Baseball Card Blogs » Night Owl Cards http://baseballcardblogs.org Posts from the Best Baseball Card Blogs on the Net Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:45:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Trade with Night Owl http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItsLikeHavingMyOwnCardShop/~3/xCn6f82iR-o/trade-with-night-owl.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItsLikeHavingMyOwnCardShop/~3/xCn6f82iR-o/trade-with-night-owl.html#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:07:00 +0000 dkwilson http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=435a8191d983b2a887f490aec0d9cabc

2002 Donruss Classics LUIS GONZALEZ - This card is going to look great signed. Gonzo is a great ttm signer, so I hope to get this autographed soon.

2011 Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball Highlight Sketches EDWIN JACKSON - I have been wanting this card for a while now and so it was awesome to see it in the stack that Night Owl sent. I bought tickets from this game on eBay hoping to get them signed - this was before Edwin was traded, but this card will go nicely with those tickets. 


]]> http://betterthanbeckett.blogspot.com/feeds/4861287523273751114/comments/default 0 Delivery Time! More Night Owl Goodies. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NachosGrande/~3/eZCdcnfvD3c/delivery-time-more-night-owl-goodies.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NachosGrande/~3/eZCdcnfvD3c/delivery-time-more-night-owl-goodies.html#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0000 FanOfReds http://baseballcardblogs.org/?guid=07f79f15c372f8dd9c8693cafb096028 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 Lineage set.

Here's my most recent haul from Greg:

2010 Topps National Chicle:
304.  Ryan Howard
307.  Brent Dlugach

If I didn't know better, I would have said that the Dlugach card was one of Topps' infamous gimmicks.   However, under the assumption that there actually exists a player named Brent Dlugach, I feel bad for the guy...the back of his card mentions Cal Ripken Jr, Derek Jeter, A-rod, and Troy Tulowitzki...there's not much of a chance that Dlugach lives up to any of the above guys, and that's too bad.

1991 Score:
634.  Tony Fossas

What's that you say?  I traded away Lineage minis (which seem to be almost equivalent to gold these days) in exchange for a 1991 Score card?!  Answer:  You betcha*.

*apologies to Sarah for stealing her phrase...or at least her only phrase that makes sense.  I'd like to say that I see Russia from my house, but alas, I don't.

2008 Topps Stadium Club:
110b.  David Purcey
127b.  Blake DeWitt

Of all the cards in this particular trade package, these were by far the best two.  You see, I now only need four more cards from the 2008 Topps Stadium Club set (namely: 15, 78, 108b, 117b ).  My hopes have been renewed that I might actually be able to finish this set off sometime soon...

2008 Upper Deck Masterpieces:

Greg really mined his collection looking for cards to send me - a few 2010s, a couple 2008s, a 1991 card, and now another '08...and soon a 2011 card.  Trades like that are fun for me - lots of cards off the want list, and a bunch of sets that I feel like I'm "making progress" on.  And, after this Jeter is put into the binder, I don't have to look at the pair of Yankees celebrating again...or at least not in any way except as part of a binder page (in which the other cards will hopefully overshadow Mr. Jeter.

And finally, one more card - this one happened to be the only representative from 2011:

Gypsy Queen:
97.  Stan Musial

I have no idea if I'll ever finish the Gypsy Queen set, but until I think it's impossible, I'll keep it on my want list.  At least I'm over 50% complete, that's something...

 Thanks for the trade Greg!  And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade, check out my want list and make an offer!


]]> http://fanofreds.blogspot.com/feeds/429914585493563705/comments/default 0 Delivery Time! Who Gives a Hoot? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NachosGrande/~3/z82ygX_YvOs/delivery-time-who-gives-hoot.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NachosGrande/~3/z82ygX_YvOs/delivery-time-who-gives-hoot.html#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 16:30:00 +0000 Chris 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 want list - I'm slowly approaching the end of the journey.  


2011 Topps gold parallel:
317.  Yonder Alonso

Alonso's place in the big leagues is blocked by some guy named Votto.  Yeah, looks like Yonder won't be making the Reds big club anytime soon...


And some shiny:

Oooooooooooh.  The pretties, the pretties.


Thanks Greg!  And you guys know the drill:  Want to trade?  Check my want list.  Email offer.  Check mailbox.  Enjoy card(s).


]]> http://fanofreds.blogspot.com/feeds/5407846003530063856/comments/default 0 Swag from Night Owl Cards http://phungo.blogspot.com/2011/03/swag-from-night-owl-cards.html http://phungo.blogspot.com/2011/03/swag-from-night-owl-cards.html#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:15:00 +0000 deal

There were several Highlights in the package - Today I am focusing on the Prospects and the Phillies hobbled second baseman Chase Utley.  

