August 4, 1955, Yankee Stadium.  Mickey Mantle’s 108th home run came as a solo shot in the ninth inning off of Cleveland Indians pitcher Ray Narleski.

2006 Topps Updates & Highlights:

1. #UH106 Chris Woodward
2. #UH94 Damon Hollins
3. #UH114 Josh Paul
4. #UH86 Bengie Molina
5. #UH142 Anibal Sanchez (Rookie Card)
6. #UH166 Kendry Morales (Rookie Card)
7. #UH248 Magglio Ordonez (All-Star)
8. Mantle Home Run History #MHR108 Mickey Mantle
9. #UH190 Tom Glavine (Postseason Highlights)
10. #UH318 Jered Weaver/Vladimir Guerrero (Team Leaders)
11. #UH202 David Ortiz/Jermaine Dye/Travis Hafner (League Leaders)
12. #UH328 Johan Santana/Francisco Liriano (Classic Duos)

2006 Topps Series 2:

On July 15th, 1952, Mickey Mantle hit the 25th homer of his career.  It was a solo shot in the 9th inning off of Early Wynn of the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium.

1. #369 Mike Hampton
2. #420 Gary Sheffield
3. #545 Kelvim Escobar
4. #428 Nick Green
5. #451 Curt Schilling
6. Mantle Home Run History #MHR25 Mickey Mantle
7. #619 Joey Devine (Rookie Card)
8. #437 Juan Rivera
9. #459 Mark Hendrickson
10. #610 Cincinnati Reds (Team Card)

Opening up one big ’0l jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Series 1:

1. #37 Vicente Padilla
2. #21 Michael Cuddyer
3. #118 Howie Kendrick
4. #123 Mike Lowell
5. #280 Andrew Bailey
6. #42 Mariano Rivera
7. #259 Kyle Davies
8. #160 Josh Tomlin
9. #4 Jason Kubel
10. #294 Luke Scott
11. #116 Russell Branyan
12. #50 Alex Rodriguez
13. #22 Barry Zito
14. #101 Gregor Blanco
15. #48 Andrew Cashner
16. #266 Rickie Weeks
17. #271 Adam Dunn
18. #86 Carlos Silva
19. #229 Jonathan Sanchez
20. #10 Stephen Strasburg
21. #240 Andre Ethier
22. #219 Carlos Ruiz
23. #78 Mike Stanton
24. #316 Chris Young
25. #81 Omar Infante
26. #100 Albert Pujols
27. Gold #11 Roy Halladay/Adam Wainwright/Ubaldo Jimenez (Serial#1779/2011) (League Leaders)
28. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-6 Roy Halladay
29. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-11 Gaylord Perry
30. Diamond Duos #DD-HJ Rickey Henderson/Desmond Jennings
31. 60 #T60-7 Mickey Mantle
32. Diamond #126 San Diego Padres (Team Card)
33. Kimball Champions #KC-48 Justin Upton
34. CMG Reprints #CMGR-2 Babe Ruth
35. History of Topps #HOT-5 Topps Goes Public
36. #126 San Diego Padres (Team Card)
37. #135 Mike Stanton (Topps All-Star Rookie)
38. #129 Lucas Duda (Rookie Card)
39. #145 Freddie Freeman (Rookie Card)
40. #213 Brandon Snyder (Rookie Card)
41. #165 Jeremy Hellickson (Rookie Card)
42. #52 Tampa Bay Rays (Team Card)
43. #83 Greg Halman (Rookie Card)
44. #314 Ryan Kalish
45. #134 Carlos Gonzalez/Joey Votto/Omar Infante (League Leaders)
46. #7 Mickey Mantle
47. #91 Lucas May (Rookie Card)
48. #243 Omar Vizquel
49. #249 Aaron Harang
50. Topps Town #TT-50 Albert Pujols

No offense Fred Lynn, because you were a great baseball player, but the first words out of my mouth after I entered this Topps Diamond code were, “damn, that sucks…”

1987 Topps #370 Fred Lynn

Ripping a jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Series 1:

1. #252 Michael Saunders
2. #140 Brett Anderson
3. #102 CC Sabathia
4. #255 Torii Hunter
5. #164 Koji Uehara
6. #47 Kevin Correia
7. #261 Alexei Ramirez
8. #131 Kevin Kouzmanoff
9. #121 Brandon Inge
10. #35 Shin-Soo Choo
11. #260 Freddy Sanchez
12. #197 Aaron Hill
13. #36 Ted Lilly
14. #8 Julio Borbon
15. #128 Manny Ramirez
16. #104 Ian Stewart
17. #156 Josh Thole
18. #20 Hanley Ramirez
19. #2 Jake Westbrook
20. #310 Alex Gonzalez
21. #295 Jon Jay
22. #60 Andrew McCutchen
23. #247 Starlin Castro
24. #136 Jason Marquis
25. #256 Tyler Colvin
26. #58 Edgar Renteria
27. #66 R.A. Dickey
28. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-1 Mickey Mantle
29. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-28 Eddie Murray
30. Diamond Duos #DD-RS Hanley Ramirez/Mike Stanton
31. 60 #T60-44 Duke Snider
32. Diamond #49 Angels (Team Card)
33. Kimball Champions #KC-6 Clay Buchholz
34. Lost Cards #60YOTLC-3 Mickey Mantle
35. #322 Brent Morel (Rookie Card)
36. #183 Stephen Strasburg (Topps All-Star Rookie)
37. #141 Ubaldo Jimenez (Checklist)
38. #65 Chris Sale (Rookie Card)
39. #57 Mark Trumbo (Rookie Card)
40. #309 Chicago Cubs (Team Card)
41. #59 Gaby Sanchez (Topps All-Star Rookie)
42. #88 Brian Bogusevic (Rookie Card)
43. #80 Desmond Jennings (Rookie Card)
44. #68 Cleveland Indians (Team Card)
45. #318 Albert Pujols/Adam Dunn/Joey Votto (League Leaders)
46. #204 Oakland Athletics (Team Card)
47. #12 Carlos Marmol
48. #158 Casey Blake
49. #279 Nick Swisher
50. Topps Town #TT-14 Shin-Soo Choo

As for the spoils of the Diamond Giveaway card-grab:

1967 Topps #2 Jack Hamilton

Five hobby packs of 2008 Topps Updates & Highlights:

PACK 1

1. #UH6 Yamid Haad
2. #UH310 Kyle Lohse
3. #UH61 Randy Wolf
4. #UH202 Josh Hamilton (Home Run Derby)
5. #UH118 Justin Morneau/David Ortiz (Classic Combos)
6. #UH274 Albert Pujols (All-Star)
7. #UH237 Manny Ramirez
8. #UH84 Julian Tavarez
9. Gold Border #UH271 Brad Thompson (Serial#1300/2008)
10. Gold Foil #UH58 Scott Kazmir (All-Star)

PACK 2

1. #UH326 Kevin Mench
2. #UH120 Angel Berroa
3. #UH140 Dana Eveland
4. #UH119 Ken Griffey Jr. (Season Highlights)
5. #UH88 Dan Haren/Russ Martin (Classic Combos)
6. #UH299 Jolbert Cabrera
7. #UH209 Carlos Guillen (All-Star)
8. #UH46 Kevin Youkilis (All-Star)
9. World Baseball Classic Preview #WBC11 Adrian Gonzalez
10. Gold Foil #UH226 Brian McCann (All-Star)

PACK 3

1. #UH40 Jon Rauch
2. #UH8 Jeff Mathis
3. #UH142 Adrian Gonzalez/Matt Holliday (Classic Combos)
4. #UH143 Chipper Jones (Season Highlights)
5. #UH304 Brad Lidge (All-Star)
6. #UH203 Joe Crede (All-Star)
7. #UH52 Derek Jeter (All-Star)
8. #UH269 Robert Andino
9. World Baseball Classic Preview #WBC24 Chin-Lung Hu
10. Mickey Mantle Story #MMS67 Mickey Mantle

PACK 4

1. #UH217 Willy Aybar
2. #UH7 Josh Anderson
3. #UH19 Johnny Estrada
4. #UH4 Brent Lillibridge (Rookie Card)
5. #UH172 Evan Longoria (Home Run Derby)
6. #UH125 John Smoltz (Highlights)
7. #UH300 CC Sabathia
8. #UH221 J.D. Drew (All-Star)
9. #UH270 Justin Duchscherer
10. Ring of Honor #RH-BS Bruce Sutter

