Night Owl Cards

I wasn't going to do this. But I've been reading through all the Stale Gum Blog Bat-Arounds so far, and I still haven't seen it. Oh, there are plenty of excellent suggestions for improving Topps' latest product. I agree with just about all of them: Cut back on pointless inserts, scrap lame manu-hits, put the Mantle cards out of their misery. All laudable goals. But, actually I like Topps' product this year. I don't have problems with what Topps produces. I have a problem with how Topps produces. See the card at the top of the post? It's one of the Target Throwback cards. What are those cards made from? Cardboard. What are the cards that you pull from a regular pack of Topps cards made from? I have no idea. I have a feeling that a lot of other people have no idea either, because every time I wonder what goes into the manufacturing of today's everyday, common-variety base card, no one gives me an answer. All I know is they're wafer...

See how the godfather of card blogging repays you when you take him up on a trade offer? A 1959 Topps buyback card of Steve Bilko ? Are you kidding me? I could complain about the awful stamp Topps plasters on buybacks, but what kind of ungrateful goombah would I be? This, in fact, is the best of a great collection of cards that I received from Chris Harris of Stale Gum , also known as the Only Card Blog That Matters. Who am I to argue? I've been at this eight months. This was one of the "throw-in" cards in the trade, believe it or not. Most of what we traded were want-list needs. And I don't have a 1959 Topps want list up. I'm not foolish enough to think people are willing to send those cards my way. Although, maybe I should be now. Have a look at some of the other great cards I received: Two more cards in my bid to complete the 2006 Topps U&H set (11 cards to go). Two drug-tainted sluggers. I also received a 2006 Topps Own the Game insert of ...