25 Years of Baseball » Nolan Ryan http://25yearsofbaseball.com Exploring 25 years of Topps baseball, one pack at a time Sun, 20 May 2012 21:43:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 JUMBO Sunday: 2012 Topps Series 1 (Relic Hit!) http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/05/20/jumbo-sunday-2012-topps-series-1-relic-hit/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/05/20/jumbo-sunday-2012-topps-series-1-relic-hit/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 21:43:17 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=7093 A jumbo pack of 2012 Topps Series 1:

His save streak ended at 49 last week.

  1. #155 Matt Cain
  2. #301 Alexi Ogando
  3. #226 Ryan Hanigan
  4. #47 Luke Hochevar
  5. #126 Eduardo Nunez
  6. #107 Luke Scott
  7. #75 Jordan Zimmermann
  8. #117 Carlos Ruiz
  9. #80 David Price
  10. #255 Scott Rolen
  11. #213 Alex Avila
  12. #244 Sergio Santos
  13. #199 Adam Dunn
  14. #284 Tony Gwynn
  15. #86 Brett Cecil
  16. #32 Detroit Tigers (World Series)
  17. #167 Starlin Castro (Checklist)
  18. #319 Justin Verlander/CC Sabathia/Jered Weaver (League Leaders)
  19. #232 Mariano Rivera/Johan Santana/Felix Hernandez (Active Leaders)
  20. #224 Matt Kemp/Prince Fielder/Ryan Howard (League Leaders)
  21. #62 Ben Revere
  22. #241 James McDonald
  23. Gold Sparkle #181 Jose Reyes/Ryan Braun/Matt Kemp (League Leaders)
  24. Golden Moments #GM-22 Willie McCovey
  25. Golden Greats #GG-5 Lou Gehrig
  26. Gold Standard #GS-1 Nolan Ryan
  27. Gold Futures #GF-5 Eric Hosmer
  28. 1987 Topps Minis #TM-43 Mat Latos
  29. Golden Giveaway Code Cards #GGC-6 Albert Pujols
  30. Golden Moments Relics #GMR-JA John Axford (Jersey Relic)
  31. Timeless Talents #TT-1 Paul Molitor/Ryan Braun
  32. #189 Alberto Callaspo
  33. #229 Yunel Escobar
  34. #210 Zack Greinke
  35. #173 Ryan Roberts
  36. #251 Jason Bay
  37. #287 Antonio Bastardo
  38. #55 Michael Young
  39. #43 Brett Wallace
  40. #99 Michael McKenry
  41. #247 Clay Buchholz
  42. #89 Dontrelle Willis
  43. #15 Melky Cabrera
  44. #133 Ivan Nova
  45. #325 Chris Schwinden (Rookie Card)
  46. #70 Brett Pill (Rookie Card)
  47. #175 Jared Hughes (Rookie Card)
  48. #98 Domonic Brown
And my coin…

]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/05/20/jumbo-sunday-2012-topps-series-1-relic-hit/feed/ 0 JUMBO Sunday: 2012 Topps Series 1 (Black Chipper!) http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/04/29/jumbo-sunday-2012-topps-series-1-black-chipper/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/04/29/jumbo-sunday-2012-topps-series-1-black-chipper/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:42:59 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=7040 2012 Topps Series 1 jumbo pack:

  1. #303 Danny Valencia
  2. #230 Justin Morneau
  3. #1 Ryan Braun
  4. #161 Dee Gordon
  5. #93 Skip Schumaker
  6. #197 Brandan Ryan
  7. #20 Craig Kimbrel
  8. #13 Vernon Wells
  9. #178 Edward Mujica
  10. #278 Randy Wells
  11. #304 Brandon Morrow
  12. #267 Joel Pineiro
  13. #26 Kyle Lohse
  14. #315 Dustin Ackley
  15. #216 Jason Kipnis
  16. #135 Johnny Cueto
  17. #125 Adam Jones
  18. #129 Matt Moore (Rookie Card)
  19. #119 Ichiro/Joe Mauer/Vladimir Guerrero (Active Leaders)
  20. #52 Justin Verlander/Jered Weaver/James Shields (League Leaders)
  21. #291 David Freese (World Series)
  22. #300 Josh Hamilton
  23. #295 Jayson Werth
  24. #88 Javy Guerra
  25. Black #305 Chipper Jones (Serial#35/61)
  26. Gold Sparkle #274 Alex Liddi (Rookie Card)
  27. Golden Moments #GM-1 Tom Seaver
  28. Golden Greats #GG-6 Nolan Ryan
  29. Gold Standard #GS-12 Al Kaline
  30. Gold Futures #GF-20 Mike Moustakas
  31. 1987 Topps Minis #TM-8 Ian Kinsler
  32. Golden Giveaway Code Cards #GGC-7 Willie Mays
  33. Timeless Talents #TT-12 Andy Pettitte/Cliff Lee
  34. #259 Michael Stutes
  35. #22 Alfredo Simon
  36. #186 John Lannan
  37. #190 Cole Hamels
  38. #294 John Axford
  39. #215 Freddie Freeman
  40. #179 Denard Span
  41. #206 David Robertson
  42. #299 Mitch Moreland
  43. #306 Ubaldo Jimenez
  44. #122 Ted Lilly
  45. #114 Matt Garza
  46. #79 Austin Romine (Rookie Card)
  47. #202 Andrew Carignan (Rookie Card)
  48. #97 Jim Thome (Checklist)
  49. #275 Brad Peacock (Rookie Card)
  50. #253 Tim Federowicz (Rookie Card)
And my Golden Giveaway coin:

]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/04/29/jumbo-sunday-2012-topps-series-1-black-chipper/feed/ 0 Some recent trades… http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/04/19/some-recent-trades/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/04/19/some-recent-trades/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:21:41 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=7012 I made a bunch of trades recently for base cards towards completing my Topps complete sets and for current (and former) prospect autographs in my Prospects binder.

