Night Owl Cards

  It's World Series time starting tonight, what's sure to be my least-watched World Series since probably the late '90s. I'm not one of those "it's baseball, I'll watch no matter what" fans anymore, not at this time of the year. The game's changed too much for me to be in love with it that much. I will let "I was at work" be my excuse for not watching, but even on off days, like this weekend, I'll tune in for maybe a few innings. I still need to have a rooting interest, that's always a given. This year, it's easy. I have no allegiance to the Rangers at all -- they have three ex-Dodgers on their team, that's the most appeal they have for me -- but at least they're not snakes. I don't like the Diamondbacks, I never will, they've done so many things as an organization that makes me not take them seriously and even if they win the World Series, I still won't take them seriously. Put them in the NL West with my ...

Who is Nick Solak? Glad you asked. And thanks to cynicalbuddha for scanning his card into Trading Card Database. Nick Solak is a former Yankees, former Rays prospect who appeared in 33 games for the Texas Rangers last year. That, apparently, qualifies him for being the only Texas Ranger to appear in the 350-card base set for 2020 Topps Series 1, a checklist of which was released this morning . That's right, the ONLY Texas Ranger. I did the count and the Rangers, with Solak shouldering the entire load, come up a distant 30th behind the 29th-place Orioles, who have a more typical seven cards. Here is the breakdown by team that I compiled earlier: Dodgers - 17 Astros - 17 Nationals - 16 Cubs - 15 Athletics - 14 Brewers - 14 Indians - 14 White Sox - 14 Phillies - 13 Angels - 12 Blue Jays - 12 Braves - 12 Padres - 12 Red Sox - 12 Reds - 12 Twins - 12 Yankees - 12 Cardinals - 11 Giants - 11 Marlins - 11 Mets - 11 Diamondbacks - 10 Mariners - 10 ...