Night Owl Cards

(Hello on National Blueberry Day. I grew up in a family that required the children to toil at "u-pick-'em" farms. I wasn't a fan. But to this day, I know the best time to pick/buy certain fruits and vegetables. Strawberries, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, corn, tomatoes, apples, in that order. It's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 259th in a series): Sometimes Twitter gives me a little nudge when writing posts. I have had this card sitting in my scan folder for more than a year with a plan to write about it. Then, the card was brought up yesterday and that was my cue. To me, this card represents the center of the stolen base era. It is not the most notable stolen base moment. It doesn't show Rickey Henderson or Lou Brock or Tim Raines. Heck, the achievement Topps is celebrating in the 1981 set isn't even a record anymore. But it gives you a snapshot of just how prevalent the stolen base was from the 1960s through the 1980s. Two pl...

If you were a kid in the 1970s or 1980s and your Saturday mornings were a steady diet of cartoons and Eggos, then you probably remember something called "In The News". It was a two-minute news report, geared toward children, that appeared periodically between cartoons. I remember it popping up at the top and bottom of each hour. I also remember being alternately bored and intrigued by " In The News ". Sometimes the topics, even though written for children, went way over my head. I had no idea what they were saying. Other times, they were somewhat interesting, and I was pleased that I learned something in-between watching Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, and my magically delicious frosted Lucky Charms commercials. To this day, that spinning globe and accompanying "swirling" music that began and ended each "In The News" segment are in my head and probably will be forever. Also, you might recall that during this time, Topps feature...