1991 Topps:

1. #599 Greg Myers
2. #236 Frank Tanana
3. #395 Chuck Finley (All-Star)
4. #593 Mike Walker
5. #198 R.J. Reynolds
6. #730 Barry Larkin
7. #437 Doug Dascenzo
8. #2 George Brett (Record Breaker)
9. #692 Efrain Valdez (Rookie)
10. #738 Mel Hall
11. #271 Omar Olivares (Rookie)
12. #751 Wayne Edwards
13. #157 John Smoltz
14. #418 Nick Esasky
15. #608 Todd Burns

George Brett: 13-time All-Star, 3,154 career Hits, 1999 first-ballot Hall of Famer

1991 Topps:

1. #339 Larry Walker (Topps All-Star Rookie)
2. #92 Danny Jackson
3. #477 Mike Fetters
4. #260 Harold Reynolds
5. #540 George Brett
6. #388 Kelly Gruber (All-Star)
7. #691 Mike Blowers
8. #58 Mel Stottlemyre
9. #218 Rick Parker
10. #538 Bip Roberts
11. #293 Jay Bell
12. #179 Pete Harnisch
13. #164 Edgar Diaz
14. #248 Tom Gordon
15. #191 Willie Blair

2010 Topps Series 2 Jumbo Pack:

1. #393 Jason Frasor
2. #522 Jordan Schafer
3. #582 Martin Prado
4. #368 Wade LeBlanc
5. #427 Brandon Webb
6. #567 Mike Pelfrey
7. #493 Travis Ishikawa
8. #441 Clete Thomas
9. #367 Wandy Rodriguez
10. #645 Texas Rangers (Team Card)
11. #527 Brandon Wood
12. #388 Joel Pineiro
13. #505 Andy Marte
14. #550 Freddy Garcia
15. #482 Mike McCoy (Rookie Card)
16. #442 Dan Runzler (Rookie Card)
17. #601 Blake DeWitt
18. #487 Dan Uggla
19. #474 Kyle Kendrick
20. #565 Franklin Morales
21. #454 James Loney
22. #451 Michael Saunders
23. #641 Chase Headley
24. #553 Florida Marlins (Team Card)
25. Gold #366 Hiroki Kuroda (Serial#1425/2010)
26. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT82 George Brett
27. History of the World Series #HWS11 Johnny Podres
28. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-16 Mickey Mantle
29. 2020 #T16 David Wright
30. Manufactured Hat Logo Patch #MHR-414 Dizzy Dean (Serial#25/99)
31. Vintage Legends #VLC6 Willie McCovey
32. Turkey Red #TR62 Troy Tulowitzki
33. Legendary Lineage #LL-53 Nolan Ryan/Justin Verlander
34. Peak Performance #PP-51 Luis Aparicio
35. #337 Carlos Zambrano
36. #580 Ian Snell
37. #549 Derek Jeter
38. #626 Glen Perkins
39. #465 Chien-Ming Wang
40. #378 George Sherrill
41. #490 Michael Bourn
42. #596 Brendan Ryan
43. #358 Mark Buehrle
44. #439 Emilio Bonifacio
45. #526 Carlos Guillen
46. #619 Mike Napoli
47. #611 Josh Outman
48. Attax Code Card #MK Matt Kemp

It’s no wonder Topps can put an “autograph or relic” in every box of cards now.  Whenever they need a relic, they just have to “manufacture” one.

The relic card that Topps so graciously manufactured for me is of Dizzy Dean.  He was a player who pitched a spectacular 5 seasons in the 1930′s before succumbing to injuries.

Here are some of the other neat cards I got…

Nolan Ryan, my childhood hero:

The oddly colorful 1975 George Brett:

The Japanese pitcher who always seems to get really scary injuries:

Mr. Met:

And finally what will Topps’ glorified random baseball card generator bring me today?

1983 Topps #604 Joe Morgan (Super Veteran)

1988 Topps:

1. #19 Mark Davidson
2. #530 Gary Carter
3. #358 Rey Quinones
4. #705 Juan Samuel
5. #470 Dwight Evans
6. #395 Jimmy Key (League Leaders)
7. #570 Jeffrey Leonard
8. #745 Bill Doran
9. #700 George Brett
10. #677 Eddie Milner
11. #2 Don Mattingly (Record Breakers)
12. #531 Rich Yett
13. #136 Brian Dayett
14. #445 Mike Krukow
15. #12 Bill Schroeder

“Had .281 Batting Average in 318 minor league games.”

George Brett only started batting over .300 on his third Major League season.  He batted only .270 through his first two seasons, then after that the hits kept coming in.  He would go on to get more than 3,000 more hits in his 21-season career.  His final career batting average was .305.

