5 packs of 1993 Topps Series 2:

PACK 1

1. #824 Checklist 5 of 6 (Checklist)
2. #669 Kip Yaughn
3. #759 Charlie Hayes
4. #767 Rich Ireland (Draft Pick)
5. #433 Tom Schmidt/Roger Bailey (Future Stars)
6. Gold #446 Luis Mercedes
7. #422 J.T. Snow
8. #493 Jeff Nelson
9. #717 Steve Farr
10. #684 Pat Mahomes
11. #397 George Brett
12. #639 Mike Bordick
13. #674 Mark Gubicza
14. #496 Reggie Jefferson
15. #702 Tim Pugh

PACK 2

1. #644 Dante Bichette
2. #819 William Pennyfeather (Coming Attraction)
3. #507 Tom Lasorda/Hal McRae (Managers)
4. #805 Terry Jorgensen (Coming Attraction)
5. #518 Benji Grigsby (Draft Pick)
6. Gold #605 Chuck Finley
7. #795 Deion Sanders
8. #428 Todd Zeile
9. #736 Jeff Russell
10. #490 Omar Olivares
11. #595 Shawon Dunston
12. #783 Heathcliff Slocumb
13. #709 Jeff Juden
14. #777 Mark Guthrie
15. #755 Bill Swift

PACK 3

1. #691 Jim Tatum
2. #523 Doug Bochtler
3. #820 Stan Royer (Coming Attraction)
4. #508 Felipe Alou/Phil Garner (Managers)
5. #804 Jose Valentin (Coming Attraction)
6. Gold #632 Chris Widger
7. #626 Danny Gladden
8. #760 Luis Polonia
9. #450 Darryl Strawberry
10. #432 Pete Young
11. #686 Russ Springer
12. #758 Sean Berry
13. #770 Robin Ventura
14. #670 Julio Franco
15. #765 Vince Coleman

PACK 4

1. #767 Rich Ireland (Draft Pick)
2. #774 Curtis Leskanic
3. #501 Bobby Cox/Johnny Oates (Managers)
4. #812 Matt Walbeck (Coming Attraction)
5. #806 Mark Hutton (Coming Attraction)
6. Gold #653 Steve Hosey
7. #539 Kerry Woodson
8. #751 Eric Hillman
9. #602 Henry Mercedes
10. #725 Billy Hatcher
11. #467 Lee Stevens
12. #680 Craig Biggio
13. #480 Pat Listach (Topps All-Star Rookie)
14. #474 Ozzie Guillen
15. #614 Brian Williams

PACK 5

1. #798 Greg Blosser (Coming Attraction)
2. #441 Todd Pridy/Don Lemon (Future Stars)
3. #817 Bobby Jones (Coming Attraction)
4. #814 Scooter Tucker (Coming Attraction)
5. #823 Checklist 4 of 6 (Checklist)
6. Gold #463 Scott Aldred
7. #649 Tom Marsh
8. #556 Darryl Hamilton
9. #460 Randy Johnson
10. #439 Bryan Harvey
11. #639 Mike Bordick
12. #674 Mark Gubicza
13. #496 Reggie Jefferson
14. #414 Juan Guerrero
15. #646 Rich Scheid

2011 Topps Update Series:

1. #US93 Matt Downs
2. #US283 LaTroy Hawkins
3. #US281 Mark Melancon
4. #US61 Nick Masset
5. #US70 Michael Wuertz
6. #US124 Xavier Paul
7. #US289 Eric Chavez
8. #US160 Victor Martinez
9. #US81 Aaron Harang
10. #US180 Daniel Moskos (Rookie Card)
11. #US236 Jose Morales
12. #US314 Armando Galarraga
13. #US56 Ryan Adams (Rookie Card)
14. #US155 Eric Hosmer (Rookie Card)
15. #US117 Michael Stutes (Rookie Card)
16. #US142 Alex White (Rookie Card)
17. #US133 Fernando Salas
18. #US7 Nate Schierholtz
19. #US246 Alcides Escobar
20. #US315 Carlos Pena
21. #US199 Micah Owings
22. #US206 J.P. Howell
23. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #US68 Tyler Clippard (All-Star)
24. 60 #T60-138 Roger Maris
25. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-28 Cliff Lee
26. Gold #US143 Craig Kimbrel (Serial#1153/2011) (All-Star)
27. Diamond Anniversary #US92 Hunter Pence
28. Kimball Champions #KC-136 Paul Molitor
29. Diamond Duos #DD-14 Jose Bautista/Adam Lind
30. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #387 Danny Valencia (Topps All-Star Rookie)
31. #US317 Craig Counsell
32. #US253 Scott Linebrink
33. #US165 Al Alburquerque (Rookie Card)
34. #US153 Matt Guerrier
35. #US266 Jason Isringhausen
36. #US285 David Purcey
37. #US163 Adrian Beltre (All-Star)
38. #US293 Howie Kendrick (All-Star)
39. #US323 Jhonny Peralta (All-Star)
40. #US310 Scott Rolen (All-Star)
41. #US249 Starlin Castro (All-Star)
42. #US252 Derek Jeter (Checklist)
43. #US248 Octavio Dotel
44. #US170 Brad Ziegler
45. #US53 Koji Uehara
46. #US260 Matt Holliday (All-Star)
47. #US88 Orlando Cabrera
48. #US268 Yadier Molina (All-Star)
49. #US162 Troy Tulowitzki (All-Star)

And my Topps Diamond Giveaway card for this pack:

1986 Topps #714 George Brett

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)