Night Owl Cards

Thanks to the Wax Wombat and I Don't Know , I am very close to finishing off series 1 of the 2010 Topps set, which is pretty good considering I decided to complete the set less than two weeks ago. WW and IDK brought my set wants to 16 cards, if you can believe my want list, which I wouldn't recommend. I think I have enough of the set to do a review of what I believe are the best cards, at least prior to series 2 hitting the streets. I know you all have seen these before. But have you seen them in a tidy, top 10 countdown with sparkling Night Owl commentary? No, you haven't. Context is everything, people. And I'm bringing the context. To come up with the list, I used a tried-and-true method: lay 10 cards out on a table, and then slide them down when you come across a card that should be on the list. Trust me. It works. It's worked since I was 9. Do not question the card-sliding method. It's better than science. In the event that one of the missing 16 is ...

I'm going to try a little experiment here. It's your job to tell me how off-base I am (easiest job in the world, right?) Living in the Northeast, I have a pretty good idea of how the Red Sox -Yankees rivalry works. There is always a certain player on each team that the opposite side finds absolutely hateful. This is the player who is heckled the most, jeered at, and generally ridiculed from inning one to inning nine. That player, for many Yankees fans, is Kevin Youkilis . I can't find a Yankee fan who has ever said something good about him. Personally, I love the guy because he gets under so many Yankees fans' skin. Keep doing what you do, Youk , maybe a few more Yankees fans will have to spend money on blood pressure pills. I think it's fairly safe to say that the most despised player on the Yankees, from a rival fan's perspective, is Alex Rodriguez. I, personally, have issues with Mark Teixeira , but he hasn't built up a history of irksomeness that ...

I have lots of questions about cards. Most of them are mundane and probably not worth answering. But these are the kinds of questions that hound me until I get an answer, so hopefully someone has one. Question 1: I bought a blaster of Upper Deck Series 2 today, mostly in the quest to try to snare as many Dodgers as I could. However, I turned up zero Dodgers and a case-load of Mets , which does me no good but probably helps a bunch of bloggers out there. The question is, does this qualify as a Mets card? It was the guaranteed relic card in the box. Milledge is now a National (or minor leaguer or whatever he is now). But the jersey bit, with the cool stripey line, is obviously a Mets jersey. When I am classifying such cards in my team binder, I always go with what team is listed on the front. In this case, this would be a Nationals card. But the jersey is so apparent . So, Mets fans, is this a Mets card? A Nationals card? Or do you whip it across the room in disgust and let the ...