2010 Topps Series 2:

1. #650 Dustin Pedroia
2. #657 Chris Young
3. #561 Ryan Zimmerman
4. #430 Kazuo Matsui
5. #370 Robinson Cano
6. #438 Jason Bartlett
7. #584 Matt Capps
8. #359 Aramis Ramirez
9. #425 Dontrelle Willis
10. #574 Milwaukee Brewers (Team Card)
11. #371 Nick Hundley
12. #494 Andrew Miller
13. #589 Edinson Volquez
14. #416 Ruben Tejada (Rookie Card)
15. #376 Esmil Rogers (Rookie Card)
16. #431 John Raynor (Rookie Card)
17. #503 Austin Jackson (Rookie Card)
18. #476 Yadier Molina
19. #520 Randy Wells
20. #654 Collin Balester
21. #632 Daric Barton
22. #604 Atlanta Braves (Franchise History)
23. #543 Adam Jones/Nick Markakis (Checklist)
24. #486 Raul Ibanez
25. #480 Boston Red Sox (Team Card)
26. #379 Phil Hughes
27. #559 Nick Markakis
28. Gold #356 Angels (Franchise History) (Serial#1353/2010)
29. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT66 Warren Spahn
30. History of the World Series #HWS2 Walter Johnson
31. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-20 Carl Yastrzemski
32. 2020 #T18 Clayton Kershaw
33. Vintage Legends #VLC9 Ozzie Smith
34. Turkey Red #TR90 Johan Santana
35. Legendary Lineage #LL-42 Lou Gehrig/Albert Pujols
36. Peak Performance #PP-89 B.J. Upton
37. #420 Shin-soo Choo
38. #448 Joakim Soria
39. #529 Carlos Lee
40. #614 Kelly Johnson
41. #660 Brandon McCarthy
42. #585 Dioner Navarro
43. #631 Marc Rzepczynski
44. #519 Alexi Casilla
45. #621 Aaron Cook
46. #521 Jeremy Bonderman
47. #484 Mike Fontenot
48. #396 Jake Westbrook
49. #447 Jeremy Guthrie
50. Attax Code Card #MH Matt Holliday

“Is Pujols the new Gehrig?  The comparison is compelling.  Through their age-29 seasons, Lou holds slight edges in RBI (1,146 to 1,112) and OPS (1.084 to 1,055), but Albert is way out in front in HRs (366 to 267).  They also rank third and fourth in most XBHs in a player’s first 5,000 career ABs — “The Iron Horse” with 761 and “Prince Albert” with 744.”

I think Topps is stretching it a little just to put Gehrig on a card with Pujols.  Pujols is actually much closer to Jimmie Foxx in comparison.  Through age 29, Pujols batted .334 with 366 home runs, while Foxx batted .334 with 379 home runs.  Foxx hit more home runs through age 29 than Pujols because he had 405 more at-bats.

Some other nice cards from this pack:

It’s amazing how Austin Jackson can lead the league in strikeouts, yet still maintain a batting average above .300:

I’m assuming this is from the Angels’ 2002 World Series title?

The Big Train:

and the Wizard of Oz:

I FINALLY got a pre-1970s card in the Topps Million Card Giveaway lottery!

1958 Topps #141 Ken Lehman

He was a relief pitcher in a time when needing a relief pitcher was a sign of weakness.

