2012 Topps Series 1 jumbo pack:

1. #180 Mariano Rivera
2. #240 David Wright
3. #204 Tom Gorzelanny
4. #248 Stephen Drew
5. #44 Edwin Jackson
6. #2 Trevor Cahill
7. #153 Mark Melancon
8. #48 Wade Davis
9. #317 Tyler Chatwood
10. #258 Jon Jay
11. #39 James Loney
12. #323 Jason Isringhausen
13. #132 Will Venable
14. #61 Daniel Bard
15. #201 Doug Fister
16. #272 Nyjer Morgan (World Series)
17. #273 David Freese
18. #45 Jhoulys Chacin
19. #181 Jose Reyes/Ryan Braun/Matt Kemp (League Leaders)
20. #324 Alex Rodriguez/Jim Thome/Jason Giambi (Active Leaders)
21. #136 Casey McGehee
22. #130 Asdrubal Cabrera
23. #239 Miguel Cabrera/Michael Young/Adrian Gonzalez (League Leaders)
24. #159 Chipper Jones/Albert Pujols/Todd Helton (Active Leaders)
25. Gold Sparkle #136 Casey McGehee
26. Golden Moments #GM-6 Red Schoendienst
27. Golden Greats #GG-73 Babe Ruth
28. Gold Standard #GS-10 Reggie Jackson
29. Gold Futures #GF-14 Mike Stanton
30. 1987 Topps Minis #TM-34 Josh Johnson
31. Golden Giveaway #GGC-10 Sandy Koufax
32. Timeless Talents #TT-10 Ryne Sandberg/Dan Uggla
33. #191 Angel Pagan
34. #94 Logan Forsythe
35. #196 Matt Joyce
36. #51 Alcides Escobar
37. #30 Derek Jeter
38. #228 Brent Lillibridge
39. #96 Grady Sizemore
40. #18 Colby Lewis
41. #328 John Lackey
42. #148 Chris Getz
43. #327 Mark Kotsay
44. #78 Erick Aybar
45. #139 Scott Sizemore
46. #108 Albert Pujols (World Series)
47. #220 Jay Bruce
48. #5 Desmond Jennings
49. #225 Michael Pineda
50. #217 Texas Rangers (Team Card)

My second-to-last 2011 Topps Series 1 jumbo pack:

1. #55 Matt Joyce
2. #30 Gio Gonzalez
3. #330 Derek Jeter
4. #31 Erick Aybar
5. #302 Adrian Beltre
6. #106 Felix Pie
7. #281 Kevin Slowey
8. #289 Yuniesky Betancourt
9. #153 A.J. Pierzynski
10. #64 Yorvit Torrealba
11. #296 John Buck
12. #103 Cliff Lee
13. #85 Jack Wilson
14. #301 Seth Smith
15. #166 Josh Johnson
16. #234 Miguel Montero
17. #273 Derrek Lee
18. #90 Yadier Molina
19. #171 Garrett Jones
20. #232 Jamie Moyer
21. #16 Aramis Ramirez
22. #305 James Loney
23. #174 Roy Oswalt
24. #270 Ubaldo Jimenez
25. #199 Jimmy Rollins
26. #39 Ian Kennedy
27. #127 Chris Volstad
28. Gold #73 James McDonald (Serial#0003/2011)
29. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-10 Tim Lincecum
30. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-38 Bo Jackson
31. Diamond Duos #DD-MP Joe Mauer/Buster Posey
32. 60 #T60-36 Adam Jones
33. Diamond #254 Lars Anderson (Rookie Card)
34. Kimball Champions #KC-32 Alex Rios
35. CMG Reprints #CMGR-5 Babe Ruth
36. #285 Hank Conger (Rookie Card)
37. #328 David Price (Checklist)
38. #95 Pedro Alvarez
39. #292 Darren Ford (Rookie Card)
40. #99 Ben Revere (Rookie Card)
41. #143 Jeremy Jeffress (Rookie Card)
42. #324 Boston Red Sox (Team Card)
43. #329 Brett Wallace
44. #315 David Ortiz
45. #306 Miguel Cabrera/Alex Rodriguez/Jose Bautista (League Leaders)
46. #82 Josh Johnson/Adam Wainwright/Roy Halladay (League Leaders)
47. #202 Jose Bautista/Paul Konerko/Miguel Cabrera (League Leaders)
48. #124 CC Sabathia/David Price/Jon Lester (League Leaders)
49. #326 Ozzie Martinez (Rookie Card)
50. Topps Town #TT-22 Jason Heyward

1976 Topps #216 Montreal Expos (Team Card)

Opening up one big ’0l jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Series 1:

1. #37 Vicente Padilla
2. #21 Michael Cuddyer
3. #118 Howie Kendrick
4. #123 Mike Lowell
5. #280 Andrew Bailey
6. #42 Mariano Rivera
7. #259 Kyle Davies
8. #160 Josh Tomlin
9. #4 Jason Kubel
10. #294 Luke Scott
11. #116 Russell Branyan
12. #50 Alex Rodriguez
13. #22 Barry Zito
14. #101 Gregor Blanco
15. #48 Andrew Cashner
16. #266 Rickie Weeks
17. #271 Adam Dunn
18. #86 Carlos Silva
19. #229 Jonathan Sanchez
20. #10 Stephen Strasburg
21. #240 Andre Ethier
22. #219 Carlos Ruiz
23. #78 Mike Stanton
24. #316 Chris Young
25. #81 Omar Infante
26. #100 Albert Pujols
27. Gold #11 Roy Halladay/Adam Wainwright/Ubaldo Jimenez (Serial#1779/2011) (League Leaders)
28. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-6 Roy Halladay
29. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-11 Gaylord Perry
30. Diamond Duos #DD-HJ Rickey Henderson/Desmond Jennings
31. 60 #T60-7 Mickey Mantle
32. Diamond #126 San Diego Padres (Team Card)
33. Kimball Champions #KC-48 Justin Upton
34. CMG Reprints #CMGR-2 Babe Ruth
35. History of Topps #HOT-5 Topps Goes Public
36. #126 San Diego Padres (Team Card)
37. #135 Mike Stanton (Topps All-Star Rookie)
38. #129 Lucas Duda (Rookie Card)
39. #145 Freddie Freeman (Rookie Card)
40. #213 Brandon Snyder (Rookie Card)
41. #165 Jeremy Hellickson (Rookie Card)
42. #52 Tampa Bay Rays (Team Card)
43. #83 Greg Halman (Rookie Card)
44. #314 Ryan Kalish
45. #134 Carlos Gonzalez/Joey Votto/Omar Infante (League Leaders)
46. #7 Mickey Mantle
47. #91 Lucas May (Rookie Card)
48. #243 Omar Vizquel
49. #249 Aaron Harang
50. Topps Town #TT-50 Albert Pujols

No offense Fred Lynn, because you were a great baseball player, but the first words out of my mouth after I entered this Topps Diamond code were, “damn, that sucks…”

1987 Topps #370 Fred Lynn

A jumbo pack of 2010 Topps Update Series.  Is anyone else annoyed at how there are 7 versions of 201o Topps card #661, not counting the gold/black/copper/whatever parallels?  I’m happy with my “normal” version.

