It was a bit frustrating because there are PLENTY of open spots in the night card binder, but very nice night carda get blocked all the time.
This particular card number — 118 — has come up a few times in my binder but contenders will always come up short.
This is the card residing at 118 and it’s unique, a minor league baseball scene, so I can’t boot it out, there are plenty of celebration shots in the binder already. So the 2026 card goes in the back page of the binder for night cards that are still too good to get booted.
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Page complete except for the center square, which is card No. 221. But here is the success story of this post and the reason why I do it in the first place: I just now looked up 221 cards and found one I have!
This 2014 Topps card of Brian Dozier was just slipped into the binder!
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Some gems on this page, but waaaaaay too few of them. The Sean Doolittle is a gold parallel.
This card deserved to be photographed separately. Between glossy cards and plastic pages and snow glare from outside, I had a heck of a time taking shots. “Get a new scanner” is climbing higher on my too-purchase list.
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Man, Anthony Rendon does not deserve that marvelous card. This is another page with just one empty pocket. No obvious candidates for that spot, though I suspect that the 2013 Matt Kemp card is a night card. It’s one of those tight shots that makes deducing difficult.
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A few classics here, like the Upper Deck Bob Welch and the 1979 Willie Horton. The Mookie Betts was a recent arrival as I know if I just sat down with my Dodgers dupes, I’d find a bunch of night card binder eligibles.
The empty slot is card No. 244.
I really want to add this card to the spot, but I don’t think it’s a night card. Old Yankee Stadium often produced dark photos that sometimes are mistaken for night cards. I don’t know for sure though. What do you think with this card? I’m ready for any flimsy excuse to add it.
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The most notable thing about this page is maybe two Arizona Diamondback pitchers from 2007 Upper Deck. What are the chances? (I know, pretty good). The Reggie Abercrombie harks back to another time of home plate collisions.
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Some work to do here even with a couple epic cards already added. The 2025 Heritage set has recently filled some spots, including in pages I’ve already covered. But I’m not going to go back and uploaded all those. Maybe one day when the binder is complete (i.e. never).
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Four more spots to fill but I love the two cards from my youth, the 1978 Dan Ford and the 1977 A.L. Championship card.
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A couple personal favorites in the Corey Seager World Series MVP card and the Washington Nationals park shot. But, again, much work to do.
That takes me up to card No. 288. Next up is to check my Dodgers dupes and all of the 2025 Topps cards in my inventory to see what I can find.
Just no 118’s. That spot is forever covered.