2010 Topps Series 2 Jumbo:

1. #468 Delmon Young
2. #541 Jason Motte
3. #617 Luis Valbuena
4. #343 Brian Bruney
5. #387 Josh Fields
6. #434 Kevin Slowey
7. #533 Gary Matthews Jr.
8. #643 Michael Young
9. #506 Jose Lopez
10. #489 Russell Martin
11. #409 Kosuke Fukudome
12. #333 Ryan Ludwick
13. #436 New York Mets (Team Card)
14. #502 Jhoulys Chacin
15. #646 Trevor Crowe
16. #544 Kevin Kouzmanoff
17. #524 Dusty Hughes (Rookie Card)
18. #453 Jesse English (Rookie Card)
19. #395 Jenrry Mejia (Rookie Card)
20. #335 Jordan Norberto (Rookie Card)
21. #558 Ronny Paulino
22. #545 Fred Lewis
23. #372 Philadelphia Phillies (Franchise History)
24. #652 Chipper Jones
25. #331 Ryan Braun
26. #602 Kansas City Royals (Franchise History)
27. Gold Border #583 Anibal Sanchez (Serial#1230/2010)
28. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT87 Joe Morgan
29. History of the World Series #HWS8 Enos Slaughter
30. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-19 Mike Schmidt
31. 2020 #T4 David Price
32. #590b Ernie Banks (Short Print)
33. Vintage Legends #VLC17 Mike Schmidt
34. Turkey Red #TR55 Aaron Hill
35. Legendary Lineage #LL-54 Ozzie Smith/Elvis Andrus
36. Peak Performance #PP-60 Mike Schmidt
37. #389 Troy Tulowitzki
38. #481 Scott Rolen
39. #557 Aaron Hill
40. #537 Michael Cuddyer
41. #546 Bud Norris
42. #627 Jeremy Hermida
43. #341 Texas Rangers (Team Card)
44. #407 Nick Punto
45. #518 Corey Hart
46. #606 Chad Qualls
47. #342 Melky Cabrera
48. #443 Jason Hammel
49. #588 Landon Powell
50. Attax #LB Lance Berkman

I found two Nats cards in this jumbo pack.  However, neither of them are on the current 25-man roster.  Brian Bruney has already been released, while Jesse English is hanging out in the Bush Leagues.

The Ernie Banks card is a pleasant surprise.  I’ll probably end up auctioning it off for a few bucks on eBay and using the cash towards buying a “real” Ernie Banks card.

Some of the other notable pulls from this pack:

And for all you crazy Topps Million people, I didn’t get a Strasburg.  I got junk wax:

1992 Topps #100 Jose Canseco

2010 Topps Series 1:

1. #209 Alexei Ramirez
2. #121 Brett Anderson
3. #326 Tyler Colvin (Rookie)
4. #75 Adrian Gonzalez
5. #140 Matt Holliday
6. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT-28 Ozzie Smith
7. Turkey Red #TR47 Curtis Granderson
8. Topps Town #TTT25 Manny Ramirez
9. #53 Craig Counsell
10. #144 Rich Harden

“Smith’s 1979 rookie card was barely noticed by hobbyists.  He was just another light-shortstop who, in fact, batted only .211 that season.  Not only would he play his way into the Hall of Fame, but this particular card being perfectly centered was extremely rare.”

This is a bit misleading.  While he didn’t have a great 1979 season, Ozzie was the runner-up for Rookie of the Year on his rookie season of 1978 after hitting .258, stealing 40 bases, and leading the league with 28 sacrifice hits.  He won his first Gold Glove in 1980 and appeared in his first All-Star Game in 1981.

1995 Topps Traded and Rookies:

1. #92T Vaughn Eshelman
2. #118T Jerald Clark
3. #46T Dave Mlicki
4. #110T David Cone
5. #24T Tomas Perez
6. #29T Todd Williams
7. #27T Derek Bell
8. #104T Melvin Bunch
9. #159 Cal Ripken/Ozzie Smith (All-Star)
10. #104T Melvin Bunch
11. #156 Frank Thomas/Fred McGriff (All-Star)

Cal Ripken edged out Ozzie Smith in 1994 All-Star Voting 1,628,524 votes to Smith’s 1,367,518.

