2010 Topps Series 1:

1. #153 Justin Duchscherer
2. #63 Josh Bard
3. #310 Elvis Andrus (Topps All-Star Rookie)
4. #220 Randy Johnson
5. #269 Alex Rodriguez/Derek Jeter/Robinson Cano (Checklist)
6. Gold Border #252 Ronny Cedeno (Serial#0095/2010)
7. When They Were Young #WTWY-AP Aaron Poreda
8. Topps Town #TTT6 Ichiro
9. #146 Yunel Escobar
10. #151 Mat Gamel

The photography for 2010 Topps is still awesome.

2010 Topps Series 1:

1. #21 Cristian Guzman
2. #141 Chone Figgins
3. #292 Tommy Manzella (Rookie)
4. #34 Michael Dunn (Rookie)
5. #227 Josh Thole (Rookie)
6. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-4 Ichiro Suzuki
7. Legendary Lineage #LL8 Tris Speaker/Grady Sizemore
8. Topps Town #TTT9 Roy Halladay
9. #208 Tim Wakefield
10. #111 Ty Wigginton

“Speaker and Sizemore are considered among the most well-rounded players of their time.  Each led the American League in runs and doubles, and both are adept on the base paths.  Grady’s 53 two-baggers in 2006 rank third in franchise history, while Tris (the Major League career leader in that category with 792) is second on the list with 56 in 1923.”

Actually, Tris Speaker had 59 doubles in 1923.  George Burns had 64 for Cleveland in 1926.

The card I got from the Million Card Giveaway is good, but I already have it:

2007 Topps #560 Randy Johnson

2006 Topps Series 2:

1. #460 Randy Johnson
2. #403 Brandon Webb
3. #448 Bobby Crosby
4. #529 Kris Benson
5. #434 Frank Catalanotto
6. United States Constitution #SC-CP Charles Pinckney
7. #622 Jason Bergmann (Rookie)
8. #430 Octavio Dotel
9. #353 Claudio Vargas
10. #649 Adam Dunn/Ken Griffey Jr. (Big Reds)

I’m starting to hate these non-baseball cards.  I just don’t see how they can possibly fit into my collection.

The Randy Johnson card on the other hand is going into my Future Hall of Famers binder:

And Jason Bergmann to my Nationals binder:

2009 Topps Series 1:

1. #303 Zach Duke
2. #244 Sean Rodriguez
3. #111 Troy Percival
4. #221 Cliff Lee/Roy Halladay/Daisuke Matsuzaka (League Leaders)
5. #246 B.J. Upton/Carl Crawford/Evan Longoria (Postseason Highlights)
6. #259 Tim Lincecum/Johan Santana/Dan Haren (League Leaders)
7. Topps Town #TTT6 Johan Santana
8. #248 Scott Lewis (Rookie)
9. #185 Randy Johnson
10. #269 Hunter Pence

“The Rays, in their first postseason, captured the AL pennant thanks to their booming bats.  B.J. Upton and Evan Longoria accounted for half of the team’s 16 ALCS homers (each slugging .780-plus) while Carl Crawford tied the series lead in hits.”

If the Rays keep doing what they have been doing this season, they’ll be headed to the World Series again this Fall.  Upton, Crawford, and Longoria are all still with the team.

Another one for my Randy Johnson collection:

2008 Topps Series 2:

1. #495 James Shields
2. #397 Brian Wilson
3. #579 Jesse Litsch
4. #638 Juan Pierre
5. #489 Joakim Soria
6. 50th Anniversary All Rookie Team #AR105 Miguel Cairo
7. Year in Review #YR77 Russell Branyan
8. #550 Curt Schilling
9. #396 Randy Johnson
10. #548 Garrett Olson

Future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson ended his Major League career batting .125 with 1 Home Run and 40 RBIs in 625 At-Bats.  Of his 78 career hits, 14 of them were doubles.

2008 Topps Updates & Highlights:

1. #UH242 Raul Chavez
2. #UH14 Bartolo Colon
3. #UH2 Sean Casey
4. #UH173 Randy Johnson (Highlights)
5. #UH285 Kosuke Fukudome (All-Star)
6. #UH222 Dave Borkowski
7. #UH306 Casey Kotchman
8. #UH96 Vladimir Nunez
9. Gold Border #UH148 David Wright (All-Star) (Serial#0052/2008)
10. Gold Foil #UH42 Chip Ambres

“Although David did not win the Monster All-Star Final Vote as the last addition to the 2008 NL All-Star Team, he was added soon after as a replacement for the injured Alfonso Soriano.  He singled and walked during the 15-inning marathon.  It was Wright’s third straight Fall Classic, including the ’06 game, when he homered in his first at-bat.”

Randy Johnson retired last month.  I’m pretty sure he will be first-ballot Hall of Famer when he becomes eligible, I think in 2016.

Also of note, I noticed the card is missing a letter… it says, “RANDY MOVES UP TO NO. 2 ON ALL-TIME K LIS”

2009 Topps Updates & Highlights:

1. #UH200 Randy Johnson
2. #UH157 Josh Hamilton (All-Star)
3. #UH231 Josh Bard
4. #UH259 Victor Martinez (All-Star)
5. #UH47 Carlos Beltran (All-Star)
6. #UH243 Jonathan Papelbon (All-Star)
7. Ring of Honor #RH99 Thurman Munson
8. Topps Town #TTT62 Russell Martin
9. #UH313 Jeff Baker
10. #UH5 Brian Fuentes

“Munson, a winner of the highest order, captained the back-to-back Yankees World Series champions of 1977 and ’78.  He pounded eight hits in each, and drove home seven runs against the Dodgers in the latter.”

Future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson:

and former Washington National Josh Bard, who is now contracted to play minor league ball in the Seattle Mariners organization:

Opening up a fresh box of 2009 Topps Updates & Highlights to celebrate the new year!

Although the box topper says there is only “one rookie chrome refractor card inside!”, I lucked out and got two!  Hopefully it’s a sign of things to come:

1. Chrome Refractor #CHR41 P.J. Walters
2. Chrome Refractor #CHR42 Jordan Zimmermann

Now on the the first pack:

1. #UH74 Mitch Maier
2. #UH4 David Hernandez (Rookie)
3. #UH216 Mat Latos (Rookie)
4. #UH321 Hunter Pence (All-Star)
5. #UH22 Brett Gardner
6. Legends of the Game #LGU18 Babe Ruth
7. Topps Town #TTT59 Justin Verlander
8. #UH80 Matt Stairs
9. #UH130 Randy Johnson (Season Highlights)
10. #UH288 Jon Garland

Not a bad pack if I might say so myself.