Night Owl Cards

This "card" finally got me off my perfectly reasonably-sized ass so I could add Andre Ethier to my "Dodgers I Collect" page. It is "card" No. 107 in my Ethier collection. It's not a big number, but then I'm not exactly a player collector either, so it works for me. Jonathan of NatsTown sent me this "card." He knew I'd love it, and I do, even though I keep using "card" in quotation marks. This is one of those patch thingies. You know how I felt about them . I still feel that way about them. They puzzle me, and I cannot figure out why collectors place a value on them like they were made out of gold. It's stitching. It doesn't even come from anything once worn by anyone. To me it's a like a card that came from a craft fair, and, well, I'll just say that a craft fair is good way to figure out what I sound like when I scream in terror. But enough of my regurgitation. This "card" works much ...

Those who have read this blog for awhile know that I get to four card shows a year. That's all there is around here. Three of those shows are in the same place. Three times a year, the Syracuse fairgrounds hosts a sports memorabilia show that is billed as the largest show in the state. For six years I have tried to make the trip there every January, April and October. Sometimes it's been difficult, other times impossible, but I have been a faithful customer. I gas up the vehicle, drop the disinterested at the mall, and I have my fun. I have gone through this routine so many times that I instinctively know when the next show is coming. Sure, I check for updates, but it's just a formality. The show is always those three months and always at the end of the month. Usually the last or second-to-last weekend of the month. This gives me the opportunity to plan, save my money, and most importantly, save my money. A couple of months ago, I checked the date for the next show...