1. #US-152 Ian Kennedy
2. #US-91 Nick Johnson
3. #US-222 Ted Lilly
4. #US-198 Francisco Cervelli
5. #US-207 Jerry Hairston Jr.
6. #US-146 Peter Bourjos (Rookie Card)
7. #US-230 Robinson Cano (All-Star)
8. #US-162 Hong-Chih Kuo
9. #US-69 Lance Cormier
10. #US-275 Hong-Chih Kuo (All-Star)
11. #US-101 Jake Westbrook
12. #US-173 Lorenzo Cain (Rookie Card)
13. #US-139 Jorge Cantu
14. #US-237 Jhan Marinez (Rookie Card)
15. #US-256 Mike Gonzalez
16. #US-6 Adam Ottavino (Rookie Card)
17. #US-74 Ryan Church
18. #US-296 Lance Zawadzki (Rookie Card)
19. #US-262 Rob Johnson
20. #US-254 Chris Perez
21. #US-40 Evan Longoria (All-Star)
22. #US-284 Josh Reddick
23. #US-229 Joe Saunders
24. #US-271 Travis Wood (Rookie Card)
25. #US-245 Placido Polanco
26. #US-53 Jordan Smith (Rookie Card)
27. #US-41 Anthony Slama (Rookie Card)
28. Gold #US-62 Chris Narveson (Serial#0375/2010)
29. Attax Code Card #DW David Wright
30. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-26 Roger Maris
31. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT155 Larry Walker
32. More Tales of the Game #MTOG-5 Babe Ruth
33. Turkey Red #TR117 Carlos Gomez
34. Vintage Legends #VLC-30 George Sisler
35. Peak Performance #PP-125 Roy Halladay
36. Topps #661D Stephen Strasburg (Rookie Card)
37. #US-228 Brandon Phillips/Martin Prado (Checklist)
38. #US-44 Scott Rolen (All-Star)
39. #US-328 Adrian Beltre (All-Star)
40. #US-73 Torii Hunter (All-Star)
41. #US-215 Albert Pujols/Ryan Braun (Checklist)
42. #US-38 Chris Young (Home Run Derby)
43. #US-161 Matt Holliday (All-Star)
44. #US-106 Orlando Cabrera
45. #US-308 Matt Thornton
46. #US-98 Yunel Escobar
47. #US-312 Coco Crisp
48. #US-100 Roy Halladay
49. #US-39 Kila Ka’aihue
50. #US-300 Cliff Lee

A JUMBO pack of 2010 Topps Update Series:

I noticed that the rookie cards in 2010 are starting to have more meaning than in past years, since MLB stopped letting card companies print official MLB baseball cards of minor-leaguers and teenage prospects back in 2006.  Now players need to prove themselves as Major League-worthy players before they can have an official rookie card.  That means any rookie card you see nowadays with the official “RC” logo is a rookie card of a player with a legitimate chance to succeed in the Major Leagues.  I like that.  It cuts out a lot of junk cards of sub-par athletes whom you’ll never see take the field in a big-league ballpark.

1. #US-232 Jason Kendall
2. #US-102 Chris Carter (Rookie Card)
3. #US-142 Mike Cameron
4. #US-151 Kerry Wood
5. #US-82 Emmanuel Burriss
6. #US-103 Matt Tuiasosopo
7. #US-115 Brad Lincoln (Rookie Card)
8. #US-21 Roy Oswalt
9. #US-79 Jonny Gomes
10. #US-310 Derek Jeter (All-Star)
11. #US-16 Felipe Paulino
12. #US-164 Gaby Sanchez
13. #US-181 J.P. Arencibia (Rookie Card)
14. #US-126 Elvis Andrus (All-Star)
15. #US-178 Jim Edmonds
16. #US-34 Shaun Marcum
17. #US-52 Andy Oliver (Rookie Card)
18. #US-317 Mike Leake (Rookie Debut)
19. #US-31 Corey Patterson
20. #US-242 Shelley Duncan
21. #US-264 Vicente Padilla
22. #US-301 Jeff Clement
23. #US-263 Randy Winn
24. #US-324 George Kottaras
25. #US-227 Mark Kotsay
26. #US-259 Yadier Molina (All-Star)
27. #US-224 Scott Olsen
28. #US-251 Jake Arrieta (Rookie Card)
29. Gold #US-46 Colby Lewis (Serial#0799/2010)
30. Attax Code Card #AG Adrian Gonzalez
31. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-25 Mickey Mantle
32. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT162 Derek Jeter
33. More Tales of the Game #MTOG-3 Seven Touchdowns
34. Turkey Red #TR121 A.J. Burnett
35. Vintage Legends #VLC-31 Babe Ruth
36. Peak Performance #PP-120 Tyler Colvin
37. #US-329 Jose Reyes/Hanley Ramirez (Checklist)
38. #US-23 Andy Pettitte (All-Star)
39. #US-279 Hanley Ramirez (Home Run Derby)
40. #US-65 Victor Martinez/Robinson Cano (Checklist)
41. #US-291 Corey Hart (Home Run Derby)
42. #US-250 Miguel Cabrera (All-Star)
43. #US-240 Adrian Gonzalez (All-Star)
44. #US-191 Danny Valencia (Rookie Card)
45. #US-295 Andrew Cashner (Rookie Card)
46. #US-231 Gabe Kapler
47. #US-63 David Ortiz (Home Run Derby)
48. #US-226 Scott Podsednik
49. #US-174 Matt Lindstrom
50. #US-67 Kyle Farnsworth

