Night Owl Cards

Who is Nick Solak? Glad you asked. And thanks to cynicalbuddha for scanning his card into Trading Card Database. Nick Solak is a former Yankees, former Rays prospect who appeared in 33 games for the Texas Rangers last year. That, apparently, qualifies him for being the only Texas Ranger to appear in the 350-card base set for 2020 Topps Series 1, a checklist of which was released this morning . That's right, the ONLY Texas Ranger. I did the count and the Rangers, with Solak shouldering the entire load, come up a distant 30th behind the 29th-place Orioles, who have a more typical seven cards. Here is the breakdown by team that I compiled earlier: Dodgers - 17 Astros - 17 Nationals - 16 Cubs - 15 Athletics - 14 Brewers - 14 Indians - 14 White Sox - 14 Phillies - 13 Angels - 12 Blue Jays - 12 Braves - 12 Padres - 12 Red Sox - 12 Reds - 12 Twins - 12 Yankees - 12 Cardinals - 11 Giants - 11 Marlins - 11 Mets - 11 Diamondbacks - 10 Mariners - 10 ...

I received at least my 70th card package from Cards On Cards recently. It was heavy on Clayton Kershaw cards new to my collection, which is almost the best card package you can send. One of the cards was my first 2019 Topps Chrome card. I just can't get myself to buy this stuff anymore, so it is appreciated: You may think this is the same image of Kershaw that appeared on his 2019 flagship card and you would be right -- and also wrong. Here is his flagship card: Now, see them together, side-by-side: Move your eyes in a downward direction. Notice something different? Yes! Somebody has zipped Clayton's zipper! This was addressed on the Cardboard Icons blog already , but I did notice the same thing at about the same time , and I can't not mention something notable about my favorite Dodger player when it comes to cards. Because this is a historic moment. There have been card updates for trades featuring players in different uniforms or in differ...