PACK 5

1. #UH170 Greg Smith (Rookie Card)
2. #UH182 Sidney Ponson
3. #UH62 Matt Albers
4. #UH313 Tim Lincecum (All-Star)
5. #UH226 Brian McCann (All-Star)
6. #UH286 Aaron Cook (All-Star)
7. #UH76 Francisco Rodriguez (All-Star)
8. #UH58 Scott Kazmir (All-Star)
9. #UH23 Cristian Guzman (All-Star)
10. First Couples #FC-13 Millard Fillmore/Abigail Fillmore

Mickey Mantle hit his 114th Home Run on August 16, 1955 at Fenway Park.  It was the 3rd inning with one man on and Frank Sullivan pitching for the Boston Red Sox.

2006 Topps Updates & Highlights:

1. #UH66 Xavier Nady
2. #UH74 David Bell
3. #UH54 Josh Bard
4. #UH46 Joe Borchard
5. #UH102 Gary Bennett
6. #UH235 Brad Penny (All-Star)
7. #UH254 Lance Berkman (All-Star)
8. Mantle Home Run History #MHR114 Mickey Mantle
9. #UH188 Carlos Delgado (Postseason Highlights)
10. #UH260 Chris Carpenter (All-Star)
11. #UH203 Joe Mauer/Derek Jeter/Robinson Cano (League Leaders)
12. #UH308 Curt Schilling/David Ortiz (Team Leaders)

This Mickey Mantle Finest card was short-printed by 20%.

1996 Topps Series 2:

1. #413 Wil Cordero
2. #422 Jeff Conine
3. Profiles #AL-11 Jay Buhner
4. #418 Tyler Green
5. #354 Jimmy Haynes (Now Appearing) (Rookie Card)
6. #230 Ken Griffey Jr. (Star Power)
7. #336 Jason Bates
8. #263 Vince Coleman
9. #289 Roberto Alomar
10. Mantle Finest #16 Mickey Mantle (Reprint) (Short Print)
11. #285 Pat Meares
12. #288 Bip Roberts

Five hobby packs of 2008 Topps Series 1.  Didn’t find anything I need, but all in all a pretty exciting five packs:

PACK 1

1. #206 Geoff Jenkins
2. #112 Jacque Jones
3. #247 Edgar Gonzalez
4. #14 Lenny DiNardo
5. #173 Jamie Moyer
6. Own the Game #OTG4 Carlos Pena
7. Gold Foil #290 Edgar Renteria
8. #204 Rafael Furcal
9. #283 Jorge Sosa
10. #226 Kurt Suzuki

PACK 2

1. #110 Justin Morneau
2. #249 Chris Sampson
3. #243 Akinori Iwamura
4. #49 Orlando Hernandez
5. #235 Rich Harden
6. #2 Barry Zito
7. Mantle Home Run History #MHR511 Mickey Mantle
8. #43 Ryan Dempster
9. #31 Ronny Paulino
10. #75 Felix Hernandez

PACK 3

1. #99 David Ortiz/Manny Ramirez (Postseason Highlights)
2. #256 Alex Rodriguez (MVP)
3. #181 Joe Borowski/Bobby Jenks/J.J. Putz (League Leaders)
4. #296 Paul Konerko
5. #201 Matt Capps
6. #319 Joey Votto (Rookie Card)
7. Mickey Mantle Story #MMS52 Mickey Mantle
8. Trading Card History #TCH7 Mickey Mantle
9. #318 Ned Yost (Manager)
10. #138 Dan Wheeler

PACK 4

1. #10 Miguel Cabrera
2. #304 Jose Vidro
3. #7 Mickey Mantle
4. #30 Jimmy Rollins
5. #89 Josh Willingham
6. Highlights Relics #HR-DO David Ortiz (Bat Relic)
7. Gold Foil #150 Alfonso Soriano
8. #237 Eric Wedge (Manager)

PACK 5

1. #225 Hunter Pence (Topps All-Star Rookie)
2. #77 Angel Guzman
3. #261 Josh Barfield
4. #294 Brian McCann
5. #186 Lastings Milledge
6. #255 Brandon Phillips
7. Mickey Mantle Story #MMS53 Mickey Mantle
8. Trading Card History #TCH10 Joe Mauer
9. #267 Chris Burke
10. #55 Chris Young