Five packs of 2009 Topps Series 1 will be opened now:

PACK 1:

1. #35 David Price (Rookie Card)
2. #140 Brandon Webb
3. #243 Chase Headley
4. #286 Odalis Perez
5. Legends of the Game #LG7 Babe Ruth
6. Topps Town #TTT3 Grady Sizemore
7. #10 Dan Uggla
8. #102 Garrett Atkins
9. #165 Matt Kemp
10. #281 Tug Hulett

PACK 2:

1. #117 Ron Gardenhire (Manager)
2. #255 Joe Crede
3. #25 Jon Lester
4. #85 Justin Verlander
5. Turkey Red #TR27 Aubrey Huff
6. Topps Town #TTT4 Brandon Webb
7. #292 Francisco Cervelli (Rookie Card)
8. #234 John Russell (Manager)
9. #159 Matt Antonelli (Rookie Card)
10. #242 Ricky Nolasco

PACK 3:

1. #305 Ivan Rodriguez
2. #59 Eric Gagne
3. #289 Josh Banks
4. #162 Mike Cameron
5. Legends of the Game #LG17 Ted Williams
6. Topps Town #TTT19 Carlos Quentin
7. #108 Alcides Escobar (Rookie Card)
8. #283 John Baker
9. #320 Miguel Cabrera
10. #187 Jon Garland

PACK 4:

1. #24 Frank Thomas
2. #107 Pedro Feliz
3. #77 Jed Lowrie
4. #157 Brandon Webb/Dan Haren (Classic Combos)
5. #176 Josh Hamilton/Justin Morneau/Miguel Cabrera (League Leaders)
6. Topps Town #TTT2 Roy Halladay
7. #273 Brain Roberts
8. #325 Dustin McGowan
9. #322 John Buck
10. #214 Scott Elbert (Rookie Card)

PACK 5:

1. #154 A.J. Pierzynski
2. #212 Denard Span (Topps All-Star Rookie)
3. #36 Kevin Slowey
4. Turkey Red #TR7 Andre Ethier
5. Topps Town #TTT11 Nick Markakis
6. #86 Kila Ka’aihue (Rookie Card)
7. #71 Mat Gamel (Rookie Card)
8. #236 Kelly Johnson
9. #198 Conor Jackson
10. #277 Asdrubal Cabrera

“Few, if any, World Series championships have featured more wall-to-wall drama than the 2001 renewal, in which three games were decided in the final at-bat.  Before Arizona’s Luis Gonzalez clinched Game 7 with a walk-off hit, New York’s Derek “Mr. November” Jeter provided a thrill of his own with a two-out, game-ending homer in the 10th inning of Game 4.”

Now let’s hop into our baseball time machine.  Here we go to 2009… we see Justin Upton sliding in:

On to the 1950′s:

and on to the 1930′s:

and our final stop, the 1910′s, about 100 years ago:

