2011 Topps Update Series:

1. #US45 Peter Moylan
2. #US34 David Ross
3. #US208 Javier Lopez
4. #US158 Darren Oliver
5. #US224 Bill Hall
6. #US107 Brandon McCarthy
7. #US168 Bruce Chen
8. #US171 Matt Lindstrom
9. #US231 Charlie Blackmon (Rookie Card)
10. #US100 Cliff Lee
11. #US288 Eric Thames (Rookie Card)
12. #US328 Kevin Gregg
13. #US39 Eduardo Sanchez (Rookie Card)
14. #US30 Dustin Ackley (Rookie Card)
15. #US55 Anthony Rizzo (Rookie Card)
16. #US276 Yuniesky Betancourt
17. #US94 Ryan Vogelsong
18. #US2 Ty Wigginton
19. #US57 Tony Campana (Rookie Card)
20. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #US132 Jose Altuve (Rookie Card)
21. 60 #T60-114 Nolan Ryan
22. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-29 Jose Bautista
23. Gold #US92 Hunter Pence (Serial#0043/2011)
24. Diamond Anniversary #US227 Kosuke Fukudome
25. Topps Town #TTU-4 Carlos Beltran
26. Kimball Champions #KC-126 Danny Duffy
27. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #385 Ichiro (Checklist)
28. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #563 Josh Rodriguez (Rookie Card)
29. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #639 Pedro Beato (Rookie Card)
30. Glove Manufactured Leather Nameplates #MGL-JD Joe DiMaggio (Serial#69/99) (Manufactured Relic)
31. #US97 Cody Eppley (Rookie Card)
32. #US1 Adrian Gonzalez
33. #US13 Koyie Hill
34. #US326 Trevor Bell
35. #US189 Wilson Valdez
36. #US244 Francisco Rodriguez
37. #US63 Doug Fister
38. #US132 Jose Altuve (Rookie Card)
39. #US14 Alex Avila (All-Star)
40. #US173 Charlie Furbush (Rookie Card)
41. #US141 Mike Cameron
42. #US278 Jacoby Ellsbury (All-Star)
43. #US3 Blake Beavan (Rookie Debut)
44. #US52 Lance Berkman (All-Star)
45. #US109 Jair Jurrjens (All-Star)
46. #US38 Josh Hamilton (All-Star)
47. #US193 Lonnie Chisenhall (Rookie Debut)

And my Diamond Giveaway lotto card yields:

1983 Topps #510 Tug McGraw

Jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Update Series:

1. #US79 Chris Dickerson
2. #US145 Bartolo Colon
3. #US201 Hisanori Takahashi
4. #US27 Joey Devine
5. #US198 Kevin Jepsen
6. #US196 Philip Humber
7. #US122 Alfredo Aceves
8. #US194 Jason Kipnis (Rookie Card)
9. #US223 Arthur Rhodes
10. #US267 Sam Fuld
11. #US64 J.C. Romero
12. #US9 Jose Iglesias (Rookie Card)
13. #US150 Adrian Beltre
14. #US282 Brad Hand (Rookie Card)
15. #US66 Andy Dirks (Rookie Card)
16. #US151 Cory Gearrin (Rookie Card)
17. #US179 Michael Pineda (Rookie Debut)
18. #US228 Zach Britton (Rookie Debut)
19. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #US14 Alex Avila (All-Star)
20. 60 #T60-106 Jimmie Foxx
21. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-23 Cal Ripken
22. Gold #US273 Miguel Montero (Serial#0956/2011) (All-Star)
23. Diamond Anniversary #US21 Prince Fielder
24. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #250b Mel Ott (Short Print)
25. Kimball Champions #KC-119 Matt Holliday
26. #US50b Nolan Ryan (Short Print)
27. Diamond Duos #DD-28 Brandon Phillips/Howie Kendrick
28. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #458 Javier Vazquez
29. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #552 San Francisco Giants (Team Card)
30. #US271 Eric O’Flaherty
31. #US115 Kerry Wood
32. #US129 Brooks Conrad
33. #US46 Angel Sanchez
34. #US157 Reed Johnson
35. #US161 Conor Jackson
36. #US89 Sean O’Sullivan
37. #US319 Corey Patterson
38. #US58 Tim Lincecum (All-Star)
39. #US229 Asdrubal Cabrera (All-Star)
40. #US4 Brian McCann (All-Star)
41. #US82 Mark Ellis
42. #US304 Hunter Pence (All-Star)
43. #US321 Gaby Sanchez (All-Star)
44. #US68 Tyler Clippard (All-Star)
45. #US316 Justin Upton (All-Star)
46. #US20 Adrian Gonzalez (All-Star)
47. #US18 Robinson Cano (All-Star)
48. #US259 Andre Ethier (Checklist)
49. #US147 C.J. Wilson (All-Star)
50. #US144 Kevin Youkilis (All-Star)

