Trade with Night Owl

Greg, a.k.a. Night Owl, and I have traded Dodgers and D-Backs back and forth multiple times. This time I had a Chrome Kershaw that he needed and he sent me a nice healthy stack of D-Backs cards. Thanks Greg! Here are my two favorites.

2002 Donrus…

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Greg (from the always wonderful Night Owl Cards) and I recently completed our second trade in the last couple of weeks…each time I ended up with some cards from my want list and Greg ended up with another pile of 1975 minis from the 2011 Topps Lineag…

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I send Greg (Night Owl) some Dodgers.

He sends me some Reds.

Greg sends me some Reds.

I send Greg some Dodgers.

And so it goes.

2011 Topps Diamond parallel:
163.  Carlos Pena

I get to cross off one more card from the 2011 Diamond parallel wa…

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A nice surprise package from Night Owl Cards arrived at Team Phungo Headquarters a few weeks back.  NOC has traded with folks from across the nation and occasionally tracks the locations.  I figure I have recieved 5 or 6 trade packages from t…

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Greg (from Night Owl Cards) and I have exchanged 27 trade packages (by my count) dating back to mid-2009.  The latest mailing went to me from Greg – and it contained a bunch of cards that I needed from my 2011 Topps set, plus a couple of new Larki…

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There are many great bloggers out there and there are many great traders out there.  However, there are only a few who manage to be prolific in both aspects – Greg from Night Owl Cards is one such person.  Last year, I completed a total of 12…

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I sent Night Owl some Dodgers and a couple of packs of Club Penguin cards that Topps had sent me after I complained about being shorted some cards out of a box of 2009 Updates and Highlights. Night Owl enjoyed the Dodgers cards and his daught…

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Never thought that would happen… I am trying to be a good loser, but I don’t wanna lose all of my readers… I am off to vote and then work. I hope everyone has VOTED today… Oh, speaking of voting (again with the smooth segue), don’t forget to vote…

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There are few bloggers out there who I trade with as often as I do Greg from Night Owl Cards – it seems we almost always match up nicely.  He has a penchant for pulling cards I need – I have an uncanny ability to pull lots of Dodgers.  It mak…

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When it trade rains, it trade pours I guess! I had been waiting on 12-15 trades to come in, and it seems like they’ve all come in between last Friday and this week, which rules, but makes my blog very trade post heavy. As long as the trades stay exc…

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Night Owl highlighted this back in May and I think it is important that this card doesn’t fade into the ether of the card blogosphere. 1973 Topps #627 Luis Alvarado

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There are few bloggers out there that I’ve traded with more often than Greg – we’ve exchanged at least 19 packages over the last couple of years (and perhaps more but I didn’t keep track of trades in the beginning of my blog’s existence).  Even wi…

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The Phils are in the middle of a 7 game West Coast swing which find them in LA to visit the Dodgers this week. Dodgers means checking in with Greg from Night Owl Cards.1) What current Dodger player is the most overlooked by Topps? It’d have to be V…

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Last week the incoming mail included some great cards from Greg of the Prolific Night Owl Cards. So many of the bloggers blow me away not only with their frequency of posts, but also with so many ideas that are both interesting and funny. As you all …

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While on vacation, I received a number of yellow envelopes full of cards.  Amongst those were a number of trades that I had completed right before I left, along with a surprise envelope.  While there are many generous bloggers out there, Greg…

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I’ll take Night Owl’s Oscar Gamble and raise you one Oscar Gamble.1973 Topps #372 Oscar GambleMaybe it’s just that I’m trying to pretend that the Lost finale and all of Season 6 wasn’t “Night Court in it’s 5th season LAME” but I’m seeing the Smoke Mons…

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It’s time to sort through a few more remaining yellow envelopes that I haven’t yet posted.  In an effort to condense posts in order to get the group break packs all posted, I’m going to combine a bunch of envelopes into one large Delivery Time! tr…

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The Owl over @ Night Owl Cards sent me a sweet package the other day with a bunch of MannyWood’s i needed plus some fish….. And that great card you see in the middle its a Co-signers of Scott Olsen and Josh Johnson….. Funny thing is i had traded for this card a long time ago [...]

