Night Owl Cards

I am getting near the end of my filing of 2019 cards. All that's left is a little bit of Topps Update, Archives (still looking to get the last of those '75s, you know) and the Topps Holiday cards. While I continue to desperately search for a shoebox or other storage device to stash those 2019 cards, a few post ideas have popped into my head. One is a common thought that just about every collector who still buys packs has lamented a time or two: "Geez, I certainly pull a lot of this guy!" I've written a post about that, like 10 years ago, and then I updated it three years later. In each case, I compiled a top 10 and the lists weren't very scientific. I just went with my gut feeling of who I seemed to pull a lot and also who most annoyed me when I pulled their cards. But this time I decided to calculate the numbers and I'm not going with a strict top 10 either. I'm not buried in 2019 cards of these players. I am a casual collector when it...

I went out shopping for a Generation Z eater yesterday. If you have kids in the house, you might know what that means. I don't think we have a full handle on the "Generation Z" generation yet, but I believe when it all shakes out, one of its main defining characteristics -- other than their insistence on using social media and technology that no one over the age of 25 uses -- is their habit of binging on everything. Show-binging is the most famous one. My daughter does that. But she also "binges" on types of food. This has nothing to do with any kind of eating disorder. She simply decides she likes a certain snack food a lot, must have it , then eats it for like six months, and then never wants it again. I was setting out to get one of those must-have snacks, when I realized I needed a few other items. I didn't have the energy to go to multiple stores, and I knew that Walmart would have everything I needed, so I dutifully drove to Walmart. So I coul...