nightowlcardz
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Writer. Editor. Freelancer for Beckett magazines. SABR member. Dodgers fan. From the Night Owl Cards blog. https://nightowlcards.blogspot.com/
Pinned
All of my base cards are valuable because I value them.
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 AM
If Panini sells, I won't miss it, but if Topps/Fanatics buys them, that ain't great either. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/not-...
Not licensed to drive
A couple weeks ago reports came out that Panini America is looking to sell. While this barely causes me to shrug my shoulders, considering...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If Panini sells, I won't miss it, but if Topps/Fanatics buys them, that ain't great either. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/not-...
New 1993 Upper Deck blog post: 199 - Ron Karkovice. #cardsky 93ud.blogspot.com/2025/11/199-...
199 - RON KARKOVICE, WHITE SOX, C
The basics: Just the second White Sox card, in the traditional sense, to appear in the 1993 Upper Deck set. Card thoughts: Ron Karkov...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
New 1993 Upper Deck blog post: 199 - Ron Karkovice. #cardsky 93ud.blogspot.com/2025/11/199-...
I work for a newspaper that absolutely has been dying for years but at least they haven't resorted to this. (P.S. I refuse to publish wire sports-betting stories, of which there are too many).
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November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I work for a newspaper that absolutely has been dying for years but at least they haven't resorted to this. (P.S. I refuse to publish wire sports-betting stories, of which there are too many).
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 AM
In which I discover the rare '80s player I never heard of before and then find out something interesting about his minor league cards. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/ca-1...
C.A.: 1986 Donruss Dave Shipanoff
(I think Topps/Fanatics has succeeded in curbing my craving for current product. Between the months and months that pass before a new set is...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In which I discover the rare '80s player I never heard of before and then find out something interesting about his minor league cards. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/ca-1...
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
What's your favorite song about the rain?
(this thread is convincing me that the best songs are about rain). youtu.be/y0y8tUVw0Us?...
(this thread is convincing me that the best songs are about rain). youtu.be/y0y8tUVw0Us?...
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
What's your favorite song about the rain?
(this thread is convincing me that the best songs are about rain). youtu.be/y0y8tUVw0Us?...
(this thread is convincing me that the best songs are about rain). youtu.be/y0y8tUVw0Us?...
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Have said this many times, if you like a song, who cares if anyone else likes it?
Question 9:
Do you believe in the concept of guilty pleasures or have you embraced the truth that there is no guilt in joy?
Do you believe in the concept of guilty pleasures or have you embraced the truth that there is no guilt in joy?
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Have said this many times, if you like a song, who cares if anyone else likes it?
OK, so you want to see cards? Me, too. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/your...
You're about the cards. So am I
OK, so I get it, yesterday's post was a bit of a curveball with no actual cards displayed. That post was more for me than for you, I like...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
OK, so you want to see cards? Me, too. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/your...
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
An unexpected appearance of one of my magazine articles and a review of my favorites so far. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/surp...
Surprise appearance
I pulled the latest magazine issue of Beckett Vintage Collector out of the mailbox on Monday and paged through it without any urgency. I d...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
An unexpected appearance of one of my magazine articles and a review of my favorites so far. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/surp...
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Collecting in the '80s, I bought Topps 1st, Fleer 2nd and Donruss 3rd. These days I treat them the same -- because they're all from the '80s. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The final third
Wow, that's a lot of scuffing on that card. It's still surprising what you see once you scan a card. Before getting into the heart of th...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Collecting in the '80s, I bought Topps 1st, Fleer 2nd and Donruss 3rd. These days I treat them the same -- because they're all from the '80s. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Radio is in such a bad state that the only way my local station would play The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald today is if it was turned into a Christmas song.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Radio is in such a bad state that the only way my local station would play The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald today is if it was turned into a Christmas song.
New 1993 Upper Deck blog post: 198 - Kevin Gross. #cardsky 93ud.blogspot.com/2025/11/198-...
198 - KEVIN GROSS, DODGERS, P
The basics: Kevin Gross makes his only showing in the 1993 Upper Deck set. Donruss gave Gross an extra card in '93 on the occasion of his...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
New 1993 Upper Deck blog post: 198 - Kevin Gross. #cardsky 93ud.blogspot.com/2025/11/198-...
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Sometimes I have a good reason for buying the same card twice. Sometimes I just screw up. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/buyi...
Buying the same card twice
I've written about this card a few times on this blog. It's the first autographed card I ever bought, at one of the first card shows I e...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Sometimes I have a good reason for buying the same card twice. Sometimes I just screw up. #cardsky nightowlcards.blogspot.com/2025/11/buyi...
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM