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Awesome night card, pt. 175

"Money can't buy a championship." But it can buy a terrific night card. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Night Card Binder candidate: Bobby Bonilla, 1993 Topps, #52 Does it make the binder?: Bonilla makes his move into the binder. (Thanks for the card, William !)

Awesome night card, pt. 168

I received a rare night-card only package from William at Foul Bunt the other day. I really enjoyed going through them now that I have my night card binder ready to go. Instantly, I evaluated each one to see if they would be inducted into binderdom. And instantly I ran into an issue. This very nice-looking 2006 Ovation card of Derrek Lee demonstrates a recurring problem with frankensets: inserts. How does a fine card like this one go in the binder if it has no number on the back? This card is "numbered" CS-DL. That's really the fault of the stupid filing system used for this set, not the fault of the frankenset system. But no matter where the blame lies, I still have to figure out whether I'm putting this card in the binder. While I mull that over, here are a few other cards from William that may or may not make the binder: 1994 Topps Jeff Reed and 1993 Topps Gary Scott. Do they make the binder? No. I can't be sure that they are night cards. F...