Night Owl Cards

If there is such a thing as a midlife crisis, then I think I am going through it. Don't get too concerned. I'm fine. And I'm not going to do anything stupid. It's just that if you look up the symptoms of the supposed midlife crisis, there are a few that I find extremely, extremely familiar. One of these symptoms is a feeling that life has passed you by, that you're getting ready to hit the second half of life (or already in the second half -- God only knows), and most of what's going on in the world isn't really intended for you anymore. Again, I'm not crushed by this, but I'm aware of the feeling. In terms of baseball, that feeling is definitely there. I've already documented that I've probably reached the point where there is no current ballplayer who is older than me. Jamie Moyer can say all he wants about how he'll be back soon, but I will believe it when I see it. Midlife Night Owl is too experienced to take everything and ev...

When I look at the 1993 Upper Deck base set, one question almost always comes to mind: Is this the best executed base set in card history? For me, it might be. There are other sets that I like better, but in terms of the concept of the set and the devotion to making each individual card stand out on its own, I don't think it can be beat. I already gushed over how much I like it awhile ago , so we're going to turn the card over and examine the back. The card back did something that I had never seen before. It placed a second photo on the back, but it provided the canvas that you would normally see on the front of the card. Two-thirds of the card back is photo. I know Upper Deck put prominent photos on the backs of its cards from 1989-92, too, but the photos were never as large as this. The increased size gave Upper Deck the chance to really display more of its fine photography, not just try to wedge it into a narrow, vertical space like it did previously. ...