Night Owl Cards

Since Monday, we have received three feet of snow. I was off Tuesday and Wednesday. This was excellent news as far as avoiding digging my car out of the work parking lot. But it was lousy news for rest and relaxation. There was plenty of digging to do at home. There haven't been a lot of storms like this recently, but I do remember giant snowstorms in the '70s and then when I was in college in the '80s. And I remember a bunch of March snowstorms in the '90s. But it's been a good decade since a storm like this and us lake inhabitants get a little nostalgic when the snow is pounding down. What we forget is how difficult it is on your arms and your back. I can feel my arms whine even as I write this, which means I'm going to make this post as short as I can ... well, the night owl version of short anyway. Just before Christmas I received some great cards from Dave K. again. I already showed this fantastic Red Man Duke Snider card and the Mets team card t...

I have been on a Duke Snider kick for basically the last three months -- and you're going to see another key Duke card in another week or so -- so I might as well squeeze in this Dodger uniform number retrospective, too. Besides, today is the Duke's birthday. Willie and Mickey? Seriously, I don't know what you're talking about. As far as Dodger fans go, Snider is the only center fielder worth discussing and the only No. 4 on record. But even though the number is retired by the Dodgers in honor of Snider, others in Dodger Blue have worn No. 4, including a couple of notable ones. We'll start with a legendary Cub: Two years after Hack Wilson sent 191 runners home, he was a Brooklyn Dodger and the first reported Dodger to wear the No. 4. He arrived with the Dodgers in 1932, which was really his only season with Brooklyn worth mentioning -- he drove in 123 runs on just 143 hits. But Wilson would stay around two more years with the Dodgers wearing No. 4....