Night Owl Cards

From the time I started these Team Colors posts, the team I was the most interested in documenting was the White Sox. Until I did the breakdown, I had no idea which color that Topps would use most frequently on its White Sox cards. That's because the White Sox have gone through a few different color schemes in the last 60 or so years. A breakdown: 1945-48, navy, white/black, red 1949-63, black, red, white 1964-70: navy, white 1971-75: red, white 1976-81: navy, white 1982-90: navy, red, white 1991-present: black, silver and white I didn't even include the 1932-35 years when one of the White Sox's team colors was yellow. But you do have to give the south siders credit. White has been a consistent color in the White Sox's color scheme ever since the start of the 20th century. That's the other problem for Topps. The colors white and black -- if you consider them colors -- are not the colors traditionally picked to make a connection with a certain te...