Night Owl Cards

(Welcome all to National Absurdity Day, celebrated every November 20th. I can't think of anything more absurd than the kids in town already using up two snow days before December hits. It's bundle-up-with-your-baseball-cards weather! Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 216th in a series): I miss Buffalo. I get sideways looks when I say that in front of people who have never lived there. But the ones who have ... and have left ... and have spent years figuring out a way to get back ... know what I mean. Buffalo is more than snow and hapless sports teams. It's the location for some of the greatest times of my life. Of a lot of people's lives. That's why I got a little sad when I saw the regurgitation of epic Buffalo snow photos across the internet accompanied by this tag line: "be glad you don't live in Buffalo." This was written by someone who obviously never spent more than an airport layover in the city (which, by the way, isn...

What does a graded-and-slabbed card of never-panned-out Dodgers pitching prospect Carlos Garcia have in common with ... ... a one-per-case relic pull of the one-and-only Manny ... ... and 19 cards of Raul Mondesi that are new to me? Answer: They are all just a small part of the greatest card package that I have ever received. Unfortunately, I'm not going to have time this week to do it justice. So this tease will have to do until early next week. Or perhaps the end of this week, at the earliest. But trust me, it will be worth it. That is, if you're a Dodger fan.