2009 Topps Updates & Highlights:

1. #UH163 Alejandro De Aza
2. #UH43 Koyie Hill
3. #UH153 Ichiro (All-Star)
4. #UH222 Ted Lilly (All-Star)
5. #UH308 Matt Cain (All-Star)
6. Gold Border #UH289 Nick Johnson (Serial#1920/2009)
7. Turkey Red #TR150 Babe Ruth
8. Topps Town #TTT58 Adrian Gonzalez
9. #UH139 Brian Moehler
10. #UH97 Juan Castro

The Curse of the Bambino, as retold by Topps:

“Babe, the first great home run hitter and an iconic figure whose fame has endured over the decades, arrived in the Majors as a pitcher, winning 65 games for the Red Sox in a three-year span starting in 1915.  His hitting spurred a transition to the outfield in ‘18.  After setting a Major League record with 29 homers in ‘19, he was sold to the Yankees.  In 15 seasons with New York, he won 10 home run titles and six RBI crowns while swatting .349 and playing in seven World Series.  Ruth, one of the Hall of Fame’s five original inductees in ‘36, still ranks second with 2,219 RBI and third with 714 homers.”

Opening up a fresh box of 2009 Topps Updates & Highlights to celebrate the new year!

Although the box topper says there is only “one rookie chrome refractor card inside!”, I lucked out and got two!  Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come:

1. Chrome Refractor #CHR41 P.J. Walters
2. Chrome Refractor #CHR42 Jordan Zimmermann

Now on the the first pack:

1. #UH74 Mitch Maier
2. #UH4 David Hernandez (Rookie)
3. #UH216 Mat Latos (Rookie)
4. #UH321 Hunter Pence (All-Star)
5. #UH22 Brett Gardner
6. Legends of the Game #LGU18 Babe Ruth
7. Topps Town #TTT59 Justin Verlander
8. #UH80 Matt Stairs
9. #UH130 Randy Johnson (Season Highlights)
10. #UH288 Jon Garland

Not a bad pack if I might say so myself.

1995 Topps Series 1:

1. #181 Jeff Reed
2. Cyberstats #020 Rene Arocha
3. #52 Mark Thompson (Star Track)
4. #52 Mark Thompson (Star Track)
5. #224 Mark Acre
6. #257 Shane Reynolds
7. #3 Babe Ruth (100th Birthday)
8. #38 Tim Wallach
9. #151 Derek Parks
10. #77 Tim Raines
11. #364 Bob Welch
12. #325 Kevin Appier
13. #350 Barry Larkin
14. #85 Andy Ashby
15. #292 Willie Blair

To honor Babe Ruth’s birthday, Topps wrote a long paragraph about him in tiny letters and ALL CAPS.  I’m not going to reproduce it here, lest I go blind.  Heck, I don’t even feel like reading it, lest I go blind.  So anyways, Happy 114th Birthday “Babe”!

2009 Topps series 2:

1. #520 Adrian Gonzalez
2. #563 Francisco Cordero
3. #607 Jarrod Washburn
4. #558 Edgar Renteria
5. Legends of the Game Career Best #LGCB-BR Babe Ruth
6. Turkey Red #TR99 Vladimir Guerrero
7. Topps Town #TTT50 Chase Utley
8. #591 Elvis Andrus (Rookie)
9. #492 Andre Ethier
10. #394 Barry Zito

I think this is my first Babe Ruth card ever, but for some reason I don’t really like it.  It’s kind of drab looking and the back just has a listing of stats.