Night Owl Cards

Everyone notices that Pete Rose is in the background of this photo of Phillies starter Chris Short. But ever since I became a dog owner, I've begun to notice other things, this card included. For example, how could anyone miss the dog from the Alpo billboard insinuating himself between the legs of Short? Isn't that just like a dog? Were there some dog owners at Topps that saw the humor in this photo? I'd like to think so. And while I'm on the topic of dogs and baseball, I have come up with one reason why I'm pleased that TBS has the exclusive rights to broadcast the division series playoff games. My dog likes to carry things away and hide them, and he did that with the remote on Wednesday (we have no idea where it is). Fortunately, I do not have to get up and change the channel because all of the games are in one convenient spot! Bless you, TBS!

Contrary to what TBS would have you believe, Chad Billingsley was the star of Game 2 of the NLDS series between the Dodgers and the Cubs. It wasn't the wistful Cubs fans. Judging by the endless camera shots of Cubs rooters, pining and pleading and yearning and lamenting, you would have thought baseball fans had tuned into the game to watch the world premiere of "Hopeless Romantics Bury Their Faces in Their Hands." I wish I had a counter, because I know they displayed more than 200 closeups of Cubs fans during the game. Even when Billingsley was being interviewed after the game by Tom Verducci, the only member of TBS's broadcasting crew able to utter three sentences without making an error in fact, TBS couldn't contain themselves. While Billingsley was talking, they flashed to a forlorn Cub fan couple staring out at the field, wishing, still wishing, so desperately wishing, their dreams dashed, their hopes torn asunder, their lives pitiful, the mournful drumbeat o...