The Greg Golson card is from the 2008 Bowman Draft Set.  Each year in this set there is a subset dedicated to the players featured in the years Futures Game.  The 2008 game was played at the Old Yankee Stadium and Team Phungo was there.  This card will go into the Phungo Games Attended binder - which is one of my favorites. 

The bottom row are cards from the 2010 Bowman Set and include Trevor May and Tyson Gillies.  May is a 21 year old RHP had a pretty good year at Lo-A Lakewood in 2010 after a Rough start at Hi-A Clearwater.  Tyson Gillies came over in the outgoing Cliff Lee deal - he lost most of 2010 due to an injury - his development was hampered further when Gillies was involved in a drug related incident with the Florida Authorities.  Gillies was eventually acquitted of the offense, hopefully 2011 is a more productive season for the young man.

As you likely know by now Chase Utley has not set foot on the field during spring training and there are whispers that Chase may be out for a large part of the 2011 season.  This year is one that has a lot of promise for the Phils, I hope that Utley gets to take part.
]]> http://phungo.blogspot.com/feeds/4554972696933449934/comments/default 0 Delivery Time! Cards from the Night Owl http://baseballcardblogs.org/2011/03/16/delivery-time-cards-from-the-night-owl/ http://baseballcardblogs.org/2011/03/16/delivery-time-cards-from-the-night-owl/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +0000 FanOfReds 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 Larkins for my collection, and a few other goodies – let’s take a look!

2011 Topps:
Topps 60:
T60-5.  Lou Gehrig
T60-42.  Mat Latos

Did you know that Mat Latos was in the top 10 WHIP for 2010?  Me either.  As a Reds fan, I was also a little bit surprised to see Bronson Arroyo in the top 10.  Oswalt and Halladay were one-two, and while I would have thought Halladay would have been one, I’m sure any Phillies fan won’t mind which order the two Roys appear in a top 10 list!


History of Topps:
HOT-5.  Topps Goes Public

HOT-8.  Topps Moves from Booklyn to NYC

These are last two cards that I needed from the History of Topps insert set.  Somehow, I had a feeling that this would be the easiest set to complete (it was small – only 10 cards but more importantly, most people seemed uninterested in the set)!  As for me, I’m simply thankful that I get to knock another set off my want list entirely!


Topps Town:
TT-5.  Roy Halladay

I know no one wants to see scans of Topps Town anymore, but you know what – when someone sends me the last card I need from the set, not only are you going to see the scan, you’re going to like it.  And yes, if you are keeping track at home, that means that Greg managed to finish off two of my sets for me – no wonder why we trade so many times over the years!


Diamond parallels:
164.  Koji Uehara
276.  Miguel Olivo

It’s been awhile since I received some diamond parallels – these two will net Greg a pair of entries into my contest – and they helped me hit the 60% completion threshold!  Also, the two cards aren’t terribly miscut, I simply scanned them poorly and didn’t bother redoing the scan.


Finally, Greg also threw in a couple of Barry Larkins and some assorted Reds cards.  The Larkins will get their own chance to shine at some point in my ongoing Barry Larkin Collection series.

Thanks a lot for all the great cards!  And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade – check out my want list and make an offer!



]]> http://baseballcardblogs.org/2011/03/16/delivery-time-cards-from-the-night-owl/feed/ 0 Delivery Time! Cards from Greg over at Night Owl Cards http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NachosGrande/~3/deWKL7um2GU/delivery-time-cards-from-greg-over-at.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NachosGrande/~3/deWKL7um2GU/delivery-time-cards-from-greg-over-at.html#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:30:00 +0000 FanOfReds Night Owl Cards is one such person.  Last year, I completed a total of 122 trades - 10 of which were with Greg!  The last package I sent him was a bunch of Dodgers out of the blue.  Not to be out done, here's what he sent me a month and half later:

Since I began keeping track, Greg and I have completed 17 trades, sometimes prearranged, other times just sending stuff because we both seem to be better at pulling "the other guy's team" rather than our own from packs.  For each package I've sent Greg, I think he's managed to produce an epic post full of scans.  It's only fair that I do the same.

Let's take a look:

First up, a whole bunch of "Tom Terrific" cards from 1992 Pacific.  I really enjoyed Pacific's late 90s and early 00s stuff (you know, once they went die-cut crazy and all) but their earlier stuff was mostly drab...and so I avoided it.  I don't know what set these cards actually came from, perhaps a Tom Terrific set?

At least the back of the card does say that they are authorized by Tom Seaver - I didn't know individual players had to authorize their cards (isn't that what the MLBPA logo is for now)?  Maybe things were different wayyyy back in '92 (said tongue in cheek in case my sarcasm didn't show up in text form).