1992 Studio, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #88 Randy Tomlin *x2
2. #89 Andy Van Slyke
3. #91 Pedro Guerrero *x2
4. #92 Rex Hudler
5. #93 Brian Jordan
6. #96 Tom Pagnozzi
7. #98 Ozzie Smith *x2
8. #100 Todd Zeile
9. #104 Tony Gwynn
10. #108 Gary Sheffield
11. #109 Kurt Stillwell
12. #110 Tim Teufel
13. #111 Kevin Bass
14. #112 Jeff Brantley *x2
15. #114 Will Clark
16. #116 Mike Jackson
17. #117 Darren Lewis
18. #118 Bill Swift
19. #119 Robby Thompson
20. #122 Glenn Davis
21. #126 Ben McDonald
22. #133 Greg Harris
23. #135 Tony Pena
24. #136 Phil Plantier
25. #138 Jody Reed
26. #143 Chad Curtis
27. #144 Gary DiSarcina
28. #147 Von Hayes
29. #148 Mark Langston
30. #149 Lance Parrish

1992 Leaf Black Gold was the same concept as the Topps Gold cards that also came out in 1992.  However, Leaf inserted one Black Gold card in every pack — an idea Topps ran with in 1993:

1. #8 Chris Gardner
2. #89 Mike Greenwell
3. #146 Greg Gagne *x2
4. #150 Milt Thompson
5. #155 Rich DeLucia
6. #156 Roberto Kelly
7. #160 Luis Gonzalez
8. #161 Steve Wilson
9. #165 Mike Scioscia *x2
10. #170 David Valle
11. #173 Kenny Rogers
12. #174 John Franco
13. #175 Jose Lind
14. #183 Andre Dawson
15. #205 Hal Morris
16. #218 Dave Otto
17. #221 Frank Viola
18. #223 Gary Redus
19. #225 Dean Palmer
20. #267 Jose Canseco
21. #270 Jose Vizcaino
22. #349 Frank Thomas *x2
23. #369 Dan Pasqua
24. #373 Matt Williams
25. #400 Ozzie Smith
26. #406 Danny Tartabull
27. #426 Moises Alou
28. #517 Kirk McCaskill
29. #521 Scott Ruskin

1992 Donruss, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #374 Ron Karkovice
2. #398 John Jaha (Rated Rookie)
3. #404 Dave Fleming (Rated Rookie)
4. #405 Jeff Juden (Rated Rookie)
5. #406 Jim Thome (Rated Rookie)
6. #417 Mo Sanford (Rated Rookie)
7. #419 Hector Fajardo (Rated Rookie)
8. #422 Andre Dawson (All-Star) *x2
9. #426 Tom Glavine (All-Star) *x2
10. #427 Bobby Bonilla (All-Star)
11. #432 Ozzie Smith
12. #437 Tim Crews
13. #438 Rex Hudler
14. #452 Dale Sveum
15. #459 Tom Candiotti
16. #467 Jim Corsi
17. #474 Alvaro Espinoza
18. #476 Checklist 397-477 (Checklist)
19. #482 Francisco Cabrera
20. #493 Joe Boever
21. #497 Gary DiSarcina
22. #502 Dwight Evans
23. #508 Keith Mitchell
24. #514 Mo Vaughn
25. #518 Spike Owen
26. #520 Greg Maddux
27. #521 Carlos Martinez
28. #524 Andy Benes
29. #525 Jeff Schaefer
30. #528 Jerome Walton

1993 Topps #40 Ozzie Smith

1993 Topps archives, to be integrated with my main collection:

1. #18 Terry Steinbach
2. #26 Skeeter Barnes
3. #40 Ozzie Smith
4. #51 Mo Vaughn
5. #60 Roberto Kelly
6. #63 Al Osuna
7. #110 Barry Larkin
8. #141 Dennis Cook
9. #180 Darren Daulton
10. #187 John Dopson
11. #212 Rick Reed
12. #218 Ben McDonald
13. #219 Bip Roberts
14. #220 Benny Santiago
15. #287 Mike Gallego
16. #308 Darryl Kyle
17. #315 Edgar Martinez
18. #359 Mike Stanley