Night Owl Cards

Over the last four or five years, Topps and Upper Deck have slowly come over to the dark side. By that I mean they're starting to feature night games on their cards. In fact, out of the limited number of 2009 Topps that I have so far, six cards feature players (and one manager) at work during a night game. That may not seem like much, but in the entire 1989 Topps set, there was just one "night card." I don't think there were any in the 1991 set. Thanks to improvements in photography and especially card companies' willingness to venture away from spring training and get some regular-season action on their cards, we're seeing more night cards. This card here is one such card from the spankin' new 2009 set. It's not a great shot, although you can't really go wrong with an action photo. Juan Castro, obviously, isn't getting anyone out after nabbing the high throw. (You can't tell on the scan, but the odd, silver foil dot pattern that Topps has...