Night Owl Cards

  I said a few weeks ago that I don't think I want every Dodger card anymore and I stand by that, but this is going to be a gradual process. I still have trouble saying no to inferior products/products that just don't speak to me anymore when it comes to my team. It's a process, I'll get there. Soon I'll be muttering in a corner about "Topps flagship ONLY," and there will be a sign taped to my mailbox with that exact same message to the mailman. But until then, weee , somebody sent me Shiny and Unlicensed!   That somebody was Marc, who is getting back on the blogging horse despite having youngsters running amok. Somehow he is finding time to buy some of this stuff that I almost never see where I live, and don't even think to order online.   Glad he's doing it though ... um, I mean, I can't be accepting cards like this anymore!    This envelope was heavy on distracting shiny -- takes your eye off the blank hats and unis, you know -- with all ki...

  I have received more than my share of generous card sends from Johnny's Trading Spot over the years. Large boxes filled with smaller boxes, stacks of cards, 6-to-8 stacks a box, almost all nestled inside newspaper wrapping. It seems like he is dealing in cards almost every day, driving from show to show like every week, making deals, picking up hauls, I don't know where he puts it all. It's a foreign world to me, almost difficult to conceive. I'm just a collector who saves his dollars so he can grab a few packs at a retail store or find $100 worth of card-show cards every 4 months or so. I've been that way since I was walking to the corner store to buy cards with my allowance in the mid-1970s. So we're in two different collecting worlds. I will gladly accept his extras and he obviously has extras to unload. He's dealing in bulk. I'm trying to avoid being buried.    Too late. This massive send per usual includes lots of Dodgers and many -- most -- that ...