Night Owl Cards

This is another one of those posts that falls under the category of "only interesting to me." I won't apologize for that. Consider it your warning. But on the good side ... hey, all you Beckett-bible-latest-and-greatest-I-can't-talk-about-anything-in-the-hobby-unless-it's-four-seconds-old people, NIGHT OWL IS TALKING ABOUT MODERN STUFF!!!!!! Enjoy it before I slip back into the vintage deep freeze. So, yesterday on Twitter, Topps was teasing collectors -- something it does constantly -- with images of this year's 2013 base set. The set is supposed be out in a mere 12 days, so even someone like me is in a panty-bunching-yank about the cards. But the thing that made every last collector take notice is that Topps was showing one card from each team. Those sly, sly marketing people. By the end of the evening, everyone was wiping drool off the keyboard. I've already mentioned that I love this year's Topps design. It's better than last year by...

First, I just want to say a little something. Just a little aside. Incidental, really. A minor thing. Here it is ... .... ... I TOLD YOU SO! Come on sports fans. It's so obvious. Here is what I've had to suffer through from others during this postseason: "Oh, gee, it looks like the Giants aren't going to win. Oh, gee, they're two games down to the Reds. The Reds look so good. Wait? What happened? The Giants won? How did they do that? Oh, those scrappy lovable Giants! What raspscallions! How unexpected they are! But the Cardinals are tough. They're defending champs. Look, see now they're ahead of the Giants three games-to-one. OK, this is it for the Giants. There's no way. Just no way. Nobody has ever done it. Wait? What? They did it again? How can this be? How? Oh, chuckle, chuckle, I don't care, they're such a do-or-die group of chums. Just so easy to root for, ho, ho. Jolly good show, chaps." Here is what I've...