1980 Topps #148 Manny Sanguillen

Gotta love a good gap-toothed smile

A jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Series 2:

1. #391 Phil Coke
2. #581 Fernando Rodney
3. #338 Jason Hammel
4. #481 Randy Wells
5. #519 Corey Hart
6. #611 Geovany Soto
7. #598 Jonny Gomes
8. #421 Domonic Brown
9. #444 Brett Cecil
10. #436 Trevor Cahill
11. #432 Matt Harrison
12. #475 Phil Hughes
13. #578 Willy Aybar
14. #561 Luke Gregerson
15. #588 Rajai Davis
16. #583 Ryan Spilborghs
17. #354 Scott Baker
18. #535 Rich Harden
19. #386 Barry Enright
20. #333 Tom Wilhelmsen (Rookie Card)
21. #574 Brandon Kintzler (Rookie Card)
22. Gold #552 San Francisco Giants (Serial#1275/2011) (Team Card)
23. Topps Town Series 2 #TT2-24 Neftali Feliz
24. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-20 Kevin Youkilis
25. Diamond Anniversary #644 Joel Hanrahan
26. Diamond Duos Series 2 #DD-10 Adrian Gonzalez/Kevin Youkilis
27. 60 #T60-57 Sandy Koufax
28. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-67 Richie Ashburn
29. Kimball Champions #KC-65 Bob Gibson
30. Glove Manufactured Leather Nameplates #MGL-NR Nolan Ryan (Serial#80/99) (Manufactured Glove Relic)
31. #443 Brian Roberts
32. #455 Logan Morrison
33. #464 Daniel Bard
34. #369 Wilson Betemit
35. #389 Carlos Quentin
36. #358 Paul Janish
37. #495 Shane Victorino
38. #489 Marc Rzepczynski
39. #629 Ivan Nova
40. #498 Scott Feldman
41. #515 Carlos Beltran
42. #441 Rafael Furcal
43. #644 Joel Hanrahan
44. #350 Francisco Liriano
45. #564 Jeff Samardzija
46. #549 Jayson Nix

Here’s my first 2011 Topps Series 1 Jumbo Pack of the season.  I like the base design, but don’t care much for the look of the insert sets.  Very fun pack break.  I can’t wait to open the other nine in the box:

