Night Owl Cards

I have never shown a page from my Night Card binder in the history of this blog. That is mostly because I am loathe to show a page in which a spot is missing. The beauty of a night card binder is seeing the lights and stars lit up on every pocket of the page, burning brightly against a blanket of darkness. For a long time -- two years now -- I've been aware that I have the ability to complete the first page in my binder. It's been missing one card for that long. That card is card No. 4. It's been a tricky one. In 2013, two night cards that were both card No. 4 appeared almost immediately. One is the Opening Day card of Matt Dominguez. But somehow, Topps made Dominguez look almost grotesque as he strains to throw the ball to first . I didn't want that to have any part of my binder. The other card is the one that you see here. Yadier Molina is my least favorite catcher since Jorge Posada retired. And then Topps has to throw Adam "Mickey Mouse" Wainw...