Night Owl Cards

I don't expect anyone under 35 to grasp that title reference. But don't you worry, I'll have you all caught up by the end of the post. A few days ago I went to Target armed with a gift card. I was under strict orders to purchase baseball cards with it, and I am a good little soldier. Unfortunately, as I've mentioned before, my Target tries to squeeze as much money out of a card consumer as it can. Everything in the card aisle was full-price. If I wanted something cheap, it would have to be loose packs of 2012 product, and I have zero interest in 2012. Deflated, I left. The gift card will have to wait until 2013 Topps hits shelves. Next stop was Walmart a few days later. I had hoped to grab one of those "Best of 2012" repacks that I've been reading about on the blogs. I know I just said I have zero interest in 2012. But judging by some of the stuff I've been seeing out of those things , I was willing to gamble. But there was no "Best ...