Night Owl Cards

  When faced with the decision of watching the so-called "World Series rematch" between the Dodgers and Blue Jays or the Sabres' showdown with the Lightning last night on the TV, I chose the Buffaloes in their goat-head jerseys.   Rather easy choice actually. My wife's a Buffalo gal and back on the hockey bandwagon, the baseball game was No. 10 out of 162 and not worth the hype and, finally, have you seen the conditions outside? Does not look like baseball season to me!   It snowed last night and this morning. April 7th. I had to clear off the vehicle like it was February. And the wind hasn't stopped since February, too. That is nothing-to-do-but-watch-hockey-inside weather.    It turned out to be a great game (the Dodgers took care of business, too). The Sabres beat those annoying Lightning 4-2. Jack Quinn (see above) scored the empty-net clincher. The Sabres have been doing just about everything right since January and they're hanging onto their players, too...

In my continuing effort to keep the 1975 Topps set alive, I've been posting on Twitter the '75 Topps cards that correspond with a player's birthday. I started this last month and if a player who is in the '75 set has had a birthday since June, I've posted it. Sometimes it's three or four cards, sometimes it's just one, but that gives me an opportunity to show off the mini card as well. Sometimes it's no cards and so no '75 post that day. 😞 The last couple of days it's been two days in a row with no '75 birthdays, which is super sad, not just because that's two days without a '75 card appearance but also because today is my birthday and there's no '75 guy born today.   I'm well aware of the dearth of baseball players born on this day. That's why I've mentioned Shoeless Joe Jackson, Terry Pendleton and Norm Sherry repeatedly. Heck, even Lee Elia, Eddie Fisher and Larry Jansen.   But all those guys were a long time a...