My friend, Mr Night Owl, is in trouble. Please help.

For those of you who read Night Owl's blog, and I think you all do... you know by now that he is in crisis. He is facing reality that he must take down the picture off of his blog of his beloved Alyssa Milano. Now me, I'm not that into her. But I ain't into the Dodgers either.

However none of that matters as Owl is my friend, and he needs help.

 This is where we come in. I'll have a poll up on the sidebar to help Owl choose his new Dodger Girl. And you, the voters, will help decide.
Here are the potential candidates, in alphabetical order, so no favouritism.

Audrina Partridge, wearing number 59. Who wears 59 for the Dodgers? No idea. Ask the Owl.

 I think Joe has cast his vote.

 Kim Kardashian wearing number 25. Please god, no one choose her.... maybe for the Mets...

 a benefit for Kim is you not only get her, but her whole family as well. Take that as a plus, or a minus.

 Lauren Conrad wearing number 7. Very cute.  Leader of the pack so far....

 Shawn Johnson wearing number 10. Now this one I know. Night Owl's favourite player wore number 10.
and it's Shawn Johnson. We all know what she can do. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...

 Victoria Beckham in a '70's warm up jacket. Very retro. And she's married to an athlete far more skilled than any baseball player. Owl may not want to hear that. So she may not do to well in the vote. But it is up to you!

 Whitney Port wearing the old 00. Nice.

 If it matters, her first pitch was actually a darn good throw. All of the others, not so much. So she gets the athletes vote.

There you have your finalists for Night Owl's new Dodger Girl. Google them if you must for further, uh.... research material. It's all in the name of science. And helping a friend.

Right?

Now vote!

Somebody wanted this card....

One of my Dodger buddies was lamenting the other day about this card not being issued. Either Night Owl or GCRL, I can't remember which now.....

but now here it is. Magic! OOoooooooo...........

Nocturnal interchange

a little while ago, I received packages from my two favourite Dodger collectors. One was a bipping that I still refuse to post. In fact, the cards are still in a pile in the furthest corner under my desk. The other, was from my good friend Night Owl. We will focus on his kindness today. And save the other for another.

First up, a mini card of Dale Murphy. Same size as a '75 mini.
next, a black border Kenshin from the '09 OPC set... which I've almost completed.

and a card of a pitcher that 29 other teams would love to have on their staff. I wonder how long before he replaces someone in the Braves rotation?

and I wonder when he'll learn how to wear a hat?

a shiny refractor of Jordan Schafer....

and the Ace of the staff. (see what I did there?)

a psychadelic Earl Williams.

Earl is so badass, he's about to take his All Star Rookie Trophy yard. It also looks like a submarine just surfaced behind him.

Now Greg knows I've been working on the '76 set for awhile now. He sent over a couple of gently loved cards for the cause.

I wonder if little Greg collected these way back when?

and a complete surprise, but one most welcome. Out of the '09 OPC baseball set, an insert set falling one per box.

I'm down to needing one for this set after the addition of young Henrik here. I love these cards.

I remember Greg posting this card for any takers, and I remember asking for it. But what I do not remember is the reason I really wanted it. There was one. But I can't remember.

Oh well, a card of the Expos broadcaster is always welcome.

These are some of my favourites from the stack I received. Thanks Mr Owl! A package was sent on it's way to you a few days ago. It was mostly '89 Topps. I hope that's okay. heh..........