Night Owl Cards

Look! It's Marlin No. 6! I bought a few Allen & Ginter rack packs yesterday. Didn't get anything great. Went back and bought the last rack pack hanging there. Still didn't get anything great. All it did was alert me to the usual disturbing collation in Topps products and prompt a strange dream a few hours later. I noticed when I opened the rack packs that the cards were slightly bowed. Uh. Oh. I wouldn't say they were full-on Pringles like last year's Chrome, but it was alarming anyway. The cards are in better shape now that they've been out of the pack for awhile, but I like my A&G squashed-bug flat. That night, I had a dream that I put one of those A&G cards inside a penny sleeve and a top loader. The card was Jay Bruce for some unknown reason. When I put the top loader with the card on the floor, it proceeded to flip around the living room, end over end, because the card was so curled. I woke up sweat covered (but only because it was 90 a...

I'm up. I've caught some needed Zs. So what do I choose to do with the first few hours of freedom? Yes, Gint -a-cuffs. That was an easy one. Here are Packs 2 and 3. Prepare to be mesmerized. Or not. PACK TWO 254 - John Maine (0 points). Dinged Corners is holding a contest . Will they pick Maine? 1 - Jay Bruce (+2, favorite player list). The freshly injured Bruce, I might add. Ouch. 101 - Andrew Bailey (0 points -- but interviewed by Sooz ). 42 - Mark Buehrle (0 points) 234 - Wyatt Earp (0 points). How is it possible that Earp is worth no points? He gunned down bad guys at the O.K. Corral! What is going on with this point system? 326 - Cameron Maybin (SP, +5 points). I know I like A&G and all, but this card can't compare to the Maybin OPC card. And that's a studio shot , too. I'm breaking all the rules here. 224 - Tim Lincecum mini (+3, favorite player list mini). You need good eye sight to see what's going on with this card. NP70 - Carlos Pena, N...