Night Owl Cards

  I have probably mentioned a couple times that I feel like my era of collecting is underrepresented on social media. That's likely because folks who collected as kids in the '70s are less likely to be appearing on Twitter/X or Instagram. And I don't do cards on Facebook, which probably has a better chance of showing card stuff from my era. But it's difficult for me to match the glee for late '80s and '90s cards that I see constantly on those other social media sites. Like I've said before, it seems like every collector online began collecting in 1987. There's probably a book in there somewhere because it's definitely a thing. But I don't want to collect stuff from that time. I see pack-openings of 1990 Donruss a lot. I already know what's in those packs, they do, too. I don't have any desire to be trapped in a 1990 time loop. Also, and this is the key thing, I like cards issued earlier a whole lot more. Folks who collected those cards fr...

Today is the 66th birthday of my all-time favorite player, Ron Cey. I don't really have any new cards of The Penguin to show in honor of his birthday. I do have my eye on a couple, but pulling the trigger is not recommend at this time of year. I'll wait until April or May for that. But I do have some recent finds and arrivals related to Cey to show. First, Jaybarkerfan's Junk just sent me a package filled with Dodgers cards. I'll have to show that later because oh, the scanning. But here is an idea of what was included: I'm sure I have a couple more to fill out the last two slots. The rest don't have anything to do with cards. But that's OK. Because it's The Penguin, about the only guy who I make an exception for as far as my "no memorabilia just cards" rule. First, here is something I found in one my Dodger yearbooks from the 1970s. I find it quite entertaining: Back that replay rule up to 1977 and let that run count, ...