2005 Topps Series 1:

1. #102 Oscar Villarreal
2. #217 Jose Acevedo
3. #4 Lyle Overbay
4. #196 Terrence Long
5. #324 Kole Strayhorn (First Year)
6. #120 Akinori Otsuka
7. #348 Randy Johnson/Ben Sheets/Jason Schmidt (League Leaders)
8. #55 Chad Fox
9. #316 Darren Fenster (First Year)
10. #92 Jerome Williams

1995 Topps Traded and Rookies:

1. #164 Randy Johnson/Hideo Nomo (Mid All-Star)
2. #99T Michael Tucker
3. #146T Jose Olmeda (Draft Pick) (Rookie Card)
4. #99T Michael Tucker
5. #35T Bobby Higginson
6. #17T Mark Kiefer
7. #43T Scott Karl
8. #83T John Mabry
9. #151T Pat Borders
10. #22T Jeff Barry
11. #153T Stan Belinda

5 packs of 1993 Topps Series 2:

PACK 1

1. #824 Checklist 5 of 6 (Checklist)
2. #669 Kip Yaughn
3. #759 Charlie Hayes
4. #767 Rich Ireland (Draft Pick)
5. #433 Tom Schmidt/Roger Bailey (Future Stars)
6. Gold #446 Luis Mercedes
7. #422 J.T. Snow
8. #493 Jeff Nelson
9. #717 Steve Farr
10. #684 Pat Mahomes
11. #397 George Brett
12. #639 Mike Bordick
13. #674 Mark Gubicza
14. #496 Reggie Jefferson
15. #702 Tim Pugh

PACK 2

1. #644 Dante Bichette
2. #819 William Pennyfeather (Coming Attraction)
3. #507 Tom Lasorda/Hal McRae (Managers)
4. #805 Terry Jorgensen (Coming Attraction)
5. #518 Benji Grigsby (Draft Pick)
6. Gold #605 Chuck Finley
7. #795 Deion Sanders
8. #428 Todd Zeile
9. #736 Jeff Russell
10. #490 Omar Olivares
11. #595 Shawon Dunston
12. #783 Heathcliff Slocumb
13. #709 Jeff Juden
14. #777 Mark Guthrie
15. #755 Bill Swift

PACK 3

1. #691 Jim Tatum
2. #523 Doug Bochtler
3. #820 Stan Royer (Coming Attraction)
4. #508 Felipe Alou/Phil Garner (Managers)
5. #804 Jose Valentin (Coming Attraction)
6. Gold #632 Chris Widger
7. #626 Danny Gladden
8. #760 Luis Polonia
9. #450 Darryl Strawberry
10. #432 Pete Young
11. #686 Russ Springer
12. #758 Sean Berry
13. #770 Robin Ventura
14. #670 Julio Franco
15. #765 Vince Coleman

PACK 4

1. #767 Rich Ireland (Draft Pick)
2. #774 Curtis Leskanic
3. #501 Bobby Cox/Johnny Oates (Managers)
4. #812 Matt Walbeck (Coming Attraction)
5. #806 Mark Hutton (Coming Attraction)
6. Gold #653 Steve Hosey
7. #539 Kerry Woodson
8. #751 Eric Hillman
9. #602 Henry Mercedes
10. #725 Billy Hatcher
11. #467 Lee Stevens
12. #680 Craig Biggio
13. #480 Pat Listach (Topps All-Star Rookie)
14. #474 Ozzie Guillen
15. #614 Brian Williams

PACK 5

1. #798 Greg Blosser (Coming Attraction)
2. #441 Todd Pridy/Don Lemon (Future Stars)
3. #817 Bobby Jones (Coming Attraction)
4. #814 Scooter Tucker (Coming Attraction)
5. #823 Checklist 4 of 6 (Checklist)
6. Gold #463 Scott Aldred
7. #649 Tom Marsh
8. #556 Darryl Hamilton
9. #460 Randy Johnson
10. #439 Bryan Harvey
11. #639 Mike Bordick
12. #674 Mark Gubicza
13. #496 Reggie Jefferson
14. #414 Juan Guerrero
15. #646 Rich Scheid

“Randy says his nickname, “Big Unit,” was coined by Tim Raines when the two were teammates in Montreal.  In 1989, says Johnson, Raines bumped into him, with the bill of Tim’s batting helmet hitting Randy in the chest.  Raines looked up and declared, “Man, you’re a big unit!””

1997 Topps Series 2:

1. #388 Dennis Eckersley
2. #325 Randy Johnson
3. #360 David Cone
4. #442 Mark Lewis
5. #327 Mark Leiter
6. #478 Danny Peoples/Jake Westbrook (Draft Picks) (Rookie Card)
7. #483 Mark Johnson/Mark Kotsay (Draft Picks) (Rookie Card)
8. #468 Jason Conti/Jhensy Sandoval (Rookie Card)
9. #377 Todd Walker
10. #364 Kirt Manwaring
11. #373 Jose Rijo

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

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: