Night Owl Cards

I found myself at Walmart on Sunday. I don't recommend it. I was looking at book shelves and picture frames and pool filters. So were a lot of other people. Somehow, I ended up about 18 aisles west and south. Line up the latitude and longitude and you're staring directly at 2011 card product. On a hunch, I grabbed a rack pack of Bowman and a rack pack of Series 2. Bowman yielded a green parallel of Carlos Beltran. No big deal. But Series 2 yielded Superman Alomar. This is one of those legends shortprints. One of those  diamond parallel versions of the legends shortprint. Out of my first rack pack of Series 2. Very cool. But I know this card won't be in my possession for long. This guy gets first shot at the card. He's been too good to me. This guy gets second shot at the card. I've been trying forever to find something he'd want. If, for some reason, neither wants it, then I guess it's up to the next highest bidder. Now, if you'll...

This guy keeps following me around. I've always shied away from the latest and greatest. I don't collect rookies or hard-to-complete parallel sets or even Nationals. Yet, someone keeps wanting me to try a special Strasburg on for size. First  it was the Bowman purple refractor last June, which was really THE time to pull a special Stephen Strasburg card. Probably the most fortunate pull of my life so far and likely something that will never happen again. Today, I pulled a diamond parallel Strasburg card out of a rack pack. Sure, Strasburg is damaged goods. The hype machine is broken, he has to attach his arm to his shoulder every morning, and his cards are selling for a fraction of what they sold for last spring/summer. I didn't shout or cheer or fist-bump anyone when I pulled this card. But a diamond parallel is a diamond parallel. This person aside , collectors are loopy over these cards. I think half the card bloggers in North America are trying to complete ...