Night Owl Cards

For most of my life, the word "Santana" has been synonymous with one of my favorite bands of all-time. Although I was still toddling around during Woodstock, Santana's music is timeless and universal and has been the soundtrack to many moments in my life. But then I came across "Santana" in the world of baseball and things were never the same. It was just one guy for a little while. But then there was another, and another, and now, in the last two years, there are a record number of Santanas playing major league baseball. But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start at the beginning. Because that is the way " Spawn " is played. We find the one player who started it all -- who had a name that no other player in the majors had featured before, and then find all the players who came after him, who have that same name. "Santana" was not a major league name until 1983, two years after the band Santana released the platinum-se...

Yesterday, I completed the 2010 Allen & Ginter set. Reader Scott contacted me and sent me the last four cards I needed. That included the Ervin Santana card, and these three others: Not a terribly exciting quartet there, but the set is official and that is what matters most. It's the third straight year I've completed the A&G set. Each year I complete it right around this time. A year ago it was in December . Two years ago I completed it exactly two days before I did this year. As usual, bloggers and other readers are the only way I can finish off this thing. I don't have the money to buy multiple boxes or even multiple blasters. And the only reason I was able to complete it more quickly than last year is because of the mutant blaster . So, I owe a big thanks to you all for helping me wrap up the only modern set I plan to complete each year. But I think you can sense the excitement missing in my write-up. It's not that I'm not please...