Night Owl Cards

I haven't bought a lot of Topps Series 2. Once I determine that I am indifferent about a Topps flagship set, the second series always suffers. I buy a few packs and that's about it. But for some weird reason I grabbed a pack of it last week. Maybe I wanted to see how many more times I can knock over the growing stacks of baseball cards on my desk. One of the cards that came out of the pack was this one: Nothing terribly exciting, right? It's a card of Tampa Bay pitcher Wade Davis. Card number #578 of a player on a team that doesn't interest me all that much. So I don't know how I made the connection. But it didn't take me long to find this card: I know the foil lettering might throw you off, but that's WADE DAVIS, TOO!!!! This card is from Series 1. It's card number #48. There are two Wade Davis cards in 2012 Topps for reasons that I'm pretty sure no one -- not even Topps or Wade Davis' family -- can explain. Now, I want to ...