Blogger Kindness: Night Owl Edition

Back in August, Night Owl held one of the most unique contests I've seen on card blogs so far. The aim was to crack the code he made from letters from different cards throughout the years. You know, the kind that resembles a ransom note. Out of the kindness of his heart, Night Owl sent those of us who cracked the code, but didn't survive the randomizer, some cards from our favorite team/players. Here's some of the highlights.

Believe it or not, this is my first Tug McGraw card. Tug tugs (that was awful, forgive me) at the country music lover in me. At eleven years old, country singer Tim McGraw found out that his biological father was Phillies pitcher, Tug McGraw. Their first meeting didn't go so well, as Tug was not interested in being a part of Tim's life. Later, however, they reconciled and became very close until Tug passed away in 2004 of brain cancer. Having lost my Pawpaw to the same disease, I admire the work the Tug McGraw Foundation is doing. Check out their website and be sure to check out these awesome Ya Gotta Believe bracelets. I love mine.

Onto the Braves stuff!

When I was in high school, a lady from my church was friends with a few of the Braves at the time. So close in fact that she got Julio Franco to call and leave me a message on my answering machine! When she handed him the phone, he didn't know that I was not on the line so it starts off with, "Hello? Hello? Morgan? Morgan?" in his very thick accent. Too cute! I still have that tape somewhere.

Freddie! Ya'll were right, these Bowman Platinums are even cooler in person. Speaking of cool, Freeman could not pull off that bro-hawk. I'm so glad it's gone.

Have I mentioned before how much I love these cards? If I were a set collector, I think I would start with 1959 Topps. I love colors and these are right up my alley. Well, except for that pink one. I'm not that girly.

Wait a second. Is this really my first Hanson? I am definitely grateful for these cards, but I'm not a huge fan of Topps Chrome. Not just for the obvious reason, but also because I feel as if they need one of those protective sheets covering the fronts. Every time I see them in a box at some card show, they are always so scratched up. Kind of like your mom's coffee table after you used it as a Hotwheels track.

My first sparkly from the Lineage set! Wow, I didn't realize how many firsts were in this post. Night Owl, you shouldn't have!

I included this guy in here because he reminds me of the Kinetic King on America's Got Talent. Someone tell me you know what I'm talking about.

Kinetic King - America's Got Talent 2011

See what I mean?

And for your viewing pleasure, the Kinetic King in all his glory:

There were a lot of other wonderful cards sent my way, including a few I'm saving for that project I'm working on ya'll are probably sick of hearing about.

Thank you so much, Night Owl!