Night Owl Cards

This is the most sentimental day on the calendar for me. It doesn't have anything to do with baseball (although I did take a tour of old Busch Stadium in St. Louis on that same weekend in 1987). So I avoid slipping into mushy thoughts here by putting a baseball spin on the day. Last year I celebrated a milestone moment for this day by opening a rack pack of 1987 Topps. And in previous years, I've talked about my fondness for the city of St. Louis because of Oct. 29, 1987. But since that time, I've soured on the St. Louis Cardinals, the media there, and some of their fans. In 1987, I rooted for the Cardinals against the Twins in the World Series and turned off the TV in disappointment when Minnesota won. But if the same two teams were involved today, I'd be rooting for the Twins. I'm not sure why I rooted for the Cardinals that year anyway. It was two years removed from Jack Clark, Ozzie Smith, Whitey Herzog and GOD, I hated that team. So what possessed me...

I'm sad to say that this is the final post in this series where I show the Baseball Cards magazines that I saved from when I had a subscription to the magazine from 1982-85. I have eight of those magazines still and this is post No. 8. The final one. These posts have been a hoot. Not the scanning -- the scanning has been miserable -- but everything else. Because of these posts, I've read articles that I haven't read in more than 25 years. A lot of the information and opinions in those stories still hold true today, as we'll see here later. This particular magazine is from the fall of 1982. This is the first edition that came to my house after I sent in the subscription card. You might be able to make out the faded fingerprints on the image of the Jim Brown card up near the top right side. That's the sign of a well-handled magazine. The teasers on the left side of the cover promise an interesting issue, especially that "How To Buy Superstars For Penni...