That Damn Night Owl

**Note to all - I wrote this post in March.  It was originally going to be a smart ass post from a note I got in a package from Night Owl.  I thought it was a funny idea at first but abandoned it midpost because I thought I sounded kinda dickish. Seven months later I left a 350+ word comment on Greg's blog and he said I should be writing my own blog.  So dickish or not here is my unfinished post from March.

***You will notice some of the stuff is pretty dated

So Night Owl thinks that get me to end my month long sojern from blogging with a note attached to some cards?

Surely he must know that writing doesn't come as easy to us all as it does to the Blogger of The Year.  Not all of us can knock out a string of epic posts day after day for months on end. 

Greg thought he could get a trade post out of me by sending some cards but instead of a trade post with all the great stuff he sent me you are getting an Anti-Night Owl Trade Post.  You will not see any of the stuff from Greg.  It is already marked off the checklist and filed away in binders and boxes.


So here are a bunch of trades from not Night Owl.

 Greg can knock out a post when is sickly and this guy can just "mail it in" and come up with one of the most epic posts ever.  He has kind of went to the horses lately though.  Greg, do you want to see a note that gets your cards posted.


HERE'S SOME SAWK GOT NO PONIES FOR YOU!   Y U MO LIYK HOARSES?  enjoy!

Dayf offered to make me a pony sketch card and I declined.  I get enough ponies from my 5 year old daughter.  Umm... not that only 5 year old girls should like ponies... but... well back to cards!

Dayf sent a buch of stuff. 

 I hate to admit I still need 94 Leaf cards but I do.  I need one less now.

Greenwell is one of the players that made me start liking the Red Sox back in the late 80s.  Greenwell, Burks, and Benzinger.  I didn't even know why I liked them only that I had lots and lots of cards of them.  I guess you have to start somewhere.

 A short printed 2011 A&G. he has left me only needing one more.  (Lars Anderson....hint...hint...)

 Speaking of 2011 A&G Lars Anderson Dayf sent me the mini.  Always strange to get the mini before the regular one.

I snagged the new Phillies closer from him with a comment.  He was trading Paps off with a bunch of other cards buut was nice enough to set him aside for me and give the option of another player to go with the rest of the trade stack.  Good for me.

I love getting WIlliams cards.  I have wanted this one for a while and was happily surprised to get it in the package.  Dayf has sent me Williams cards multiple times now.  Let me check that Night Owl package... nope no Williams there.

I'm going to miss Wake if he doesn't come back this year.  (and it looks like he won't)  I think they should sign him to ne the guy that makes a start when a regular gets hurt or comes in to mop up.  I know everyone bashes him for how long it took him to get that 200th win.  How soon they forget that twice while he was at 199 he had the lead only to have Bard drop it for him.

***See what I mean by dated

Will anyone sign Manny for half the season?  To bad we can't take him for the first 50 games while CC sits on his but and collects big fat paychecks and then let Manny sit the back half of the season.

***We all know how this turned out...

The first Wal-Mart blaster I ever bought was Fleer Tradition.  I only pulled one Red Sox and it was a League Leader card.  I had never heard of SPs in the base set before and this set was full of them. 

I have never bought a pack of Opening Day.  You would think I would have all the 2005 ones since they had just won the World Series and this was one of the first sets out in 2005 but I never bought any and still need most of them.

This Nolan Ryan came from Royals and Randoms.  It was thrown in as an extra with all the cards I got in his giveaway "thingy".  I don't know what kind of give-away to call it but it was pretty cool.  (even though some non-Red Sox collectors scooped up most of the Red Sox at the start)  Why post a card from Royals and Randoms and not Night Owl? Because Nolan cards are great Trade Bait so if you want him let me know. 

**Already gone.  I didn't trade it I got almost 2000 Credits for it on Listia.

It was great to see a few posts from The Collective Troll a awhile back.  I was even happier to see a package from him in the mail.  Why post Troll cards and not Owl cards?  Vintage, Minis, and Shininess!!!

The best packages are filled with Vintage.  Marck is working on the 63 set and must have had some doubles.  One mans doubles are another mans binder fillers.

Monbouquette is almost as long as Saltalamacchi.  I never saw him play but I'll always remember him because he is the last card I need for my 1960 team set.  He has been the last one I needed for well over a year.  At some point I need to break down and just buy it online.

**Found that last 60 Topps card at a show in July for $4.

I tried to trade for this card on the Diamond Site like 90 times with no luck. 

This one I did have luck trading for on the Diamond Site.  He will now be trade fodder for something else I need. 

At one point I wasn't going to chase Bordered A&G Minis.  I even traded one or two off.  But then I got enough of them that I had to add them to the list and start chasing them. 

I read somewhere that Pesky is in bad health.  Get well soon Johnny!!

***RIP Johnny Pesky

I always want to call these sparkle cards but then I remember those dumb ass cards with a single spot of them that is airbrushed as a sparkle.  These are called something else but they are way better than the shiny spot cards.

I'm going to guess that Night Owl has a thing for these with his affection to all things color.  Even a color blind guy like me appreciates them.

Do you like Serial Numbered cards?  Well Robert of Serial Numbered Insanity does.  I sent him a bunch of numbered cards, mostly Red Sox doubles, and he sent me some stuff I needed. 

 I love the black bordered O-Pee-Chee.  I don't know why because I hate all the black bordered Bowman cards.

Not your run of the mill Heritage. Chrome Heritage.

Robert sacrificed this from his serial numbered set in trade for other serial numbered cards.

**At this point I said Greg isn't going to think this is funny and quit writing.  I have no idea what is was Greg sent me in that package so long ago.  I'm sure it was some great stuff because he always checks my wantlist before sending anything.  

So Greg, thanks for the cards and sorry for being a dick.