A suprise from the Night Owl

I can;t help but think that when writing "Surprise from the Night Owl" that what follows should be something like a letter to Penthouse.

Fortunately tough, thats not how Greg rolls over. How he does roll is by being in humble estimation - the creme de la creme of all baseball card bloggers and supreme amounts of generosity.

Greg recently parted with a handful of 2009 Topps Heritage cards for me to help finish off the set that will never die. Thanks to Greg though, its now on life support as I get closer and closer to finishing. Greg was even kind enough to part with some dear Dodgers for me. I chose to scan the ones below by the scientific means of choosing every other card. Isn't that wild?

I have to set my favorite card of the bunch is the Utley New Age Performers. I really like the set and I think that Utley is the best 2nd baseman in baseball (sorry Ian Kinsler).



So Greg - Thank you kindly and once I get my shit together I Promise to reciprocate.

Card Show Goodies

A few weeks ago I went to the card show with one goal - 2009 Heritage. I ended up doing very well, in fact, I only bought one card that was not Heritage which I will scan at a later date. At this point, I think it would be prudent to let you all know I am about 40 cards away (including inserts/sps) from finishing this set that I never planned on collecting in the first place. First up we have a bunch of base cards that I needed - Longoria and Beltran being the obvious highlights.I was able to grab a few inserts as well - I got the last News Flashback card - which is good, because I hate those. Also grabbed the Papi Mayo and few sharp new Age Performers.When going through the SPs I picked up I realized it must suck to be a Twins collector because there were 4 of them out of the 20 or so that I bought -Punto, Slowey, Perkins, GomezThere were also a few "stars" in the other base sps I picked up - Tulo, Posada, Dye - nice group of playersI love these creepy floating head coach cards - I was really happy to get the Mets one - I would still like to grab another one to get signed.Finally we have some of the All Star SPs - funny how out these 5 Chipper is the only one who seems like a legitimate star anymore - Sheets is always hurt, Manny is Manny, Soto and Kosuke are terribly inconsistent... so good for ChipperHopefully soon this set will be all done with and I can move on to something else because it surely is a chore to finish up. If anyone has anything off the want list, I greatly appreciate it!

Thank you Jeff!

Jeff from the Cardboard Junie always has his finger on the pulse of blogger want lists -I think I get at least 1 card from him every month. His dedication to trading blows mine way out the water - I go through fits and spells - Jeff is just a cool customer keeping them coming at all times - Someday I will have that dedication - maybe.

To explain further - my wife now knows Jeff. I get one of his envelopes and she always says - Hey it's your buddy Jeff again - keep in mind if you put a gun to her head she probably could not name my blog or really any other card related things - this is much my hobby alone as she likes red things in the kitchen - together we could each not give less of a shit about each others hobbies - but maybe thats good?

Anyway Jeff - thank you - Thank for bringing the Kouz into the Brown house. He now has a happy home between Phil hughes and Shaun Marcum in the 09 Heritge box (one day binder).

09 Heritage Cards from Z-Man!

A while back Zach (or Z Man in the comments page) from Autographed Cards proposed a small trade of some royals he wanted to get signed for a what turned out to be a lot of heritage cards I Needed. Here is what was sent.

Base - 30
SPs - 4
Baseball Flashbacks - 2
News Flashbacks -2

I chose to feature the cards of players I have on my 3 Fantasy Teams. Lets take a look

Jason Giambi - Late round power/RBI grab - hes been decent.
Prince Fielder - Traded Jason Bay and Joel Hannahan for him - I needed 1B power. He was robbed of a granny last week (slam, not mother)
Travis Snider - Has been very streaky, but went deep twice yesterday! Have him in my standard Roto and Dynasty Leagues - my AL ROY pick
Dan Haren - My ace in my dynasty league - has pitched great but a hard luck loser so far
Mike Jacobs - Ugh - former Met bias? finally went yard
Chris Davis - Ugh again - keeper in my head to head league - finally did something good yesterday
Ichiro - Hasen't played yet

Want list has been updated and I am getting closer and closer! I've got a lot of doubles if anyone wants to work out a deal!

I Did It Again - 09 Heritage Version

So I stopped by the Hobby Shop last week and he had one lonely hobby box of the 2009 Heritage left up for grabs. Of course the needed a good home... so heres whats special.

SPs - seeded 1:2 packs - That alone makes retail worth the purchase this year

Chrome - the price is a refractor. #'d 560

A couple of young superstars

Bob Friend is on every other card of the then and now set I think

I always like some extra Mayo(s)

And a Real One Auto of Curt Raydon - Beats the hell out of a Vernon Wells Relic (Sorry Duane)




now that 2 boxes have been busted - want lists up soon!

09 Heritage Jumbo Box - Inserts

Here are all the inserts received from my jumbo box I grabbed last week.

Here are the New Age Performers and Then and Nows. I really love the NAP design, the then and now-- eh - and what is with Bob Friend being featured twice?

Here are the news flashbacks - meh. and the baseball flashbacks - just eh- little better than meh

The Relic - Trade Bait.

And here is the best shit of the box - The mayo reprints - these are fantastic.

Thats it!

2009 Heritage Jumbo Box Part 1

So last week I made quick stop at the card shop to see if any Heritage had arrived and boy had they. This was not your normal box though, this was something I had not seen online or anywhere else (granted I wasn't looking per say...) but for $99 he had Jumbo boxes of the 09 Topps Heritage line. 20 packs, 16 cards per pack, Sps 1:2 packs. So although I really only wanted to spend about $70... it got the best of me. Heres the highlights.

First of course - the Mets - I figured this is the best way to highlight the normal base cards. I did not think I was going to really like this years set, but once I got them in my hands - blows last year out of the water as far as I am concerned. I like the small action shot - I love the clean backs - Home run.

Here are some SPs from the set - the only way to differentiate them from the regular cards this year I think is the shaded backs - am I right on this? I have not yet seen an official SP list so I am not sure.

Here are some more SPs, Allstars and floating coaches.

And here, go figure is the highlight of the set for me... I love these coach cards - the design on the front is fantastic and could be a whole set on its own. This is classic baseball carding right here. And gain - they nailed the backs.

And here are just a few of the other designs in the base set - we have the All Star Rookie Team - we have the regular Rookie Stars, we have a poorly photo shopped James Shields who just saw someone get hit in the nads with Kazmir and Price, and finally - the is it or is it not an SP of ARAMIS.

Inserts tomorrow.