2010 Topps Series 2:

1. #464 Francisco Liriano
2. #391 Manny Parra
3. #397 Colorado Rockies (Team Card)
4. #577 Jason Jaramillo
5. #340 John Buck
6. #406 Jeff Francis
7. #468 Delmon Young
8. #541 Jason Motte
9. #617 Luis Valbuena
10. #343 Brian Bruney
11. #387 Josh Fields
12. #434 Kevin Slowey
13. #533 Gary Matthews Jr.
14. #504 Jeff Mathis
15. #648 Brian Fuentes
16. #534 Hideki Okajima
17. #461 Tyson Ross (Rookie Card)
18. #392 Carlos Monasterios (Rookie Card)
19. #637 Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig (Checklist)
20. #502 Jhoulys Chacin
21. #400 Alex Rodriguez
22. #411 Jack Wilson
23. #548 Minnesota Twins (Franchise History)
24. #361 Washington Nationals (Team Card)
25. #558 Ronny Paulino
26. #545 Fred Lewis
27. Gold #333 Ryan Ludwick (Serial#1784/2010)
28. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT113 Justin Verlander
29. History of the World Series #HWS21 Derek Jeter
30. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-18 Thurman Munson
31. 2020 #T5 Justin Upton
32. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out Original Backs #CMT61 Al Kaline
33. Vintage Legends #VLC8 Walter Johnson
34. Turkey Red #TR78 Dan Haren
35. Legendary Lineage #LL-52 Dale Murphy/Matt Kemp
36. Peak Performance #PP-79 Matt Kemp
37. #466 Jered Weaver
38. #587 David Murphy
39. #618 Jorge Cantu
40. #593 Derek Holland
41. #348 Jordan Zimmermann
42. #390 Ervin Santana
43. #389 Troy Tulowitzki
44. #481 Scott Rolen
45. #557 Aaron Hill
46. #537 Michael Cuddyer
47. #546 Bud Norris
48. #627 Jeremy Hermida
49. #341 Texas Rangers (Franchise History)
50. Attax Code Card #IK Ian Kinsler

Here’s this pack’s random Million Card Giveaway card:

1961 Topps #289 Ray Moore

Gonzalez has been the San Diego Padres’ All-Star slugger for the past 3 seasons, averaging a .286 AVG and 35 homers from 2008-2010.

Funny note:  The Oakland Athletics team card #410 lists the home run leader as “Jack Crust”

The younger of the LaRoche brothers:

Strikeout King #2:

Strikeout King #1:

The Sultan of Swat and The… hmm… Ryan Howard needs a fearsome nickname…

My Topps Million Card lotto ticket gave me…

1965 Topps #474 Cookie Rojas

Not a bad card.  Cookie Rojas is not a big name, but he played 5 All-Star games in his day.

2010 Topps Series 2 Jumbo pack:

1. #432 A.J. Burnett
2. #473 Jason Varitek
3. #528 Brian Bannister
4. #635 Carl Pavano
5. #332 Brad Hawpe
6. #459 Joel Zumaya
7. #535 Andy Sonnanstine
8. #607 Ubaldo Jimenez
9. #344 Brett Myers
10. #394 Luis Castillo
11. #547 Brett Gardner
12. #649 Casey McGehee
13. #509 Todd Helton
14. #583 Anibal Sanchez
15. #471 Drew Butera (Rookie Card)
16. #452 Allen Craig (Rookie Card)
17. #375 Mike Leake (Rookie Card)
18. #636 Evan Longoria/B.J. Upton (Celeb-Rays-tion Time) (Checklist)
19. #467 Fausto Carmona
20. #552 Chris Tillman
21. #566 Maicer Izturis
22. #642 San Diego Padres (Franchise History)
23. #410 Oakland Athletics (Team Card)
24. #656 Jon Lester
25. Gold #594 Andy LaRoche (Serial#0139/2010)
26. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT96 Randy Johnson
27. History of the World Series #HWS23 Cole Hamels
28. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-12 Gary Carter
29. 2020 #T17 Tommy Hanson
30. Peak Performance Relics #PPR-AG Adrian Gonzalez (Bat Relic)
31. Vintage Legends #VLC21 Nolan Ryan
32. Turkey Red #TR93 Ian Desmond
33. Legendary Lineage #LL-45 Babe Ruth/Ryan Howard
34. Peak Performance #PP-86 Justin Verlander
35. #382 Kyle Davies
36. #458 Todd Wellemeyer
37. #507 Francisco Rodriguez
38. #628 Ross Detwiler
39. #578 Aaron Rowand
40. #630 Ben Francisco
41. #568 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
42. #488 Delwyn Young
43. #417 Dallas Braden
44. #373 Clint Barmes
45. #639 Los Angeles Dodgers (Team Card)
46. #542 Heath Bell
47. #401 Chad Billingsley
48. Attax Code Card #AR Alex Rodriguez