Night Owl Cards

Yes, you have to look at the Mick wrapper again. I'm sorry. Topps has issues. I actually picked up nine packs adorned with Mantle wrappers the other day while roaming through one of the Dave and Adam's Card World locations in the Buffalo area. I had never been to this one before. You'd think that with all the business that they do online, the worldwide recognition, that their card shop would be a little larger than your average store. But it's not, really. It looks disturbingly like the one in my town that I rarely patron. I bought the Topps Lineage and some much-needed tobacco-card sized pages because it's all that intrigued me, for the cash I had anyway. And there's no way I would have bought nine packs of Lineage if my dear mother-in-law hadn't handed me some cash out of the blue. Now, don't tell her that I spent it on packs of this stuff, which cost $5.25 per. I think Dave ... or Adam ... or just some guy that I've seen on their advertis...

Before I get into this post, just take a moment to stare at this John Buck card. Have you ever stared at a word or a letter for so long that it doesn't make sense anymore? Sure you have. If you stare long enough at this Buck card, particularly his space-age catcher's mask, it doesn't even appear as if he's playing baseball anymore, or that's he's even human. OK, maybe it's me. Anyway, to continue the silliness, I've compiled a countdown of my favorite 2011 cards so far. I say it's silly because I'm not trying to complete any 2011 sets right now. That means I have just a starter's set worth of 2011 cards, and am probably missing some dandy ones. But tradition is tradition and this blog is nothing without traditions and old, moldy cardboard that the app-loving junkies just can't understand. In recognition of my relatively scant number of 2011 cards, I've trimmed the list to a mere top 10. I'll keep the commenting to a min...