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Night Owl Cards Blog

15.07.2025

My addeled brain

I don't know how many card collectors can relate to this, but I'm writing about just one collector here. I pretty much wrapped up my sec...

Night Owl Cards Blog

13.07.2025

The heat is on

It hit 90 degrees today. I'm not someone who is bothered by the heat, but once it's 90 I take notice. It's not super rare around here -- I...

Night Owl Cards Blog

11.07.2025

Less than satisfactory results

I have been snapping pictures of the cards that Johnny's Trading Spot sent me a week or so ago just about all afternoon without suitable r...

Night Owl Cards Blog

10.07.2025

One-card wonders, update 17

I was surprised to discover that the last time I updated this series was more than a year ago . I like writing this series, and it's not...

Night Owl Cards Blog

08.07.2025

Doing well, thank you

I crab a lot on this blog. I know that. This is how I handle stress. Writing gets it all out. I don't drink to excess. I don't speed d...

Night Owl Cards Blog

07.07.2025

A year of mystery

I have the three cards that I claimed in the latest Diamond Jesters Time Travel Trade series to show off today. They all have something...

Night Owl Cards Blog

04.07.2025

Cardboard appreciation: 2025 Topps Hideo Nomo, 1990 insert

(Hi folks. I'm two work days away from vacation! It's all I'm thinking about. So let's get on with this so I can think about it some more! T...

Night Owl Cards Blog

03.07.2025

Never happened before

Clayton Kershaw should reach 3.000 strikeouts tonight in the Dodgers' game against the White Sox. That's provided that he lasts more than ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

02.07.2025

We're all going through it

Hey, it's July. My favorite month. Maybe I can celebrate by surpassing the record-low number of posts I made to this blog last month. I ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

27.06.2025

A few minutes, a few cards

The hits keep on coming. Still crazy busy here, as soon as something is resolved, more shows up -- "Hello! Deal with me!!" I'm not goin...

Night Owl Cards Blog

24.06.2025

Back to the store

In early May, I realized that it had been a long time since I had even looked at the baseballcardstore website . In the past five years...

Night Owl Cards Blog

22.06.2025

Match the song title: Paradise Theater

One of the interesting elements of returning to listening to current music over the last four or five years is the realization that bands...

Night Owl Cards Blog

19.06.2025

Stacking up and stocking up

The last three weeks I've averaged three posts a week, which is an all-time production low on Night Owl Cards. I'm OK with it, which is...

Night Owl Cards Blog

17.06.2025

Now you see him, now you don't, now you see him again

My Father's Day was nice and all too brief. Staying home was imperative. Anywhere I would want to go on this day would require a drive a...

Night Owl Cards Blog

15.06.2025

Time for a show

Life is still too busy and full of upheaval, even with getting some tasks out of the way. I just finished and filed my Beckett magazine st...

Night Owl Cards Blog

11.06.2025

It's too much

On Friday, I published post number 5,750 on Night Owl Cards. It's not a number as nice-and-round as others, but it prompted me to do som...

Night Owl Cards Blog

09.06.2025

When I can, while I can

A little more than two months ago I added this 1952 Topps Duke Snider to my collection during a card show. That apparently woke me up ou...

Night Owl Cards Blog

07.06.2025

Done!

Yesterday my vehicle received four brand-new tires. It was long overdue. I hadn't changed them since I bought it four years ago, and it ha...

Night Owl Cards Blog

05.06.2025

A card flaw I don't mind

In general, I try to avoid cards with flaws. I'm not into grading so I'm not obsessed with centering, etc., but I do like cards with as few ...

Night Owl Cards Blog

03.06.2025

Little this, little that

My first COMC order of the year came in today. I've settled into averaging out to two COMC orders a year. It used to be more than that, bu...

Night Owl Cards Blog

02.06.2025

Define the design: 25T, 94F, 93F, 90F, 86F

It's time for my annual Define the Design post, in which I look to name the newest Topps flagship set and take a go at some past sets, too...

Night Owl Cards Blog

30.05.2025

Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2

This is the continuation of a series I started in February , about how that even for the 1980s, there are elusive cards for team collector t...

Night Owl Cards Blog

29.05.2025

The incredible impact of the 1979 George Foster card

There are some cards that can only be appreciated -- truly appreciated -- by collectors who grew up in a specific period of time, maybe wi...

Night Owl Cards Blog

27.05.2025

I stay put, but the hobby travels north

It's another "long weekend" with just two days off for me. But it was enough time for my hobby to travel north for a brief visit. Yester...

Night Owl Cards Blog

25.05.2025

Serious business at less-than-serious prices

I am focusing on several card pursuits at once, per usual, and I hate how I drop one after a single purchase or two because my head turns fo...

Night Owl Cards Blog

23.05.2025

Let's count the parallels!

It's pretty apparent to me that the number of parallels in every card product has vaulted into another level of ridiculousness in the last...

Night Owl Cards Blog

22.05.2025

C.A.: 1988 Fleer Baseball All-Stars Orel Hershiser

("I've never met a beer I didn't drink." RIP, George Wendt, one of many reasons I was doing the same thing every Thursday at 9 p.m. in the '...

Night Owl Cards Blog

20.05.2025

The right box

For the first 8-9 years of this blog, I'd say until 2017, I could play a certain card aisle game and everyone reading -- certainly most ca...

Night Owl Cards Blog

18.05.2025

When the firsts were mostly fun

One of the most frustrating things to me is that no matter how much you prepare, research, take advice, it feels like there's no moving f...

Night Owl Cards Blog

16.05.2025

Something's got to give

This is my most recent Dodger binder -- binder No. 37 -- sitting there on the floor waiting for its forever home on one of two four-tiered...

Night Owl Cards Blog

13.05.2025

Ignoring history

I was made aware of a major change in Topps Heritage by Cards On Cards over on the House of Cardboard Discord the other day. I don't pa...

Night Owl Cards Blog

11.05.2025

Night activity

Twice a year I run through my doubles for that particular year's card products and pull any night cards that could find a spot in my night...

Night Owl Cards Blog

09.05.2025

Freebies and almost freebies

Like most folks in this country, I am not made of money. While going for my daily walks or driving around town, I look at the shiny gargantu...

Night Owl Cards Blog

08.05.2025

I might watch

You may have heard that there is a new documentary out on artist Dick Perez, who is well-known for drawing the Diamond King cards for Do...

Night Owl Cards Blog

06.05.2025

More Heritage, more observations

As expected, I received some more 2025 Heritage in the mail at the end of last week. First, Rod of Padrographs sent me a bunch of his e...

Night Owl Cards Blog

05.05.2025

Joy of a team set, chapter 29 (Pilots! Part 2!)

This very fine card, acquired last week, met a pair of 1969 Topps "goals" for me, not that I officially established them as such. First,...

Night Owl Cards Blog

03.05.2025

The (possible) end of me collecting football cards

How about this? I'm posting about completing a fairly large set for the second time this week! It just happened this way. Don't expect a...

Night Owl Cards Blog

02.05.2025

We just disagree

When I first started reading card blogs, I didn't know there were so many kinds of collectors. Growing up in the 1970s, there was basi...

Night Owl Cards Blog

29.04.2025

Should I go for three?

So I grabbed a blaster of 2025 Heritage when I was at Dave and Adam's last week. I know they're not called "blasters" anymore but it's sti...

Night Owl Cards Blog

28.04.2025

Legends for less

It's almost nothing to own cards of retired players, so-called "legends cards," these days. Thanks to the MLB-Topps agreement, legends are...

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Night Owl Cards Blog - Other Sports

My addeled brain

The heat is on

Less than satisfactory results

One-card wonders, update 17

Doing well, thank you

A year of mystery

Cardboard appreciation: 2025 Topps Hideo Nomo, 1990 insert

Never happened before

We're all going through it

A few minutes, a few cards

Back to the store

Match the song title: Paradise Theater

Stacking up and stocking up

Now you see him, now you don't, now you see him again

Time for a show

It's too much

When I can, while I can

Done!

A card flaw I don't mind

Little this, little that

Define the design: 25T, 94F, 93F, 90F, 86F

Elusive '80s cards ... really? Part 2

The incredible impact of the 1979 George Foster card

I stay put, but the hobby travels north

Serious business at less-than-serious prices

Let's count the parallels!

C.A.: 1988 Fleer Baseball All-Stars Orel Hershiser

The right box

When the firsts were mostly fun

Something's got to give

Ignoring history

Night activity

Freebies and almost freebies

I might watch

More Heritage, more observations

Joy of a team set, chapter 29 (Pilots! Part 2!)

The (possible) end of me collecting football cards

We just disagree

Should I go for three?

Legends for less

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