Night Owl Cards

I found myself at Walmart on Sunday. I don't recommend it. I was looking at book shelves and picture frames and pool filters. So were a lot of other people. Somehow, I ended up about 18 aisles west and south. Line up the latitude and longitude and you're staring directly at 2011 card product. On a hunch, I grabbed a rack pack of Bowman and a rack pack of Series 2. Bowman yielded a green parallel of Carlos Beltran. No big deal. But Series 2 yielded Superman Alomar. This is one of those legends shortprints. One of those  diamond parallel versions of the legends shortprint. Out of my first rack pack of Series 2. Very cool. But I know this card won't be in my possession for long. This guy gets first shot at the card. He's been too good to me. This guy gets second shot at the card. I've been trying forever to find something he'd want. If, for some reason, neither wants it, then I guess it's up to the next highest bidder. Now, if you'll...

To recap, this is where I review some of the cards that I have bought over the past two months. It's kind of a retrospective of what the card companies were putting on the retail shelves in 2008. I tried to pick up a pack of as many brands as possible. I am giving away all of the packs that I bought. What you need to do in order to win the cards is take a look at the list of cards purchased along the sidebar, under "Win These Packs!" Guess which card I pulled first from each pack, guess which pack I bought first and guess which pack I bought last, and then leave a comment with all your guesses on this post or on this post . The person who guesses the most "first cards" wins all 120 cards. What I'd like to do now is count down what I think are the worst of what I received in these packs. Some of the comments will be common complaints expressed by collectors about 2008 cards, but most are just my pet peeves. I hope these cards don't prevent you from enteri...