Night Owl Cards

  I probably don't need to tell anyone that "World Series" is a ridiculous name, and has been since people started playing baseball in other lands. The Series is starting tonight, but meanwhile another championship baseball series to declare the best in the land is going on right now across the ocean, under the much more reasonable name of the "Japan Series". I don't suppose anyone's going to rush to rename the World Series the "North America Series," we're too far into this now, but for those who read my blog and nothing else, whoever wins Game 5 of the Japan Series tomorrow -- the Orix Buffaloes or the Tokyo Yakult Swallows -- takes a 3-2 lead in the seven-game series.   As if to recognize that there are other championships currently, I recently received some Japanese cards from Dave, aka, the NPB Card Guy from the Japanese Baseball Cards blog .   He nicely sent some cards that have connections to the Dodgers -- either they were Dodgers a...

Sometimes I feel like I'm neglecting my duties as a Dodger fan on this blog. I often drift off into other card collecting topics or baseball in general. But that's not because writing about the Dodgers bores me. It's because I have such an interest in baseball and collecting that I can't help but write about that, too. In fact, being a Dodger fan is kind of a byproduct of my passion for baseball. Because I enjoy baseball history so much, it's only natural I am a Dodger fan, with the great history the franchise owns. And I greatly respect fans of teams like the Yankees, Cubs, Cardinals, Red Sox, Indians, Reds, White Sox, Pirates, etc. -- teams whose histories go way back. So sometimes I need someone to steer me back to the Dodgers. Receiving card packages is a good way for me to regain my focus. Recently, I received Dodgers from reader Steve, and Jeffrey of Card Junkie . Steve sent me about 25 Dodgers. I believe I needed about half. Here are some of the highli...