“Barry’s 13th All-Star Game appearance (14 selections) in 2007 was the first he played in his home stadium at the time, and he was welcomed warmly by the San Francisco crowd.  In addition to his more than 750 regular-season HRs and nine in postseason play, he has clared the fences in All-Star Game competition in 1998 in Denver and in ’02 in Milwaukee.”

2007 Topps Updates & Highlights:

1. #UH95 Dmitri Young
2. #UH306 Paul Bako
3. #UH114 Pete Orr
4. #UH131 Marlon Byrd
5. #UH125 Joe Kennedy
6. Red Back #UH78 Tony Pena
7. Red Back #UH28 Olmedo Saenz
8. Generation Now #GN570 Josh Barfield
9. #UH90 Julian Tavarez
10. #UH229 Barry Bonds (All-Star)

Opening up 5 hobby packs of 2005 Topps Updates & Highlights:

PACK 1

1. #UH289 Darwinson Salazar (First Year) (Rookie)
2. #UH257 Tony Arnerich (First Year) (Rookie)
3. #UH228 Brian Miller (First Year) (Rookie)
4. #UH94 Thomas Diamond (Prospect)
5. #UH248 Hayden Penn (First Year) (Rookie)
6. #UH309 Matt Brown (First Year) (Rookie)
7. Gold #UH300 Jason Motte (Serial#1110/2005) (First Year) (Rookie)
8. #UH213 B.J. Upton (Futures Game All-Star)
9. #UH190 Aramis Ramirez (All-Star)
10. #UH122 Paul Konerko (Postseason Highlights)

PACK 2

1. #UH33 Placido Polanco
2. #UH55 Marlon Byrd
3. #UH243 Daniel Haigwood (First Year) (Rookie)
4. #UH290 George Kottaras (First Year) (Rookie)
5. #UH259 Ricky Barrett (First Year) (Rookie)
6. #UH321 Chris Volstad (Draft Pick) (First Year) (Rookie)
7. #UH24 Jody Gerut
8. #UH171 Bartolo Colon (Sporting News All-Stars)
9. #UH130 Roy Oswalt (Postseason Highlights)
10. #UH166 Ken Griffey Jr. (Sporting News All-Stars)

PACK 3

1. #UH238 Brian Bannister (First Year) (Rookie)
2. #UH263 Steve Nelson (First Year) (Rookie)
3. #UH99 Philip Hughes (Prospect)
4. #UH326 Beau Jones (Draft Pick) (First Year) (Rookie)
5. #UH229 Chris Vines (First Year) (Rookie)
6. #UH324 C.J. Henry (Draft Pick) (First Year) (Rookie)
7. Gold #UH256 Kevin Collins (Serial#1108/2005) (First Year) (Rookie)
8. #UH194 Chris Carpenter (All-Star)
9. #UH120 Garrett Anderson (Postseason Highlights)
10. #UH156 Joe Nathan (Sporting News All-Stars)

PACK 4

1. #UH256 Kevin Collins (First Year) (Rookie)
2. #UH240 Thomas Oldham (First Year) (Rookie)
3. #UH233 Baltazar Lopez (First Year) (Rookie)
4. #UH21 Byung-Hyun Kim
5. #UH231 Chuck Tiffany (First Year) (Rookie)
6. #UH293 Brandon Moorhead (First Year) (Rookie)
7. Barry Bonds Home Run History #BB391 Barry Bonds
8. #UH219 Chris Young (Futures Game All-Star)
9. #UH58 Chris Young
10. #UH125 Freddy Garcia/Jose Contreras (Postseason Highlights)

Note 1:  The 2 Chris Young cards are of different people

Note 2: “Baltazar” is an awesome name

PACK 5

1. #UH262 Jerry Owens (First Year) (Rookie)
2. #UH312 Jered Weaver (Draft Pick) (First Year) (Rookie)
3. #UH79 Jose Guillen
4. #UH249 Heath Totten (First Year) (Rookie)
5. #UH30 Jason Kendall
6. #UH311 Stephen Drew (Draft Pick) (First Year) (Rookie)
7. #UH301 Chuck James (First Year) (Rookie)
8. #UH214 Conor Jackson (Futures Game All-Star)
9. #UH138 Bartolo Colon/Cliff Lee/Jon Garland (League Leaders)
10. #UH159 Felipe Lopez (Sporting News All-Stars)