1. #320 Michael Young
2. #27 Ben Zobrist
3. #120 Mat Latos
4. #148 Ricky Romero
5. #107 Aubrey Huff
6. #122 Bobby Jenks
7. #170 David DeJesus
8. #150 Miguel Cabrera
9. #130 Robinson Cano
10. #209 Carlos Santana
11. #275 Clayton Kershaw
12. #172 Lyle Overbay
13. #163 Carlos Pena
14. #250 Carlos Gonzalez
15. #207 Angel Pagan
16. #212 Pedro Feliz
17. #19 Derek Lowe
18. #291 Juan Gutierrez
19. #137 Xavier Nady
20. #251 Alcides Escobar
21. #241 Wandy Rodriguez
22. #41 Freddy Garcia
23. #5 Joey Votto
24. #226 Jose Guillen
25. #225 Josh Willingham
26. #300 Roy Halladay
27. Gold #83 Greg Halman (Serial#1567/2011) (Rookie Card)
28. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-9 Ryan Howard
29. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-22 Carlton Fisk
30. Diamond Duos #DD-HF Jason Heyward/Freddie Freeman
31. 60 #T60-47 Nolan Ryan
32. Diamond #198 Buster Posey
33. Kimball Champions #KC-1 Ubaldo Jimenez
34. CMG Reprints #CMGR-28 Ty Cobb
35. History of Topps #HOT-6 First Topps Traded set
36. Silk Collection #JG Jaime Garcia (Serial#21/50)
37. #70 Kyle Drabek (Rookie Card)
38. #157 New York Mets (Team Card)
39. #24 Neil Walker (Topps All-Star Rookie)
40. #152 Baltimore Orioles (Team Card)
41. #203 Dillon Gee (Rookie Card)
42. #15 David Wright
43. #293 Justin Morneau
44. #61 David Price
45. #110 Aroldis Chapman (Rookie Card)
46. #63 Edinson Volquez
47. #98 Bronson Arroyo
48. Topps Town #TT-6 Vernon Wells

As for the Diamond Giveaway card, I got this:

1969 Topps #617 Jesse Gonder

Here we go, 5 hobby packs of the popular 2010 Topps Series 1:

PACK 1

1. #116 Carlos Gomez
2. #326 Tyler Colvin (Rookie Card)
3. #292 Tommy Manzella (Rookie Card)
4. #274 Stephen Drew
5. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-7 Roger Maris
6. Peak Performance #PP-35 Miguel Cabrera
7. Topps Town #TTT19 Justin Upton
8. #53 Craig Counsell
9. #144 Rich Harden
10. #208 Tim Wakefield

My Topps Million Card Giveaway card unlocked:

1966 Topps #40 Jim Grant

PACK 2

1. #195 James Shields
2. #34 Michael Dunn (Rookie Card)
3. #163 Josh Butler (Rookie Card)
4. #171 Felix Hernandez/CC Sabathia/Justin Verlander (League Leaders)
5. History of the Game #HOTG22 Nolan Ryan
6. Turkey Red #TR31 Mel Ott
7. Topps Town #TTT4 Adrian Gonzalez
8. #111 Ty Wigginton
9. #290 Orlando Hudson
10. #89 J.A. Happ (Topps All-Star Rookie)

PACK 3

1. #139 Frank Francisco
2. #189 Adrian Beltre
3. #97 Luis Durango (Rookie Card)
4. #207 Colby Rasmus
5. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT-31 Paul Molitor
6. When They Were Young #WTWY-RD Ryan Doumit
7. Topps Town #TTT6 Ichiro
8. #301 Jack Cust
9. #103 Daniel Murphy
10. #150 Joe Mauer

PACK 4

1. #248 Jason Kendall
2. #188 Joe Blanton
3. #87 Darin Erstad
4. #243 Asdrubal Cabrera
5. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT-48 Ivan Rodriguez
6. Peak Performance #PP-40 Alfonso Soriano
7. Topps Town #TTT1 Joe Mauer
8. #62 Kevin Millwood
9. #91 Erik Bedard
10. #186 Andrew Bailey

PACK 5

1. #283 Adam Kennedy
2. #108 Erick Aybar
3. #236 Andrew Bailey (Rookie of the Year)
4. #42 Prince Fielder/Ryan Howard/Albert Pujols (League Leaders)
5. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT-22 Johnny Bench
6. Legendary Lineage #LL24 Bob Gibson/Tim Lincecum
7. Topps Town #TTT1 Joe Mauer
8. #170 Jason Bay
9. #213 Ricky Nolasco
10. #250 Mark Teixeira

“Nolan became 4th greatest strikeout hurler in modern baseball, 1972.  Only Sandy Koufax (382 in 1965), Rube Wadell (349 in 1904) & Bob Feller (348 in 1946) have exceeded Nolan’s 329 K’s last season.”

