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Night Owl Cards Blog

09.03.2025

I don't know why I was surprised

I recently returned to my plan to chase down the Dodgers I'm missing in old Heritage sets. In almost all cases these are short-prints, a...

Night Owl Cards Blog

07.03.2025

So much good stuff

March is kicking my ass per usual. But I have a hobby to off-set that, and when I get the time, I dig into the greatness and realize my li...

Night Owl Cards Blog

05.03.2025

30 teams, 2025 edition

For the first time since debuting this series here 17 years ago, I considered not running it this year. Ranking MLB's teams in order of ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

04.03.2025

C.A.: 1987 Drake's Darryl Strawberry and Wally Joyner

(A chilly welcome to you all on "Old Stuff Day". Apparently this day was created to encourage people not to do "the same old stuff" and then...

Night Owl Cards Blog

01.03.2025

Pick a direction already

Upon first opening 2025 Topps, I realized that this set was going to be a lot like the others from the last five, 10, 15, 20 years. Perhap...

Night Owl Cards Blog

28.02.2025

Alive and well

We're all dealing with our various life issues. I, for example, look at the stacks of cards in the card room and the separate pulled cards...

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25.02.2025

Living near spring

I've been watching snippets of spring training the last couple of days. It's a busy time of the year for me, so I can manage only a couple...

Night Owl Cards Blog

25.02.2025

Time savers

I've mentioned many times lately how difficult it's been to post regularly to my blog. It may not look like it because I'm still posting...

Night Owl Cards Blog

25.02.2025

Elusive '80s cards ... really? Really

I have written many times that I view cards from the 1980s as the most accessible. The hobby was booming, "artificial scarcity" was barely...

Night Owl Cards Blog

21.02.2025

Shiny for shiny's sake

I think the appeal of 2025 Topps is divided among those who grew up in the 1990s and after and those who grew up before. I could easily ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

20.02.2025

Like trying to replace an old love

Today was the first chance I had to look for some 2025 Topps. The weather has been ridiculous the past seven days between a big fat snowst...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

Red-letter day

I've mentioned before that work has been even more of a time-suck than previously. It's infringing on blog posting and I don't think I can...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

The heyday for Cey

It's my all-time favorite player Ron Cey's birthday today. He's 77. Yikes. The last couple of years I've been able to show a card that "...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

Insulting

Three years ago, Topps put a card of Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski in its 2022 flagship set and spelled his name wrong. "Yastrzemks...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

A valentine to a Valentine

We card bloggers aren't the mushy type. If we're going to blog a Valentine's Day-themed post, it better be about Bobby or Ellis or Fred. O...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

Don't need any new projects

2025 Topps is scheduled for released this week. Apparently some people are somehow already opening it on video. I have stopped watching ca...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

Done with the NFL for the year

I feel like my position on the NFL is stuck between two prevailing opinions of football, with few sharing my perspective. On one end are...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

Big in Japan

I got a card envelope from Japan last week. I've received card envelopes from all over the world -- England, Australia, France, the Neth...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

C.A.: 1979 Hostess L-shaped panel - Steve Carlton, Reggie Smith, Enos Cabell

(Happy President's Day. No, I don't have this day off or the week off. I do have an extra day off thanks to the post office not delivering ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

Sorting things out

I'm finally getting around to the latest big box from Johnny's Trading Spot , which arrived two weeks ago. Boxes that size are a lot to ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

It's easier to reach the top

Today is the fifth anniversary of the Dodgers' trade with the Red Sox in which the Dodgers gained Mookie Betts for a bag of beans. It's ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.02.2025

Life of leisure

Another monthly card show has come and gone. I was surprised it was that time again. I had scrambled the dates and thought it wasn't for...

Night Owl Cards Blog

02.02.2025

Perhaps I was too hasty

I had viewed enough 2024 Archives pack openings to know I needed to open some myself. Not that I liked the cards -- Archives and I have ne...

Night Owl Cards Blog

31.01.2025

The world's biggest checklist fan

I am about the only card blogger that I can think of who has multiple blog posts dedicated to old-school checklists. All those posts were ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

30.01.2025

Late-night learning

Since the start of the year I have been trying to focus on two of my "if it happens, it happens" resolutions. Those two things are to read...

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28.01.2025

Worth comparing

A couple of different things I've read or observed lately, on top of currently collecting the 1979 Topps football set made me compare '79 ...

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26.01.2025

Let the glad tidings roll on!

Let's just stay with the out-of-season Christmas posts here. Why not? Nobody's celebrating late January. As many of you know, Rod of Padro...

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24.01.2025

Late again ... just like (almost) everything else

The 2024 Topps Holiday design appealed to me right away. I've enjoyed most over-the-top designs -- as long as they have a fun streak -- an...

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23.01.2025

Awards and honors

I keep forgetting to acknowledge TCDB and their members for voting my blog as "Favorite Blog" again this year. This makes it five years in...

Night Owl Cards Blog

21.01.2025

Once the aisle cleared, everything was all right

The monthly card show this month featured an autograph guest for the first time. It was former Buffalo Sabres forward Ric Seiling, who was...

Night Owl Cards Blog

20.01.2025

Something to distract me

Right now, the Bills are playing a team I don't like, that I think is going to win and end the Bills season. I could be wrong but that's n...

Night Owl Cards Blog

18.01.2025

On a whim

I suppose this is typical for set collectors or collectors in general when it comes to a new project: I don't like to continue with more o...

Night Owl Cards Blog

17.01.2025

Thank you, I don't like it

A couple things before I start the big show: 1. I like to be a good commenter on the blogs and leave a comment when something sparks my in...

Night Owl Cards Blog

14.01.2025

Was it that long ago?

I was thinking about writing this post within the next month or so, ideally around when I found the first cards of the season. But it's ...

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12.01.2025

The slow exit

Maybe it's the start of the year, but I feel the urge to leave the social media scene more and more. I don't consider blogging part of tha...

Night Owl Cards Blog

10.01.2025

Back to the everyday

If you collect cards and have been on your favorite social media site today, you know that 2025 Topps flagship images made their debut. Th...

Night Owl Cards Blog

09.01.2025

2024, the stats

For the past five or six months, my job has bled into my midweek free time. I've been trying to keep it away from my blogging for as long ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

07.01.2025

First set completion of the year

I wrapped up my first completed set of 2025 on Saturday. The final two cards for the 1970 Fleer World Series set, illustrated by Robert ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

06.01.2025

Cardboard appreciation: 1978 Topps Manny Mota

(Happy National Bird Day! On this day, I think someone like me should have the day off. And I do! Time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is t...

Night Owl Cards Blog

04.01.2025

Joy of a subset: What are these old guys doing in my set?

Here we are, three days into the new year and I've forgotten again the series that I last posted three days into last year. Maybe this s...

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Night Owl Cards Blog - Other Sports

I don't know why I was surprised

So much good stuff

30 teams, 2025 edition

C.A.: 1987 Drake's Darryl Strawberry and Wally Joyner

Pick a direction already

Alive and well

Living near spring

Time savers

Elusive '80s cards ... really? Really

Shiny for shiny's sake

Like trying to replace an old love

Red-letter day

The heyday for Cey

Insulting

A valentine to a Valentine

Don't need any new projects

Done with the NFL for the year

Big in Japan

C.A.: 1979 Hostess L-shaped panel - Steve Carlton, Reggie Smith, Enos Cabell

Sorting things out

It's easier to reach the top

Life of leisure

Perhaps I was too hasty

The world's biggest checklist fan

Late-night learning

Worth comparing

Let the glad tidings roll on!

Late again ... just like (almost) everything else

Awards and honors

Once the aisle cleared, everything was all right

Something to distract me

On a whim

Thank you, I don't like it

Was it that long ago?

The slow exit

Back to the everyday

2024, the stats

First set completion of the year

Cardboard appreciation: 1978 Topps Manny Mota

Joy of a subset: What are these old guys doing in my set?

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