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Pack Break: 2006 Topps Series 2

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

2006 Topps Series 2:

  1. #365 Aramis Ramirez
  2. #574 Darin Erstad
  3. #584 Jorge Sosa
  4. #495 Adrian Beltre
  5. Hit Parade #HR9 Mike Piazza
  6. #346 Hideki Matsui
  7. #560 Jim Thome
  8. #620 Hanley Ramirez (Rookie)
  9. #539 Juan Rincon
  10. #612 Los Angeles Dodgers (Team Card)

After the 2005 season, Mike Piazza ranked 8th in active career home runs with 397.  He ended his career with 427 home runs, securing a comfortable niche between Cal Ripken Jr. and Billy Williams at #39 on the all-time career home run list (with Chipper Jones passing through).

Speaking of great catchers, it looks like Ivan Rodriguez will end his Hall of Fame career with the Nationals!  Can’t wait to see him play this upcoming season!  The Nats should just go ahead and sign all the old future Hall of Famers before they retire.  It would certainly boost ticket sales and interest in our humble (and poorly performing) team.

Pack Break: 1993 Leaf Series 1

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Today I have another special pack break.  Back in 1993, I bought a single pack of 93 Leaf and saved it up and eventually forgot about it.  I don’t even know what ‘93 Leaf looks like because I never opened a single pack.  It’s now or never:

  1. #177 Brady Anderson
  2. #166 B.J. Surhoff
  3. #155 Leo Gomez
  4. #144 Bill Wegman
  5. Gold Rookies #7 Ryan Thompson
  6. #26 Jose Oquendo
  7. #35 Mike Piazza
  8. #58 Brian McRae
  9. #44 Bob Tewksbury
  10. #146 George Brett
  11. #27 Julio Franco
  12. #38 Milt Cuyler
  13. #49 Rafael Palmeiro
  14. #60 Dan Gladden

The really cool thing about 1993 Leaf is that the card backs look just as good as the fronts.  Take a look:

Archives Project: 1993 Donruss

Friday, November 27th, 2009

1993 Donruss, to be integrated into my collection:

  1. #44 Eric Wedge (Rated Rookie)
  2. #72 Todd Worrell
  3. #124 Chuck Carr
  4. #159 Jose Canseco
  5. #187 Ivan Rodriguez
  6. #188 Bret Boone (Rated Rookie)
  7. #189 Juan Guzman
  8. #190 Tom Browning
  9. #206 Craig Shipley
  10. #207 John Jaha
  11. #208 Royce Clayton
  12. #209 Mike Piazza (Rated Rookie)
  13. #210 Ron Gant
  14. #211 Scott Erickson
  15. #212 Doug Dascenzo *x2
  16. #213 Andy Stankiewicz *x2
  17. #214 Geronimo Berroa *x2
  18. #215 Dennis Eckersley *x2
  19. #216 Al Osuna *x2
  20. #217 Tino Martinez
  21. #218 Henry Rodriguez
  22. #219 Ed Sprague
  23. #220 Ken Hill
  24. #283 Kent Hrbek
  25. #295 Jimmy Poole
  26. #307 Gregg Jefferies
  27. #319 Geno Petralli
  28. #320 Melvin Nieves (Rated Rookie)

Pack Break: 1995 Topps Traded and Rookies

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

1995 Topps Traded and Rookies:

  1. #74T Ben Davis (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
  2. #30T Ryan Jaroncyk (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
  3. #155T Andre Dawson
  4. #30T Ryan Jaroncyk (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
  5. #150T Carlos Perez (Rookie Year Candidates)
  6. #57T Andujar Cedeno
  7. #6 Mike Piazza (At the Break)
  8. #125T Joey Cora
  9. #87T Darren Bragg
  10. #100T Jason Bates
  11. #80T Jaime Navarro

Piazza missed a month to injury (thumb) in the first half of 1995, but still was named clean-up hitter for the NL All-Star squad.  In his 42 games before the break, the bashing backstop swatted .377.  His HR-RBI totals of 13-37 would have projected to league-leading figures of 21-61 had he been able to play in every Dodger game.

Pack Break: 2004 Topps Series 1

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

2004 Topps Series 1:

  1. #177 Eddie Guardado
  2. #226 Kelvim Escobar
  3. #265 Cristian Guzman
  4. #132 Michael Barrett
  5. #275 Eric Wedge (Manager)
  6. #364 Roy Halladay (Sporting News All-Stars)
  7. #30 Tim Hudson
  8. #44 Steve Finley
  9. #100 Alex Rodriguez
  10. #31 Mike Piazza

…and a Series 1 checklist.

Mike has six of the 17 35-HR seasons ever by catchers.