TRADE #1

Two 1990 Topps Traded cards

- FOR -

15 1987 Topps cards

Thanks Charles!

TRADE #2

2009 Topps Career Best Autographs #CBA-PN Pat Neshek (Autograph)

- FOR -

2008 Upper Deck Inkredible #INK-CP Corey Patterson (Autograph)

Thanks Rhubarb_Runner!

TRADE #3

2011 Topps Glove Manufactured Leather Nameplates #MGL-NR Nolan Ryan (Serial#80/99) (Manufactured Glove Relic)

- FOR -

2008 Upper Deck Premier Signature Premier #SP-LH Luke Hochevar (Serial#30/45) (Autograph)

2009 Ultimate Collection #102 Colby Rasmus (Serial#107/135) (Autograph)

Thanks Jose!

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“When, on May 1, 1991, the Rangers’ Nolan Ryan started against Toronto, he was 44 years old.  His shoulder hurt.  His fingers ached.  He told his pitching coach that he felt old.  He then went out and pitched his seventh career no-hitter.  The Ryan Express issued just two walks — both on 3-2 counts — and struck out 16.  The best the Blue Jays could muster was a flare to center.  ”They were overmatched, and it was no fault of theirs,” Rangers shortstop Jeff Huson said.  ”They just got in the way of a train.””

Reading this card gives me goosebumps.  I grew up idolizing Nolan Ryan, and an autographed photo of him hangs over my desk as I type this.

  1. #435 Sterling Hitchcock
  2. #470 Gary DiSarcina
  3. #489 Donnie Sadler
  4. #485 Lance Berkman
  5. #785 Nolan Ryan (Golden Moments)
  6. #690 Ramon Martinez
  7. #434 Brian Daubach
  8. #550 Jeff Kent
  9. #684 Jaret Wright
  10. #626 Albert Belle
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2011 Topps Update Series:

  1. #US301 Tom Gorzelanny
  2. #US220 Adam Dunn
  3. #US121 Jon Rauch
  4. #US324 Melvin Mora
  5. #US35 Eduardo Nunez
  6. #US32 Matt Stairs
  7. #US67 Miguel Olivo
  8. #US101 Scott Downs
  9. #US264 Alex White (Rookie Debut)
  10. #US126 Adrian Gonzalez (Home Run Derby)
  11. #US209 Rubby de la Rosa (Rookie Card)
  12. #US240 Blake Tekotte (Rookie Card)
  13. #US279 Trevor Plouffe
  14. #US80 Jose Bautista (Home Run Derby)
  15. #US104 Logan Forsythe (Rookie Card)
  16. #US178 Jason Bourgeois
  17. #US149 Omar Infante
  18. #US19 Mike Napoli
  19. #US177 Rene Tosoni (Rookie Card)
  20. #US255 Allen Craig
  21. #US290 Sean Burroughs
  22. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #US63 Doug Fister
  23. 60 #T60-122 Roberto Alomar
  24. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-24 Adrian Gonzalez
  25. Gold #US309 Paul Konerko (Serial#0646/2011) (All-Star)
  26. Diamond Anniversary #US114 Lance Lynn (Rookie Card)
  27. Kimball Champions #KC-125 Nolan Ryan
  28. Hope Diamond Anniversary #384 Nick Hundley (Serial#58/60)
  29. Diamond Duos #DD-22 Ricky Romero/Kyle Drabek
  30. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #617 Joel Zumaya
  31. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #512 Octavio Dotel
  32. Cognac Diamond Anniversary #491 Fernando Abad (Rookie Card)
  33. #US303 Juan Uribe
  34. #US296 Bobby Jenks
  35. #US40 Brian Fuentes
  36. #US44 Matt Treanor
  37. #US116 Shawn Camp
  38. #US272 Jorge Cantu
  39. #US273 Miguel Montero (All-Star)
  40. #US105 Joel Hanrahan (All-Star)
  41. #US254 Dustin Ackley (Rookie Debut)
  42. #US186 J.D. Martinez (Rookie Card)
  43. #US106 Ryan Ludwick
  44. #US143 Craig Kimbrel (All-Star)
  45. #US204 Brian Wilson (All-Star)
  46. #US305 Carlos Beltran
  47. #US23 Chance Ruffin (Rookie Card)
  48. #US299 Robinson Cano (Home Run Derby)
  49. #US75 Gio Gonzalez (All-Star)
  50. #US154 Cliff Lee (All-Star)
  51. #US207 Jay Bruce (All-Star)

Hmm… looks like I got an extra Cognac Diamond card in this pack.

My Diamond Giveaway card for this pack is a 3-time All-Star of the early 80′s:

1978 Topps #286 Ben Oglivie

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  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

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  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)
And my Diamond Giveaway card (code entered in advance, as they are expired now):

1980 Topps #148 Manny Sanguillen

Gotta love a good gap-toothed smile :)

]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/01/22/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-update-series-short-print-x2/feed/ 1 JUMBO Sunday: 2011 Topps Series 2 (Manu-relic hit!) http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/11/20/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-series-2-manu-relic-hit/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/11/20/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-series-2-manu-relic-hit/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:21:59 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=6478 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
2003 Topps #661 Jeremy Guthrie (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
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