A few weeks back I was heading to work very early and an owl flew off a tree at the end of my street. I think it was the first time I've seen an owl out in the wild. It was so early it took a minute for my brain to register what it actually was. The experience would have been much cooler if it was a more exotic type.
This is a snowy owl picture actually taken in West Virginia. I'm guessing the one I saw was the basic barn owl.
One of my coworkers is an avid bird watcher and she told me that she has never seen one. She seemed upset that I had the experience over her. I told her it tasted like chicken. She didn't laugh.
You ready for a silky smooth transition? I just received some cards from the
Night Owl.
Greg sent a note claiming an unknown person sent him this Maury Wills. He said it was definitely a Pirate card so he was nice enough to forward it my way. The other mystery is the grading company. Finest Grading Service? Gem mint or not this card will likely find a new more relaxing home rather than the plastic slab.
I've received a few Bunt cards via trade. It is nice to see another bargain set out there that actually looks a little different than the flagship set.
This is my first taste of Heritage High Number. To me the allure of this set is seeing first issues of newer Pirates.
John Jaso's Pirate dreads are a national treasure.
Vogelsong's second go around with the Bucs. It looks like the photo shoot was at the Field of Dreams field in Iowa. Is this heaven? No, its pitchers fielding practice. Hurry up and finish the stupid photo shoot.
Nice to see Taillon have a healthy season. He will look to slot behind Gerrit Cole to make a nice one two punch.
Bowman Platinum is back. I think that is a good thing.
So shiny! Seeing Cutch have a poor season made me sad. Now all I get to here is hot takes on why the Pirates should trade him. The funny thing is these hot takes would probably be even hotter had he had huge year. Instead of him being done or regressing it would be needing to sell high. The fun of being a small market team!
I never opened much Ginter in my day, but I always liked to accumulate the Buccos.
Thanks for the cards Greg. Good luck to your Dodgers.
Have a nice weekend!
Owls must be more common in the Northeast, I see my buds quite a bit. Then again I am out and about at night!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure if I lived in the more rural parts of my county a sighting wouldn't be that rare. Knowing me the thing could have been there every morning and I just never paid attention.
DeleteYou can catch dem owls sitting on the power pole (or the line) above my driveway quite frequently. Heck, come visit, we can probably manage to see a black bear and deer too this time of year.
ReplyDeleteDeer I have plenty of. I live right in the middle of a town and they still find their way in my backyard. Black Bears are all over the place in the outskirts of town, but thankfully they've never made their way close to my house.
DeleteI enjoy seeing different obscure grading card companies. After last month's show, I actually thought about picking up one graded card from every grading company out there. Then I realized... it takes up way too much space.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a fun project to see how many you could find.
Deletethe reason that thought even popped into my head was because a dealer had $2 graded cards and there were at least 3 (maybe as much as 5) different grading companies not labeled PSA, BGS, or SGC.
Delete$2 graded cards!!! How much does it cost to get a card graded? I feel like the only time I would get/buy one graded would be a high end vintage card, or a Bowman rookie in baseball.
DeleteI have no clue... but I'm pretty sure it's more than $2 to get a card slabbed. I've never actually gotten a card graded... but I buy graded vintage from time to time for peace of mind.
DeleteHigh end vintage is a good one to get graded. You never know if it is fake or the card was trimmed.
DeleteMorning owl...night owl...both very cool. That Maury Wills is interesting. Not sure how you'd get it out of the holder but I would do the same. I hope Cutch has a bounce-back year in '17 - and I hope the Buccos are smart enough not to trade him.
ReplyDeleteYou just need a screwdriver to pry it open.
DeleteThe Cutch thing is an interesting dilemma. If the Pirates have no intentions of trying to resign him then they probably need to trade him and get some guys back. I don't even like thinking about it.
Hey Matt, can use (for the buyback Franken-Set) a #24 Bob Bruce 1963 Topps? email me
ReplyDeleteI Just sent you an email
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