Archives Project: 1992 Classic Best

Monday, August 31st, 2009

1992 Classic Best, to be integrated into my collection.  The Mike Piazza minor league card is a nice gem:

  1. #11 Joe Randa
  2. #21 Lance Jennings
  3. #31 Mike Mongiello
  4. #213 Darren Bragg
  5. #214 Glenn Murray
  6. #223 Kevin Jordan
  7. #224 Tim Rumer *x2
  8. #233 Tom Nuneviller
  9. #234 Sean Ryan *x2
  10. #244 Matt Howard *x2
  11. #253 Jason Bere
  12. #254 Eric Christopherson
  13. #263 Tommy Eason
  14. #264 Joel Gilmore
  15. #274 Frank Jacobs
  16. #293 Rich Becker
  17. #294 Mike Durant
  18. #305 Rondell White
  19. #324 Brian Griffiths
  20. #325 Chad Schoenvogel
  21. #335 Rob Wishnevski
  22. #345 Mike Piazza
  23. #355 Roberto Mejia
  24. #356 Willis Otanez
  25. #366 Eddie Williams
  26. #376 P.J. Forbes
  27. #399 Checklist 277-345 (Checklist)

Archives Project: 2008 Topps, group 1

Monday, June 22nd, 2009
2008 Topps #72 Mike Piazza

2008 Topps #72 Mike Piazza

2008 Topps archives, to be integrated into my collection:

  1. #3 Jeff Suppan
  2. #8 Stephen Drew
  3. #20 Daisuke Matsuzaka
  4. #25 Kaz Matsui (Postseason Highlights)
  5. #26 Manny Ramirez (Postseason Highlights)
  6. #29 Anibal Sanchez
  7. #32 Howie Kendrick
  8. #41 Rich Aurilia
  9. #45 Dontrelle Willis
  10. #53 Hank Blalock
  11. #56 Seth Smith (Rookie)
  12. #59 Grady Sizemore (Postseason Highlights)
  13. #63 Jason Michaels
  14. #64 Mike Lowell
  15. #72 Mike Piazza
  16. #82 So Taguchi
  17. #86 Scott Podsednik
  18. #92 Ross Detwiler (Rookie)
  19. #93 Kenny Lofton
  20. #98 Ryan Howard/Chase Utley (Classic Combos)
  21. 2008 Topps #258 Manny Ramirez/Kevin Youkilis (Classic Combos)

    2008 Topps #258 Manny Ramirez/Kevin Youkilis (Classic Combos)

  22. #104 Kevin Youkilis
  23. #109 Joe Nathan
  24. #115 Johan Santana
  25. #119 Jeremy Hermida
  26. #121 Mike Cameron
  27. #123 Terry Francona (Manager)
  28. #128 Kenny Lofton (Postseason Highlights)
  29. #164 Nate Schierholtz
  30. #169 Adam Lind
  31. #183 Paul Byrd
  32. #184 Tadahito Iguchi
  33. #201 Matt Capps
  34. #210 Mark Teahen
  35. #216 Ryan Garko
  36. #220 Roy Oswalt
  37. #233 Jimmy Rollins (MVP)
  38. #238 Shane Victorino
  39. #250 Jonathan Papelbon
  40. #258 Manny Ramirez/Kevin Youkilis (Classic Combos)
  41. #269 James Loney (Topps All-Star Rookie)

Archives: 2006 Topps, group 5

Friday, May 22nd, 2009
2006 Topps #550 Alfonso Soriano

2006 Topps #550 Alfonso Soriano

2006 Topps archives, to be integrated with my collection:

  1. #534 Tim Stauffer
  2. #535 Jim Edmonds
  3. #536 Scott Eyre
  4. #537 Ben Johnson
  5. #540 Gustavo Chacin (Topps All-Star Rookie)
  6. #543 Edinson Volquez
  7. #547 Derek Lowe
  8. #548 Sean Burroughs
  9. #549 Erik Bedard
  10. #550 Alfonso Soriano
  11. #553 Chris Duffy
  12. #554 Kazuo Matsui
  13. #556 Rob Mackowiak
  14. #557 Chris Burke
  15. #558 Jeromy Burnitz
  16. #560 Jim Thome
  17. #561 Miguel Olivo
  18. #563 Brad Ausmus
  19. #565 David DeJesus
  20. #567 Brandon Backe
  21. 2006 Topps #585 Mike Piazza

    2006 Topps #585 Mike Piazza

  22. #568 Aubrey Huff
  23. #569 Mike Jacobs
  24. #570 Todd Helton
  25. #571 Angel Berroa
  26. #572 Todd Jones
  27. #574 Darin Erstad
  28. #575 Roy Oswalt
  29. #577 Alex Rios
  30. #580 Frank Thomas
  31. #582 Francisco Rodriguez
  32. #584 Jorge Sosa
  33. #585 Mike Piazza
  34. #588 Ken Macha (Manager)
  35. #590 Joe Maddon (Manager)
  36. #591 Eric Wedge (Manager)
  37. #593 Sam Perlozzo (Manager)
  38. #597 Jim Leyland (Manager)
  39. #599 Ozzie Guillen (Manager)
  40. #600 Ned Yost (Manager)
  41. #601 Atlanta Braves (Team Card)