Since 1972, Nolan Ryan exceeded 329 K’s 3 times, while Randy Johnson did it 5 times.

1999 Topps Series 2:

1. #248 Roberto Alomar
2. #364 Bobby Howry (Rookie Card)
3. #323 Bernard Gilkey
4. #448 Randy Johnson (Strikeout Kings)
5. #359 Alan Benes
6. Ryan #6 Nolan Ryan (Reprint)
7. #382 Calvin Pickering
8. #357 Henry Rodriguez
9. #325 Craig Biggio
10. #333 Tim Wakefield
11. #326 Troy Glaus

1989 Topps:

1. #587 Mike Stanley
2. #146 Gary Pettis
3. #660 Will Clark
4. #530 Nolan Ryan
5. #176 Jeff Parrett
6. #283 Andy Allanson
7. #763 Dave Martinez
8. #88 Darryl Hamilton (Rookie)
9. #20 Steve Bedrosian
10. #704 Carlos Quintana (Rookie)
11. #315 Greg Swindell
12. #393 Gary Carter (All-Star)
13. #588 Luis Alicea (Rookie)
14. #428 Craig Reynolds
15. #579 Houston Astros (Team Card)

Gonzalez has been the San Diego Padres’ All-Star slugger for the past 3 seasons, averaging a .286 AVG and 35 homers from 2008-2010.

Funny note:  The Oakland Athletics team card #410 lists the home run leader as “Jack Crust”

The younger of the LaRoche brothers:

Strikeout King #2:

Strikeout King #1:

The Sultan of Swat and The… hmm… Ryan Howard needs a fearsome nickname…

My Topps Million Card lotto ticket gave me…

1965 Topps #474 Cookie Rojas

Not a bad card.  Cookie Rojas is not a big name, but he played 5 All-Star games in his day.

2010 Topps Series 2 Jumbo pack:

1. #432 A.J. Burnett
2. #473 Jason Varitek
3. #528 Brian Bannister
4. #635 Carl Pavano
5. #332 Brad Hawpe
6. #459 Joel Zumaya
7. #535 Andy Sonnanstine
8. #607 Ubaldo Jimenez
9. #344 Brett Myers
10. #394 Luis Castillo
11. #547 Brett Gardner
12. #649 Casey McGehee
13. #509 Todd Helton
14. #583 Anibal Sanchez
15. #471 Drew Butera (Rookie Card)
16. #452 Allen Craig (Rookie Card)
17. #375 Mike Leake (Rookie Card)
18. #636 Evan Longoria/B.J. Upton (Celeb-Rays-tion Time) (Checklist)
19. #467 Fausto Carmona
20. #552 Chris Tillman
21. #566 Maicer Izturis
22. #642 San Diego Padres (Franchise History)
23. #410 Oakland Athletics (Team Card)
24. #656 Jon Lester
25. Gold #594 Andy LaRoche (Serial#0139/2010)
26. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT96 Randy Johnson
27. History of the World Series #HWS23 Cole Hamels
28. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-12 Gary Carter
29. 2020 #T17 Tommy Hanson
30. Peak Performance Relics #PPR-AG Adrian Gonzalez (Bat Relic)
31. Vintage Legends #VLC21 Nolan Ryan
32. Turkey Red #TR93 Ian Desmond
33. Legendary Lineage #LL-45 Babe Ruth/Ryan Howard
34. Peak Performance #PP-86 Justin Verlander
35. #382 Kyle Davies
36. #458 Todd Wellemeyer
37. #507 Francisco Rodriguez
38. #628 Ross Detwiler
39. #578 Aaron Rowand
40. #630 Ben Francisco
41. #568 Jarrod Saltalamacchia
42. #488 Delwyn Young
43. #417 Dallas Braden
44. #373 Clint Barmes
45. #639 Los Angeles Dodgers (Team Card)
46. #542 Heath Bell
47. #401 Chad Billingsley
48. Attax Code Card #AR Alex Rodriguez