Much like the Seaver cards above, Greg managed to send me some cards from another set that I didn't own any representatives from - and a 2010 set to boot!  In this case, it's 2010 Topps Updates & Highlights (or whatever they called it this year).  I bought some of last year's Updates set and was completely underwhelmed so I avoided this year's rendition.  Judging by these two Reds cards, I made the correct choice.

The Leake card is actually pretty nice - I especially enjoy the write up on the back of the card featuring information about his MLB debut.  The second card is a better example of why I generally don't care for Updates & Highlights - it's so freaking boring!  In this case, you have a card of two young stars, both exciting players in their own right and you slap them together on a card when they are frowning while playing catch.  *yawn*.

From 2010, Greg's package jumped way back to 1975 with a Clay Carroll card.

The '75 set was before my time, which is too bad because I actually dig all the funky colors.  Maybe when I become independently wealthy I'll pursue the set in its entirety.  Until that point, I'll try to stay satisfied with the morsels that others throw (or preferably mail) my way.

As if two sets weren't enough, Greg managed to find a third set that I never bought cards from - the 1998 Bowman set (not to be confused with every single other freaking Bowman set since then).

Obviously, my disdain for the Bowman line has been documented before - but I'll still gladly accept any and all Reds!  I like the team-by-team statistical breakdown on the back of the card, but the base design of Bowman bores me to tears.  Any one set design like the card above would be fine, but to me, ALL Bowman sets from the past decade plus look identical...and that's not a good thing (unlike with Allen & Ginter which I'll be mad if they deviate too far from their formula)!

Collectors sure are fickle, huh?

Moving along.

Next up, a card from a set line that I really enjoyed - Goudey.

This particular card is a green back mini card from the 2007 UD Goudey set.  I haven't decided whether or not I'll chase the '07 set (especially since I have yet to finish the '08 and '09 sets) but I'll happily take any mini cards from the set!  Perhaps I'll work on a hybrid red/green mini set - that'd be kind of cool, and Christmas-y.

From one retro themed set to another - 2010 Topps Turkey Red, #58 Joey Votto.

Votto is a beast so acquiring his cards is always fun for me.  I am a bit worried he's a bit of a head-case though...and there have been rumblings of him returning to his native Canada and playing for the Blue Jays in a few years.  Hopefully he makes the right decision and stays in Cincinnati!

At this point, it's time for the three "best" cards in the trade package:

First up, a gold parallel 2010 Updates and Highlights card of Chris Heisey.

I'm fairly high on Heisey's chances of becoming a great major leaguer, but it does appear that the Reds brass isn't...especially since they are supposedly talking to Podsednik and Renteria's agents about a 2011 contract.   As for the card itself, when did Topps decide to stop using gold foil for the serially numbering?  I hope that's only in effect for the 2010 U&H set...the blank print just looks cheap!  Still, I am now the proud owner of a card that at most 2009 other people also own.

I may have gone a bit overboard on 2010 Allen & Ginter, but I probably ended up spending close to what I spent in 2009 thanks to the lack of variety and compelling sets out there.  As such, I haven't bought anything new since Allen & Ginter - and that includes Topps Chrome in all of its curvy goodness!

This Drew Stubbs card is pretty sharp, Stubbs almost has a 3D effect going on there - I actually enjoy the Topps Chrome line but I'm usually too burnt out of the base set design to bother spending three bucks for a pack of four curved cards.  It doesn't help that I usually pull nothing but crap when I buy Chrome too.

And finally, the big hit of the package!  A purple refractor of Brandon Phillips #014/599.

See what I mean, Night Owl pulls Reds like you wouldn't believe...good thing I keep pulling Dodgers so he always has someone to send the cool cards to!

Thanks a lot Greg!  I hope this eleven scan montrosity of a trade post was worthy of your genorsity!  And, as always, if anyone else would like to trade - check out my want list and make an offer!


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A trio of Dan Haren cards. 2010 Opening Day, 2010 Bowman, and 2009 Topps Chrome.


2006 Allen & Ginter cards of former D-Backs Chad Tracy, Orlando Hudson, Orlando Hernandez, and Shawn Green - I wasn't collecting in 2006, so I appreciate cards from that year and even more so the Allen & Ginter.


2010 Topps Chrome Cole Gillespie Orange Refractor - Gillespie made his debut in April and then got some more playing time down the stretch. It will be interesting to see how much, if any playing time he gets in 2011 since he will have to share time with Xavier Nady and Gerardo Para.


1991 Donruss Brady Anderson Multiple Bat card - I have a couple of these already, but it's one of my favorite multiple bat cards and it's nice to know that people out there remember what I collect and send it along with D-Backs cards.

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To end the trend of all Giants on every blog, here is the Captain Pee Wee Reese sliding in safe in 1993 Topps style...

