25 Years of Baseball » Alfonso Soriano http://25yearsofbaseball.com Exploring 25 years of Topps baseball, one pack at a time Sun, 20 May 2012 21:43:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 JUMBO Sunday: 2009 Topps Series 2 (Hit!) http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/01/16/jumbo-sunday-2009-topps-series-2-hit/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/01/16/jumbo-sunday-2009-topps-series-2-hit/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:20:10 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=5867 Five packs of 2009 Topps Series 2 coming your way, and a sweet hit in the first pack too!

PACK 1

  1. #473 Jered Weaver
  2. #540 Russell Martin
  3. #585 Alexei Ramirez
  4. Career Best Relics Dual #CBDR-PK Dustin Pedroia/Ian Kinsler (Serial#83/99) (Dual Jersey Relics)
  5. Topps Town #TTT37 Justin Upton
  6. #528 Nick Swisher
  7. #401 Tony LaRussa (Manager)
  8. #484 Chris Carpenter

PACK 2

  1. #609 Juan Rivera
  2. #573 Adam Wainwright
  3. #490 Joba Chamberlain
  4. #433 Coco Crisp
  5. Gold Border #400 Alfonso Soriano (Serial#1081/2009)
  6. Topps Town #TTT35 Prince Fielder
  7. #381 Shairon Martis (Rookie Card)
  8. #560 Adrian Beltre
  9. #612 Joel Pineiro
  10. #500 Ryan Howard

PACK 3

  1. #407 Dave Trembley (Manager)
  2. #370 Victor Martinez
  3. #511 Chad Qualls
  4. Topps Town #TTT36 Ian Kinsler
  5. #468 Derek Lowe
  6. #633 David Patton (Rookie Card)
  7. #623 Aaron Hill
  8. #497 Clint Hurdle (Manager)
  9. #459 Brian Bannister
  10. #395 Magglio Ordonez

PACK 4

  1. #568 Greg Reynolds
  2. #522 Gio Gonzalez
  3. #496 Charlie Manuel (Manager)
  4. #430 Francisco Rodriguez
  5. Topps Town Gold #TTT29 Derek Jeter
  6. #452 Orlando Cabrera
  7. #625 Jim Thome
  8. #595 Vernon Wells
  9. #557 Jayson Werth
  10. #513 Bronson Arroyo

PACK 5

  1. #569 Ted Lilly
  2. #617 Shaun Marcum
  3. #655 Bengie Molina
  4. #427 Brian Duensing (Rookie Card)
  5. Topps Town #TTT33 Carlos Lee
  6. #479 Brad Nelson (Rookie Card)
  7. #424 Jorge Campillo
  8. #498 Kyle Davies
  9. #556 Brendan Ryan
  10. #413 Ruben Gotay
]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/01/16/jumbo-sunday-2009-topps-series-2-hit/feed/ 0 New Certified Autographs from eBay http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2010/10/12/new-certified-autographs-from-ebay/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2010/10/12/new-certified-autographs-from-ebay/#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:55:16 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=5587 Hey, lookie what I got for less than $20 on eBay!

1998 Bowman Certified Blue Autographs #46 Miguel Tejada (Autograph)

2005 Finest Autograph Refractors #FA-AS Alfonso Soriano (Autograph)

2006 Bowman Heritage Signs of Greatness #SG-BW Brandon Wood (Autograph)

2006 Topps Co-Signers #104 Francisco Liriano (Autograph)

2007 Bowman #235 Elijah Dukes (Autograph) (Serial#144/500) (Rookie Card)

2010 Topps Peak Performance Autographs #PPA-TS Travis Snider (Autograph)

2008 Topps Moments and Milestones Rookie Autographs #RA-DB Daric Barton (Autograph)

2010 Topps Peak Performance Autographs #PPA-CM Cameron Maybin (Autograph)

]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2010/10/12/new-certified-autographs-from-ebay/feed/ 0 JUMBO Sunday: 2010 Topps Series 2 http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2010/10/10/jumbo-sunday-2010-topps-series-2-3/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2010/10/10/jumbo-sunday-2010-topps-series-2-3/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:41:27 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=5466 Here’s another 2010 Topps Series 2 Jumbo pack.  The promised hits have all been found, so what gems could possibly be left?  Let’s find out:

  1. #352 Cameron Maybin
  2. #456 Clayton Richard
  3. #536 Matt Palmer
  4. #620 Geovany Soto
  5. #404 Mariano Rivera
  6. #446 Gavin Floyd
  7. #336 C.J. Wilson
  8. #653 Nolan Reimold
  9. #644 David Purcey
  10. #538 Travis Hafner
  11. #460 Aaron Cunningham
  12. #362 Travis Snider
  13. #415 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise History)
  14. #424 David Herndon (Rookie Card)
  15. #355 James Russell (Rookie Card)
  16. #477 Nate McLouth
  17. #508 Chris Getz
  18. #449 Ryan Sweeney
  19. #612 Lastings Milledge
  20. #613 Eric Chavez
  21. #598 Alberto Callaspo
  22. #478 Conor Jackson
  23. #428 Baltimore Orioles (Franchise History)
  24. #554 Ramon Hernandez
  25. #470 New York Yankees (Team Card)
  26. #462 Alcides Escobar
  27. Gold #513 Scott Sizemore (Rookie Card) (Serial#1092/2010)
  28. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT81 Willie McCovey
  29. History of the World Series #HWS20 Edgar Renteria
  30. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-11 Roy Campanella
  31. 2020 #T3 Andre Ethier
  32. Red Hot Rookies Redemption #8 (Stephen Strasburg)
  33. Vintage Legends #VLC19 Rogers Hornsby
  34. Turkey Red #TR98 Hunter Pence
  35. Legendary Lineage #LL-36 Andre Dawson/Alfonso Soriano
  36. Peak Performance #PP-89 B.J. Upton
  37. #511 Chicago Cubs (Franchise History)
  38. #380 J.D. Drew
  39. #426 Mark Reynolds
  40. #499 Michael Bowden
  41. #605 A.J. Pierzynski
  42. #633 Daniel Bard
  43. #581 Chris Dickerson
  44. #419 David Aardsma
  45. #570 Josh Willingham
  46. #500 Brad Lidge
  47. #414 Sean West
  48. #369 David Ortiz
  49. #412 San Francisco Giants (Team Card)
  50. Attax Code Card #BU B.J. Upton

Awesome!  Of the 10 Red Hot Rookies I got the Strasburg!

Other than that, the rest of the cards were kind of bland…

For the Topps Million Card Giveaway, I got…

1972 Topps #416 Johnny Edwards

Johnny was a 3-time All-Star catcher in the 1960′s known primarily for his defensive abilities.

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  1. #542 Milton Bradley
  2. #427 Matt Morris
  3. #431 Mark Kotsay
  4. #451 Jorge Posada
  5. #702 Ichiro (Gold Glove)
  6. All-Stars #TAS8 Alfonso Soriano
  7. #675 Erik Cordier (Draft Pick) (First Year) (Rookie)
  8. #475 Jose Lima
  9. #418 Terrmel Sledge (Topps All-Star Rookie)
  10. #605 Moises Alou

“Soriano first achieved fame with the Yankees, but it was not until after he joined the Rangers in 2004 that he attained All-Star fame.  He justified the MLB-leading 3.47 million fan votes he received by clubbing a three-run homer in the first inning (then added a single later) to walk away with All-Star Game MVP honors.  He also started the contest and homered in ’02, and started in ’03.”

With 7 All-Star appearances under his belt, Alfonso Soriano has played in more All-Star Games than Jose Canseco.  He is just one home run shy of 300.  Maybe he’ll hit number 300 tonight?

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2007 Topps Red Back #176 Alfonso Soriano/Carlos Beltran (Classic Combo)

2007 Topps series 1:

  1. #187 Matt Cain
  2. #159 Jason Michaels
  3. #59 Brent Clevlen
  4. #128 Damian Miller
  5. Own the Game #OTG25 Roy Halladay
  6. Generation Now #GN74 Chase Utley
  7. Red Back #255 Brad Penny
  8. Red Back #176 Alfonso Soriano/Carlos Beltran (Classic Combo)
  9. #36 Gregg Zaun
  10. #81 Ian Kinsler

I don’t really understand how these two make a “classic combo”, but it’s got former Washington National Alfonso Soriano in it.

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2006 Topps 2K All-Stars #10 Alfonso Soriano

  1. 2K All-Stars #10 Alfonso Soriano
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2006 Topps #550 Alfonso Soriano

2006 Topps archives, to be integrated with my collection:

  1. #534 Tim Stauffer
  2. #535 Jim Edmonds
  3. #536 Scott Eyre
  4. #537 Ben Johnson
  5. #540 Gustavo Chacin (Topps All-Star Rookie)
  6. #543 Edinson Volquez
  7. #547 Derek Lowe
  8. #548 Sean Burroughs
  9. #549 Erik Bedard
  10. #550 Alfonso Soriano
  11. #553 Chris Duffy
  12. #554 Kazuo Matsui
  13. #556 Rob Mackowiak
  14. #557 Chris Burke
  15. #558 Jeromy Burnitz
  16. #560 Jim Thome
  17. #561 Miguel Olivo
  18. #563 Brad Ausmus
  19. #565 David DeJesus
  20. #567 Brandon Backe
    21. 2006 Topps #585 Mike Piazza

    2006 Topps #585 Mike Piazza

  21. #568 Aubrey Huff
  22. #569 Mike Jacobs
  23. #570 Todd Helton
  24. #571 Angel Berroa
  25. #572 Todd Jones
  26. #574 Darin Erstad
  27. #575 Roy Oswalt
  28. #577 Alex Rios
  29. #580 Frank Thomas
  30. #582 Francisco Rodriguez
  31. #584 Jorge Sosa
  32. #585 Mike Piazza
  33. #588 Ken Macha (Manager)
  34. #590 Joe Maddon (Manager)
  35. #591 Eric Wedge (Manager)
  36. #593 Sam Perlozzo (Manager)
  37. #597 Jim Leyland (Manager)
  38. #599 Ozzie Guillen (Manager)
  39. #600 Ned Yost (Manager)
  40. #601 Atlanta Braves (Team Card)
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