Night Owl Cards

Ladies and gentlemen, Dick Woodson! He looks like he wants to have some fun. Also, I think his name might explain why I have such difficulty tracking down his card to complete sets. Anyway, I'm still trying to finalize the contest results here. As always, everything takes longer to finish than I expect. I hope to have the whole thing up at some point Monday. That's only a day later than originally promised. That's not too bad! So, to tide you over until then, I'm presenting some cards sent my way from Drew's Cards . Drew lives in one of those magical parts of the country where there is a card show every month; there is something called "the East Coast National; and he has a father who is always tracking down great cards for him. I live in one of those less-magical parts of the country where there is a card show every four months depending on how many feet of snow is on the ground; where "the East Coast National" is just far enough away that I...

The 1967 Topps set is one of my two favorites of the 1960s (1965 is the other). I go back and forth over which one I like better. Although the '67 set is haunted by the usual '60s problem of hatless ballplayers, the design is before its time. It's a clean look with little obscuring the photo, something that you would see in today's sets. I like the team name anchor at the the bottom, and the simplicity of the player name and position at the top. It's just a simple, great-looking set. Some would say it's boring. I think it's a classic. I'm not as fascinated by the backs. Don't get me wrong, they're pretty good. They're not at No. 29 for nothing. I do like an avocado green 1960s back, as noted with the '63 Fleer set. But I have this thing about vertical card backs. I much prefer the horizontal card back. I don't know why. I guess I just feel like I'm getting cheated out of information with the vertical back. For the statist...