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Kent is one of my all-time favorites and doing some spring cleaning of the collection I came upon these that I don’t think I’ve highlighted before. Kent will probably never make the Hall of Fame but if you ask me having a 2.85 ERA over 1,436.2 innings …

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A little while ago, I responded to a Night Owl post, expressing interest in a certain Mickey Mantle X-Fractor he had. I don’t do a whole lot of trading, but once in a while, Greg and I usually end up making a pretty hefty Dodgers/Yankees exchange. With that said, I had yet to put together [...]

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I’ve been busy busting packs and scanning cards – seemingly every minute I’m not at work – but that doesn’t mean the group break is all work and no play.  Au contraire my friend.The latest envelope arrives courtesy of Greg over at the excellent Ni…

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Notice I didn’t say Nitty Gritty… This card is just Nitty. It isn’t vintage and almost doesn’t belong on this blog. It is still the card of the early morning because this is catcher’s week and I am working far more than I am sleeping. I have been on …

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Damn it feels good to be a set builder.As many of you know, I recently put out an all call for one 1989 Topps card, in hopes of finishing my very first base set. I ended up getting the card from my Dad (thanks again Dad!), but was offered the card by …

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(Some synonyms for “appreciation” include “gratitude” and ”tribute.” Hmmm, “Cardboard Tribute,” I can see. But “Cardboard Gratitude” sounds a bit desperate. I’ll stick with Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 55th in a series):I received this…

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Well, the poll has spoken. The 2010 Topps set is now known as “the wave set.” I’m still partial to “binoculars set,” but “wave” works for me, too. I’ll add it to the Define the Design sidebar list soon.I’m featuring the Garret Anderson card because he …

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This is probably better suited to my other blog. But that’s what makes the 1975 Topps set so great. There is so much awesomeness in this set that it can’t be contained to one blog!The aspect of the ’75 set that I wanted to mention today concerns the Al…

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I am seriously falling behind in my posting. I have a lot to say, but I just can’t seem to fit it in. Between work and home life, bippings and lawsuit settlements, I’m struggling to keep up.For instance, I haven’t jumped into the Upper Deck/MLB la…

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The world is a terrible place.You don’t need me to tell you that. Every day there is yet another reminder that either punches you in the gut or makes you cry.The story of someone stealing personal possessions out of an unlocked car doesn’t horrify…

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I’m so glad this bipping nonsense is over.What a relief it is to walk to my mailbox and pull out a package that contains individual cards, each one distinct from the next. What joy that I no longer have to reassure my wife that I do not have an un…

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I took dayf up on his offer and traded my treasured 1987 Kevin Bass card for a 2001 Wendell Magee Jr. card on the Topps Million Card Giveaway site.I didn’t particularly want the Magee card. Who does? But after dayf’s vitrolic harangue against one of th…

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I received my Dodger card out of the Topps Million Card Giveaway.No, it’s not poor Leron Lee. Didn’t you hear? I have three of them already. Besides, dayf pulled his offer. I think he got the sense that I wasn’t too enthused about another Lee card. He …

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I’m not the first one to say this, but I can’t believe how excited people are getting over unredeemed codes in the Topps’ Million Card Giveaway.I know what you’re saying: Night owl, I thought you loved the Giveaway.I do. I love it dearly. But I am coll…

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(Y’all know what an appreciation letter is, don’t you? It’s one of those letters you write after going on a job interview to express gratitude for the  honor of being interviewed. It’s basically a “please, please, please, PLEASE hire me”…

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A couple of weeks ago, when the Topps Million Card Giveaway was in full “Must Have Tickle-Me-Elmo” mode, I would pingpong between blogs that were featuring their million card “winnings” and salivate.The cards I redeemed sucked, but the ones others rede…

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I’ve been told that it’s a good idea to take stock once a year. Evaluate your financial situation. Your health situation. Your family situation. All of your situations.For me, that includes examining which teams I like and which teams I don’t…

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