25 Years of Baseball » Nolan Ryan http://25yearsofbaseball.com Exploring 25 years of Topps baseball, one pack at a time Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:16:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 JUMBO Sunday: 2011 Topps Update Series http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/02/05/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-update-series-3/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/02/05/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-update-series-3/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:45:30 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=6757

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

]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/01/29/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-update-series-manu-relic/feed/ 0 JUMBO Sunday: 2011 Topps Update Series (Short Print x2!) http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/01/22/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-update-series-short-print-x2/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2012/01/22/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-update-series-short-print-x2/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:38:46 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=6715 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)
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)
]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/11/20/jumbo-sunday-2011-topps-series-2-manu-relic-hit/feed/ 0 Catch-Up JUMBO Pack Break: 2011 Topps Series 1 http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/05/14/catch-up-jumbo-pack-break-2011-topps-series-1/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/05/14/catch-up-jumbo-pack-break-2011-topps-series-1/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 00:19:07 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=6295 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

]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/05/14/catch-up-jumbo-pack-break-2011-topps-series-1/feed/ 0 JUMBO Sunday: 2010 Topps Series 1 http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/02/06/jumbo-sunday-2010-topps-series-1-2/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/02/06/jumbo-sunday-2010-topps-series-1-2/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:25:52 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=5951 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
]]> http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/02/06/jumbo-sunday-2010-topps-series-1-2/feed/ 0 Pack Break: 1999 Topps Series 2 http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/01/10/pack-break-1999-topps-series-2-6/ http://25yearsofbaseball.com/2011/01/10/pack-break-1999-topps-series-2-6/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:56:12 +0000 Steve http://25yearsofbaseball.com/?p=5853

“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
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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)
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