Night Owl Cards

I received this golden number from Matt F. at Heartbreaking Cards . He remarked how unusual it was to see a yellow Dodger jersey item. It certainly is different-looking. But I knew immediately how a yellow jersey scrap could be connected with someone in Dodger blue. Bowman Sterling only vaguely hints at it on the back of the card, but Penny was the National League's starting pitcher in the 2006 All-Star Game. He did pretty well for himself, except for a home run to Vlad Guerrero. Then Trevor Hoffman had to go and ruin it all . But prior to this All-Star Game and during the usual All-Star festivities, the National League players were forced to wear this: Nothing like feeling like you're radioactive in front of millions of people. So, that's where the yellow came from for that 2007 Bowman Sterling Brad Penny card. But that got me thinking about a jersey card-related idea that I'm sure plenty of others have thought about before. How cool would it be ...

There were so many comments on the last post about finding "hits" in retail packs/blasters that I thought I'd display another "retail" card, which came from a repack box bought at WalMart about two years ago. It's not as exciting as the Podres auto, but it's still pretty good for a repack box, especially now that Chutley is a Series champion. I just wish it was an authentic Phillies jersey instead of an "Authentic All-Star Workout-Used Jersey." (That conjures up visions of bat boys digging through piles of used, sweaty workout clothes to give a soaked undershirt to Mr. Topps man. "Hey, Jimmy, I'll give you 10 bucks if you go fetch me Ryan Howard's sock."). If you haven't read some of the comments on what collectors consider their best "hits" out of retail packs, take a look at the last post . There's some good stuff there. Feel free to add your own story, too. I feel like such a shill for retail sto...