Night Owl Cards

  All right, picking up after a work day that caused me to question life's existence, it's time to show off the second package that arrived from the National ... I think.   The note attached didn't mention any trip to the National, but I'm making a guess based on the timing, the card selection and the location of the sender. Or it may just be that he had these cards sitting around the home. I don't give reader Dave the "Dave sends great cards" moniker for nothing.   This selection of cards was across the board of my interests and then a few things thrown in that, yeah, I'm that kind of collector but I didn't really think of grabbing those.   Let's start with these:   I love seeing those all together, but almost all of my non-Dodger Fleer stickers sit in a where-do-these-go stack (yeah, I know, STICK THEM) on my card table.  I never have a clear idea of which Fleer stickers go with what, except for some early '80s ones and the wonderful ...

(Spring Training games are on my TV! Spring Training games are on my TV! It's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 299th in a series): I obtained this card from Jay at Cardboard Hemorrhage in one of his giveaways recently. The 1994 UD Heroes set is one of the better retro sets from the 1990s, and I'm casually collecting it -- so casually that you may never see a want list. Haddix is a popular figure among non-Hall of Famers because of his Hall of Fame feat. He tossed 12 innings of perfection only to finish with a loss when the perfect game, no-hitter and shutout ended in the 13th during a game against the Milwaukee Braves in 1959. For decades afterward, Haddix joined all of the other no-hit artists even though he never experienced the joy of the vast majority of no-hit hurlers, completing the game with the no-hitter intact and winning the game. MLB placed his achievement on the list of official no-hitters. Then, in 1991, baseball changed the qualifications for what is ...

I really have no energy nor any ability to form anything coherent here. But it could be awhile before I post again, so I wanted to throw something on here in case somebody thought I escaped the country without completing my half of the trades I have floating out there. It's 4 a.m. I've just completed the longest of four straight double-shift days at work. Thanks to exhaustion, I have forgotten how to perform several rudimentary tasks. So anybody who is on summer vacation right now, I want you to shut it. Just shut it. Shut. It. Enjoy the 1959 Harvey Haddix card that I redeemed yesterday on the Topps Diamond Giveaway extravaganza. Some people still think it's a rip-off. Not I. This card is likely the best thing that has happened to me all week. Yeah. If you want me, I'll be sleeping. Probably for a few days. Nighty nighty.