2010 Topps Series 2 JUMBO pack:

1. #586 Roy Oswalt
2. #423 Brad Bergesen
3. #402 J.P. Howell
4. #347 Aaron Harang
5. #398 Carlos Gonzalez
6. #385 Torii Hunter
7. #516 Marlon Byrd
8. #573 Johan Santana
9. #531 Matt Cain
10. #655 Ryan Madson
11. #491 Rafael Furcal
12. #356 Angels (Franchise History)
13. #435 Nelson Cruz
14. #575 Ryan Perry
15. #638 Paul Konerko
16. #497 Edgar Renteria
17. #353 Jason Heyward (Rookie Card)
18. #457 Kanekoa Texeira (Rookie Card)
19. #563 Bronson Arroyo
20. #539 Arizona Diamondbacks (Team Card)
21. #429 Seth Smith
22. #455 St. Louis Cardinals (Franchise History)
23. #510 Justin Upton/Mark Reynolds (Checklist)
24. #640 Matt Diaz
25. Gold Border #575 Ryan Perry (Serial#0695/2010)
26. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT102 Babe Ruth
27. History of the World Series #HWS12 Yogi Berra
28. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-17 Roger Maris
29. 2020 #T12 Chris Coghlan
30. Silk Collection #TT Troy Tulowitzki (Serial#06/50)
31. Vintage Legends #VLC5 George Sisler
32. Turkey Red #TR69 Brooks Robinson
33. Legendary Lineage #LL-47 Frank Robinson/Ryan Braun
34. Peak Performance #PP-64 Josh Hamilton
35. #658 Tommy Hunter
36. #634 Casey Kotchman
37. #354 Evan Longoria
38. #624 Carlos Beltran
39. #562 Carlos Quentin
40. #445 Miguel Olivo
41. #349 Felix Pie
42. #622 Cleveland Indians (Franchise History)
43. #405 Dustin McGowan
44. #475 Johnny Damon
45. #560 Ryan Rowland-Smith
46. #615 Justin Verlander
47. #351 Koji Uehara
48. Attax Code Card #YE Yunel Escobar

The silk card is pretty neat looking in person.  It even has a little window so you can feel the silk.  Now that’s what I call gimmickery!  It feels like I should put this card into my daughter’s toy box instead of into my display case (but nonetheless, it’s going into the display case for now).

Isn’t it kind of ironic that the 2010 reprint of the Babe Ruth 100th Birthday card is valued much more than the original?  Beckett lists this card at $6, while the original at only $2.  I guess it’s no big loss that Mom threw out the original:

This year’s true All-Star Rookie:

Ryan Perry is undergoing “baptism by fire”, as the back of the card puts it, for the Detroit Tigers:

Both Rookies of the Year, both hit many homers in their first 3 seasons:

And the moment everyone’s been waiting for…  My Topps Million card…

1976 Topps #264 Steve Renko

2010 Topps Series 1:

1. #57 CC Sabathia
2. #18 Tim Stauffer
3. #160 Miguel Tejada
4. #284 Ross Ohlendorf
5. #119 Wilkin Ramirez
6. #259 Daniel Hudson (Rookie)
7. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-10 Carl Yastrzemski
8. Legendary Lineage #LL3 Babe Ruth/Alex Rodriguez
9. Topps Town #TTT21 Adam Dunn
10. #165 Brandon Phillips

“Just as Ruth exhibited unprecedented power in the early 20th Century, Rodriguez is tearing down barriers seemingly on an annual basis.  In 2008, a year after becoming the youngest to reach 500 home runs, Alex became the first player in Major League history to post 12 seasons with at least 35 homers and 100 RBI.  That broke a tie with none other than “The Bambino.””

Unlike A-Rod however, the source of The Bambino’s power was steak and eggs… for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

a Big Donkey:

I’m sure everyone’s wondering what card I got from the Million Card Giveaway.

Here we go:

…

2009 Topps #120 Mark Teixeira…

…a very surprised Mark Teixeira.

I was kinda hoping for something say, 30 years older, but I guess it could have been much worse.

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.