here. As always, everything takes longer to finish than I expect. I hope to have the whole thing up at some point Monday. That's only a day later than originally promised. That's not too bad! So, to tide you over until then, I'm presenting some cards sent my way from Drew's Cards . Drew lives in one of those magical parts of the country where there is a card show every month; there is something called "the East Coast National; and he has a father who is always tracking down great cards for him. I live in one of those less-magical parts of the country where there is a card show every four months depending on how many feet of snow is on the ground; where "the East Coast National" is just far enough away that I...

There are certain collectors who will not click on this post because the first image featured is a card that is 38 years old. They want information only on the newest card offerings and don't have time for smelly old cardboard. That's fine. I do something similar. I often don't click on certain blogs because day after day it's about Panini or the latest rookie I've never heard of. I can't get into that. But the card blogs I find most interesting are the ones that operate in both worlds. They do the vintage thing  and they do the Janet Jackson "what have you done for me lately" thing ( this is wild, I swear ). And then you've got a dude like Drew, who combines vintage and new stuff on Drew's Cards . I find that tremendous because I believe he's 14. A 14-year-old interested in old-time cards and old-time players? Now that's my kind of fan. I think he'll always love this game. Drew recently sent me a mix of old and new card...

I was at the big box place yesterday, fully expecting to grab my first packs of Chicle. But the card aisle at Target was just as barren as it was a week-and-a-half ago. Wal-Mart's was, too. Then I went to the card shop to see if they even had Finest in yet. Nope. Next week. Bare shelves directly behind the counter. This would be very frustrating except for two things. The first is the card shop had switched its basket of oldies packs from '92 Stadium Club, etc., to stuff from the late 1990s/early 2000s, an era that is better known to me as the "why is the baby crying NOW??!!"  period. I changed a lot of diapers, but I didn't collect at all during this time, so I grabbed 10 packs of stuff. Most of it was Topps Gallery: This will take care of my artsy fix that I can't satisfy with National Chicle. I like these cards. I also grabbed a couple of packs of 2000 Chrome and a late '90s Bowman pack. I'll probably open this pack on APTBNL: My goal i...