1995 Topps Series 1:

1. #184 Hector Fajardo
2. Cyberstats #018 John Wetteland
3. #368 Mike Butcher
4. #204 Todd Worrell
5. #305 Orel Hershiser
6. #388 Ken Griffey Jr./Barry Bonds (Topps All Stars)
7. #392 David Cone/Greg Maddux (Topps All Stars)
8. #82 Ray Lankford
9. #38 Tim Wallach
10. #44 Bret Barberie
11. #77 Tim Raines
12. #242 Terry Pendleton
13. #99 Cris Carpenter
14. #197 Steve Cooke
15. #320 Chris Bosio

“When the pitch left Byung-Hyun Kim’s hand at 2.14 p.m. on May 28, 2006, it was a fastball.  When Barry Bonds turned on it a fraction of a second later, it was history — literally and figuratively.  Barry’s 445-foot blast into right-center was the 715th dinger of his career, moving him past Babe Ruth on the all-time list and putting him an even forty homers behind all-time champ Henry Aaron.  The sell-out crowd at AT&T Park erupted, and Bonds took two curtain calls.”

Bonds ended his career with 762 home runs.

2006 Topps Updates & Highlights:

1. #UH53 Denny Bautista
2. #UH73 Cory Lidle (In Memoriam)
3. #UH45 Scott Williamson
4. #UH101 Roberto Hernandez
5. #UH117 Scott Proctor
6. #UH170 John Maine (Rookie Card)
7. #UH244 Nomar Garciaparra (All-Star)
8. Barry Bonds 715 #715-BB Barry Bonds
9. #UH213 Jose Reyes/Juan Pierre/Hanley Ramirez (League Leaders)
10. #UH298 Lance Berkman/Roy Oswalt (Team Leaders)
11. #UH282 Carlos Zambrano (All-Star)
12. #UH299 Chris Capuano/Prince Fielder (Team Leaders)

Barry Bonds hit his 234th home run on May 21, 2994 at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Cubs.  It came in the 3rd inning with one man on and Frank Castillo on the mound.

2005 Topps Series 2:

1. #564 Zack Greinke
2. #406 Kerry Wood
3. #454 Mike Gonzalez (Topps All-Star Rookie)
4. #455 Jake Peavy
5. #698 Bret Boone (Gold Glove)
6. Barry Bonds Home Run History #BB234 Barry Bonds
7. #686 Mike Bourn (Draft Pick) (First Year) (Rookie)
8. #545 Tony Armas Jr.
9. #602 Jaret Wright
10. #485 Dustan Mohr

Here’s five hobby packs of 2007 Topps Updates & Highlights:

PACK 1

1. #UH141 Cameron Maybin (Rookie Card)
2. #UH192 Terry Evans (Rookie Card)
3. #UH117 Jeremy Accardo
4. #UH320 Troy Percival
5. #UH51 Zack Greinke
6. Red Back #UH307 Kyle Davies
7. Red Back #UH183 Travis Metcalf (Rookie Card)
8. Barry Bonds Home Run History #738 Barry Bonds
9. #UH280 Carl Crawford/Carlos Guillen (Classic Combo)
10. #UH245 Takashi Saito (All-Star)

PACK 2

1. #UH3 Jason Marquis
2. #UH199 Yoel Hernandez (Rookie Card)
3. #UH169 Micah Owings (Rookie Card)
4. #UH62 Mike Fontenot
5. #UH63 Cesar Izturis
6. Red Back #UH233 J.J. Putz (All-Star)
7. Red Back #UH179 Jesus Flores (Rookie Card)
8. Mantle Home Run History #MHR470 Mickey Mantle
9. #UH275 Mike Fontenot/Khalil Greene (Classic Combo)
10. #UH226 Jose Reyes (All-Star)

PACK 3

1. #UH109 Jason Wood
2. #UH301 Bob Howry
3. #UH307 Kyle Davies
4. #UH103 Antonio Alfonseca
5. #UH156 Matt DeSalvo (Rookie Card)
6. Red Back #UH194 Guillermo Rodriguez (Rookie Card)
7. Red Back #UH253 Derrek Lee (All-Star)
8. Gold #UH135 Jose Molina (Serial#0767/2007)
9. #UH162 Phil Hughes (Rookie Card)
10. #UH218 Derek Jeter (All-Star)