1993 Upper Deck, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #13 Jim Tatum (Star Rookie)
2. #14 Cris Colon (Star Rookie)
3. #16 Sterling Hitchcock (Star Rookie)
4. #19 Bobby Jones (Star Rookie)
5. #21 Melvin Nieves (Star Rookie)
6. #54 Wally Joyner/George Brett/Gregg Jefferies (Teammates)
7. #61 Tim Teufel
8. #77 Chuck Finley
9. #79 Rheal Cormier
10. #84 Jose Oquendo
11. #97 Pete Harnisch
12. #107 Bill Doran
13. #109 Mark Lemke
14. #113 Mitch Williams
15. #116 Matt Nokes
16. #127 Sammy Sosa
17. #133 Ramon Martinez
18. #134 Don Mattingly
19. #140 Jerald Clark
20. #164 Jack Morris
21. #166 Deion Sanders
22. #171 Doug Jones
23. #221 Tom Gordon
24. #225 Jose Offerman
25. #228 Randy Milligan
26. #244 Ray Lankford
27. #248 Derrick May
28. #250 Roger McDowell
29. #251 Dan Gladden
30. #255 Sandy Alomar Jr.

1992 Pinnacle, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #5 Barry Larkin
2. #52 Gary DiSarcina (Prospect) *x2
3. #60 George Brett
4. #68 Kent Hrbek
5. #70 Jeff Bagwell
6. #75 Tom Glavine
7. #90 Kevin Maas
8. #95 Roger Clemens
9. #110 Travis Fryman
10. #120 Steve Olin
11. #125 Pete O’Brien
12. #190 Walt Terrell
13. #195 Lee Smith
14. #210 Mike Scioscia
15. #215 Mark Gardner
16. #224 Jerome Walton
17. #228 Jim Gott
18. #230 Shane Mack
19. #238 Tom Gordon
20. #243 Tony Phillips
21. #253 Roberto Hernandez (Prospect)
22. #258 Keith Mitchell (Prospect)
23. #260 John Wehner (Prospect)
24. #269 Gary Scott (Prospect)
25. #273 Rob Maurer (Prospect)
26. #275 Dave Fleming (Prospect)
27. #284 Dale Murphy/Wally Joyner (The Idols)
28. #302 Benji Gil (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
29. #304 Allen Watson (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
30. #305 Jay Buhner (Shades)

1991 Leaf, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #19 Mike Greenwell
2. #31 Wally Joyner
3. #45 Chuck Finley
4. #76 Dan Gladden
5. #269 Brian Downing
6. #283 Mel Hall
7. #284 Rick Mahler
8. #297 Harold Reynolds
9. #298 Craig Worthington
10. #303 Gary Gaetti
11. #304 Terry Pendleton
12. #305 Kevin Elster
13. #311 Glenallen Hill
14. #318 Bill Sampen
15. #333 Wally Whitehurst
16. #335 George Brett
17. #340 Jack McDowell
18. #342 Fred McGriff
19. #347 Rafael Palmeiro
20. #354 Eric Show
21. #380 Bill Swift
22. #386 Mike Jeffcoat
23. #387 Darren Holmes
24. #394 Devon White
25. #395 Otis Nixon
26. #411 Brett Butler

1991 Donruss, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #109 Ken Oberkfell
2. #118 Alan Trammell
3. #125 Tim Burke
4. #126 Dave Johnson *x2
5. #127 Fernando Valenzuela
6. #129 Andre Dawson
7. #131 Greg Harris
8. #132 Tom Glavine
9. #133 Lance McCullers
10. #138 Dennis Lamp *x2
11. #139 Dennis Martinez
12. #142 Dave Parker
13. #144 Paul Assenmacher *x2
14. #145 Mark Gubicza
15. #147 Sammy Sosa *x3
16. #151 Gary Carter
17. #153 Chris Sabo *x2
18. #154 David Cone
19. #159 Greg Hibbard *x5
20. #163 Steve Sax *x2
21. #168 Mike Sharperson
22. #173 Jim Presley
23. #176 Brook Jacoby
24. #178 Wade Boggs *x2
25. #180 Tom Foley
26. #181 Pete Harnisch
27. #183 Bob Tewksbury *x2
28. #184 Joe Girardi
29. #189 Scott Bankhead *x2
30. #190 Mark Langston *x2
31. #191 Kevin McReynolds
32. #195 Bip Roberts *x3
33. #198 Greg Litton
34. #201 George Brett
35. #202 Jeff Russell
36. #205 Tom Henke
37. #206 Bryan Harvey
38. #209 Randy Myers
39. #214 Walt Weiss *x2
40. #217 Willie Randolph