It will be Giants Week on the Nitty Gritty. Since I don't have any vintage Willie Mays or Monte Irvin cards, Willie McCovey kicked it off. Please check it out... Tomorrow, it could be anybody... Well, anyone out of the 8 different vintage Giants I own that aren't Willie McCovey...

To try and offset the Giants domination I plan to post a Night Owl trade on Thursday and maybe a few from my all too small Wade Davis PC. Both are on the scanner right now... troll out.


]]> http://collectivetroll.blogspot.com/feeds/3933241774985609731/comments/default 0 Delivery Time! Trade with Greg from Night Owl Cards http://fanofreds.blogspot.com/2010/10/delivery-time-trade-with-greg-from.html http://fanofreds.blogspot.com/2010/10/delivery-time-trade-with-greg-from.html#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:01:00 +0000 FanOfReds 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 makes trading easy!   This time, however, I swapped a bunch of my extra 2010 Allen & Ginter cards for some cards that Greg had off my want lists.

This is our umpteenth trade - and once again, it's a good one!

For me:
2010 Allen & Ginter:
Regular mini:  
273.  David DeJesus

2010 Topps:
Peak Performances:
PP-89.  B.J. Upton

Sweet!  This was the last remaining Peak Performances card that I needed - I love being able to knock off entire sections of my want list!

Cards Your Mother Threw Out:
CMT-47.  Alex Rodriguez
CMT-111.  Ichiro & Albert Pujols
I'm creeping ever so close to being able to knock this insert set off my want list as well - and then it's one more World Series History card and I can close the door on 2010 Topps for good!

2009 Topps Updates & Highlights:
UH66.  Jhoulys Chacin
UH256.  Tim Wakefield
UH260.  Ryan Howard
UH290.  Jason Michaels

Here's a set I'm embarrassed to still need cards from - I think everyone bought too much of this since it came out during a relatively slow period of baseball card releases last year.

1991 Score:
483.  Bill Wegman
504.  Mark Eichhorn
644.  Dave Henderson
708.  Brian Barnes
769.  George Brett

Greg also sent me a few assorted Reds cards which are always appreciated!  Thanks a lot for the trade Greg - and for anyone else who would like to trade - check out my want list and make an offer!
]]> http://fanofreds.blogspot.com/feeds/8087767599652033849/comments/default 0 Trades Keep on Rollin’ In: Now with More Night Owl! http://greatsportsnamehalloffame.blogspot.com/2010/09/trades-keep-on-rollin-in-now-with-more.html http://greatsportsnamehalloffame.blogspot.com/2010/09/trades-keep-on-rollin-in-now-with-more.html#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:00:00 +0000 SpastikMooss Night Owl, then that's alright with me!


My favorite card from the package was actually the first time that a blogger got me something off my random wants list - it's an Olmedo Saenz card from 2007 Topps:
As I told the Owl, I generally dislike the 2007 Topps set, but I think it works well with Saenz here in Dodger blue. I also like the sunhats behind Saenz in the stands...very dorky but very cool. And I love the fact that it's Saenz most of all - I mentioned a while back about how he almost single handedly won the second game I ever saw in person, so he holds a special place in my heart. Great dude that Olmedo Saenz!

That said, I still have his relic card as a random want on my random wants list. So if anyone has it, I'd love it! And in general, if you want to trade with me, my random wants page is a good place to start. It's often features more recent players/years than my player and set collections, and it's a pretty crazy assortment that changes all the time, so you never know when you'll have something I need! Check it out!


I guess this was just a trade for firsts in general, as Night Owl also sent me 5 cards for my cards featuring drinking cups collection. My favorite was the 1983 Fleer Al Oliver, which features 2 cups:
It's no 1998 UDCC Pat Meares, but 2 cups beats 1 cup, so I think it's cool!


I also like shots where the player is sort of hiding the cup from view, like this Pat Mahomes:


And finally (I'm only showing 3 cards but trust me that there were 5, check the page if you don't believe me!) , here's a non paper/gatorade cup, the Pepsi can behind Greg Brock on his 1988 Topps card:
I generally tend to collect either the green and orange gatorade cups and/or plain white Styrofoam cups, but really it's an all inclusive club. So send away!


Owl also sent me a bunch of 95 Topps I needed, but I figured I'd just show off one card, this sweet Cyberstats Derrick May:
May wore 27, which was also the number that Fred McGriff wore with the Braves, such as on this card, which also fit a collection need of mine:
And finally, the coup de grace if you will, Owl hit another player collection, that of Albert Belle. Though he sent two cards, this one was more amusing to me so I decided to share it. Here's Belle...stretching...lol:
Such a goofy card!

Thanks for the stuff Night Owl! Great goodies as always!
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