PACK 4

1. #UH69 Claudio Vargas
2. #UH94 Al Reyes
3. #UH82 Rafael Betancourt
4. #UH52 Armando Benitez
5. #UH28 Olmedo Saenz
6. #UH207 Prince Fielder (Season Highlights)
7. Red Back #UH260 Matt Holliday (All-Star)
8. Red Back #UH43 Ubaldo Jimenez (Rookie Card)
9. #UH211 Randy Johnson (Season Highlights)
10. #UH221 Magglio Ordonez (All-Star)

PACK 5

1. #UH56 Jamie Burke
2. #UH186 Kyle Kendrick (Rookie Card)
3. #UH174 Curtis Thigpen (Rookie Card)
4. #UH27 Yusmeiro Petit
5. #UH32 Russ Ortiz
6. Red Back #UH22 Jeff Salazar
7. Red Back #UH266 Justin Morneau (All-Star)
8. Mickey Mantle Story #MMS32 Mickey Mantle
9. #UH271 Dan Haren (All-Star)
10. #UH232 Jonathan Papelbon (All-Star)

“Barry made his major league debut: 5-30-86.  He collected 1st major league Hit: 5-31-86.  He scored his 1st major league Run: 6-1-86.  His first major league Home Run: 6-4-86.”

It’s very interesting how they did the gold borders on the 1986 Topps designs.  The Barry Bonds is one of the better Gold cards in the 2001 Topps Traded set and it’s going into my display case.

2001 Topps Traded & Rookies:

1. #T8 Ken Caminiti
2. #T22 Charles Johnson
3. #T36 Mike Bordick
4. #T250 Matt White (Rookie Card)
5. #T225 Cody Ross (Rookie Card)
6. #T252 Chris Russ (Rookie Card)
7. Gold #T114 Barry Bonds (Reprint) (Serial#0871/2001)
8. #T128 Fred McGriff (Reprint)
9. Chrome #T223 Scott Heard (Rookie Card)
10. Chrome #T228 Bob Keppel (Rookie Card)

Here’s a 5-hobby-pack rip session of 2005 Topps Series 2:

PACK 1

1. #429 Gary Matthews Jr.
2. #505 Nomar Garciaparra
3. #531 Daniel Cabrera (Topps All-Star Rookie)
4. #522 David Bush
5. #711 Andruw Jones (Gold Glove)
6. Gold #381 Brad Lidge (Serial#1946/2005)
7. #504 Craig Monroe
8. #424 Ramon Hernandez
9. #383 Alex Cora
10. #513 Mark Redman

PACK 2

1. #550 Pat Burrell
2. #525 Marlon Byrd
3. #579 Jeff Conine
4. #390 Manny Ramirez
5. #696 Ivan Rodriguez (Gold Glove)
6. Barry Bonds Home Run History #BB161 Barry Bonds
7. #375 Magglio Ordonez
8. #587 Dan Kolb
9. #497 Richie Sexson
10. #681 Bobby Livingston (Draft Pick) (Rookie)

PACK 3

1. #672 Glen Perkins (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
2. #468 Ross Gload
3. #492 Tomas Perez
4. #423 Jose Mesa
5. #714 Roger Clemens (Cy Young Award)
6. Hit Parade #HR10 Manny Ramirez
7. #636 Pedro Feliz
8. #514 Jason Michaels
9. #518 Jose Lopez
10. #554 Jamie Moyer

PACK 4

1. #450 Mike Piazza
2. #608 Luis A. Gonzalez
3. #547 Kevin Brown
4. #410 Joe Kennedy
5. #563 Junior Spivey
6. #697 Darin Erstad (Gold Glove)
7. #446 Chris Capuano
8. #590 Alex Gonzalez
9. #573 Paul Byrd
10. #491 Tony Womack

PACK 5

1. #577 Ryan Wagner
2. #486 Bobby Madritsch
3. #378 Chin-hui Tsao
4. #566 Chris Shelton
5. #732 Curt Schilling (Postseason Highlights)
6. Barry Bonds Home Run History #BB280 Barry Bonds
7. #524 Paul Quantrill
8. #596 Mark Hendrickson
9. #443 Pete Munro
10. #592 Jolbert Cabrera