Happy Opening Day!  While the official Opening Day is today, Opening Day for the Nationals is tomorrow.  Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it to the game because I have an infant daughter to care for.  Maybe next year I’ll take her to the game, but it’s exciting nonetheless… wondering now whether MLB TV will be worth it for me… not sure how much time I’ll have to watch baseball games.

2009 Topps #477 Josh Willingham

2009 Topps #483 John Lannan

2009 Topps #608 Cristian Guzman

2008 Topps #17 Cristian Guzman

2008 Topps #103 Jonathan Albaladejo (Rookie)

2008 Topps #133 Mike Bacsik

2008 Topps #157 Tim Redding

2007 Fleer #2 Felipe Lopez

2007 Fleer #11 Ryan Zimmerman

2007 Fleer #15 Cristian Guzman

2005 Donruss Team Heroes #13 Jose Guillen

2005 Donruss Team Heroes #370 Vinny Castilla

2005 Donruss Team Heroes #392 Cristian Guzman

2005 Donruss Team Heroes #396 Endy Chavez

2009 Topps series 2.  Hmm, this pack had 11 cards in it.  I think that explains why other packs in this box only had 9 cards:

#332 Chone Figgins

#412 Taylor Teagarden

#445 Joe Nathan

#408 Ronny Paulino

#505 Scott Olsen

“Over his three full seasons with the Marlins, Scott was a rotation mainstay, piling up more wins and strikeouts than anyone on the staff.  In November 2008, he was traded with OF Josh Willingham to Washington, where general manager Jim Bowden characterized his new operatives as “two players who can spend a long time playing here.”“

Topps Town #TTT37 Justin Upton

“Age means little to Justin.  He drew scouts to his games at 13.  By 14, he was playing in summer showcase events.  The five-tool prospect made the Majors at age 19, and started for Arizona in 2008 at 20.”

#403 Trevor Cahill (Rookie)

#637 Donald Veal (Rookie)

#654 Brian Schneider

#608 Cristian Guzman

“A NICHE IN HISTORY: Late in 2008, Cristian set a franchise record with eight consecutive multi-hit games in one season.  Bryan Little did it for the Expos over two campaigns in 1983-84.“

#521 Dana Eveland

2006 Topps #50 Manny Ramirez

When I started collecting baseball cards again last year, I began by buying some blasters of 2006, 2007, and 2008 Topps.  I even bought an entire hobby box of 2006 Topps series 2 to rip.  So today I’m going to start integrating this “newer old collection” into my current collection, starting with 2006 Topps.

2006 Topps archives, to be integrated with my main collection:

1. #2 Jose Valentin
2. #6 Damian Miller
3. #15 Brian Roberts
4. #21 Lance Berkman
5. #30 Jon Garland
6. #35 Brad Wilkerson
7. #40 Jorge Posada
8. #46 Jeff Francis
9. #48 Dan Johnson (Topps All-Star Rookie)
10. #50 Manny Ramirez
11. #56 Jarrod Washburn
12. #68 Steve Kline
13. #79 Mark Kotsay
14. #84 So Taguchi
15. #86 Brad Radke
16. #91 Rafael Betancourt
17. #98 Geoff Blum
18. #110 Mariano Rivera
19. #112 Ryan Vogelsong
20. #119 Andy Marte


2006 Topps #229 Cristian Guzman

21. #125 Carlos Delgado
22. #139 Jason Michaels
23. #158 Mike Timlin
24. #161 Chris Shelton
25. #165 Larry Walker
26. #168 Julian Tavarez
27. #169 Jhonny Peralta
28. #184 Mike Maroth
29. #186 Vincente Padilla
30. #189 Jose Mesa
31. #201 Jody Gerut
32. #207 Billy Wagner
33. #219 Mark Ellis
34. #221 Adam LaRoche
35. #227 Corey Koskie
36. #229 Cristian Guzman
37. #234 Luis Rivas
38. #239 Kyle Davies
39. #247 Eric Chavez (Gold Glove)
40. #260 Bartolo Colon (Cy Young Award)