2012 Topps Series 1 jumbo pack:

1. #180 Mariano Rivera
2. #240 David Wright
3. #204 Tom Gorzelanny
4. #248 Stephen Drew
5. #44 Edwin Jackson
6. #2 Trevor Cahill
7. #153 Mark Melancon
8. #48 Wade Davis
9. #317 Tyler Chatwood
10. #258 Jon Jay
11. #39 James Loney
12. #323 Jason Isringhausen
13. #132 Will Venable
14. #61 Daniel Bard
15. #201 Doug Fister
16. #272 Nyjer Morgan (World Series)
17. #273 David Freese
18. #45 Jhoulys Chacin
19. #181 Jose Reyes/Ryan Braun/Matt Kemp (League Leaders)
20. #324 Alex Rodriguez/Jim Thome/Jason Giambi (Active Leaders)
21. #136 Casey McGehee
22. #130 Asdrubal Cabrera
23. #239 Miguel Cabrera/Michael Young/Adrian Gonzalez (League Leaders)
24. #159 Chipper Jones/Albert Pujols/Todd Helton (Active Leaders)
25. Gold Sparkle #136 Casey McGehee
26. Golden Moments #GM-6 Red Schoendienst
27. Golden Greats #GG-73 Babe Ruth
28. Gold Standard #GS-10 Reggie Jackson
29. Gold Futures #GF-14 Mike Stanton
30. 1987 Topps Minis #TM-34 Josh Johnson
31. Golden Giveaway #GGC-10 Sandy Koufax
32. Timeless Talents #TT-10 Ryne Sandberg/Dan Uggla
33. #191 Angel Pagan
34. #94 Logan Forsythe
35. #196 Matt Joyce
36. #51 Alcides Escobar
37. #30 Derek Jeter
38. #228 Brent Lillibridge
39. #96 Grady Sizemore
40. #18 Colby Lewis
41. #328 John Lackey
42. #148 Chris Getz
43. #327 Mark Kotsay
44. #78 Erick Aybar
45. #139 Scott Sizemore
46. #108 Albert Pujols (World Series)
47. #220 Jay Bruce
48. #5 Desmond Jennings
49. #225 Michael Pineda
50. #217 Texas Rangers (Team Card)

My first jumbo pack of 2012 Topps Series 1:

Nice designs, but kind of disappointing pack.

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. #49 Jon Niese
9. #117 Carlos Ruiz
10. #80 David Price
11. #255 Scott Rolen
12. #213 Alex Avila
13. #244 Sergio Santos
14. #199 Adam Dunn
15. #284 Tony Gwynn
16. #86 Brett Cecil
17. #32 Detroit Tigers (World Series)
18. #167 Starlin Castro (Checklist)
19. #319 Justin Verlander/CC Sabathia/Jered Weaver (League Leaders)
20. #232 Mariano Rivera/Johan Santana/Felix Hernandez (League Leaders)
21. #224 Matt Kemp/Prince Fielder/Ryan Howard (League Leaders)
22. #62 Ben Revere
23. #241 James McDonald
24. Gold Sparkle #33 Curtis Granderson/Robinson Cano/Adrian Gonzalez (League Leaders)
25. Classic Walk-Offs #CW-6 Mark Teixeira
26. Golden Moments #GM-20 Ryne Sandberg
27. Golden Greats #GG-60 Tom Seaver
28. Gold Standard #GS-2 Stan Musial
29. Gold Futures #GF-10 Craig Kimbrel
30. 1987 Topps Minis #TM-15 Robinson Cano
31. Golden Giveaway Code Cards #GGC-9 Ichiro
32. Timeless Talents #TT-2 Chase Utley/Dustin Ackley
33. #189 Alberto Callaspo
34. #229 Yunel Escobar
35. #210 Zack Greinke
36. #173 Ryan Roberts
37. #251 Jason Bay
38. #287 Antonio Bastardo
39. #245 Adam Lind
40. #43 Brett Wallace
41. #99 Michael McKenry
42. #247 Clay Buchholz
43. #89 Dontrelle Willis
44. #15 Melky Cabrera
45. #133 Ivan Nova
46. #188 Bobby Abreu
47. #325 Chris Schwinden (Rookie Card)
48. #70 Brett Pill (Rookie Card)
49. #175 Jared Hughes (Rookie Card)
50. #98 Domonic Brown

My Topps Golden Giveaway prize:

2010 Topps Series 2 Jumbo pack:

1. #501 Jake Peavy
2. #591 Fernando Rodney
3. #418 Aaron Laffey
4. #463 Carlos Marmol
5. #599 Jay Bruce
6. #421 Doug Fister
7. #364 Trevor Hoffman
8. #659 Nick Blackburn
9. #571 Brandon Lyon
10. #514 Rafael Soriano
11. #479 Chris Carpenter
12. #345 Chris Volstad
13. #515 Seattle Mariners (Franchise History)
14. #590 Ryan Howard
15. #485 Jesus Flores
16. #433 Julio Borbon
17. #530 Steve Pearce
18. #609 Jeff Suppan
19. #597 J.R. Towles
20. #513 Scott Sizemore (Rookie Card)
21. #572 Clay Buchholz
22. #377 Felix Hernandez
23. #564 Houston Astros (Franchise History)
24. #472 Toronto Blue Jays (Team Card)
25. #600 Hanley Ramirez
26. #350 Prince Fielder/Ryan Braun (Checklist)
27. Gold #624 Carlos Beltran (Serial#0081/2010)
28. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT91 Ryne Sandberg
29. History of the World Series #HWS7 Mel Ott
30. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-14 Ichiro
31. 2020 #T8 Buster Posey
32. Peak Performance Autographs #PPA-CBI Chad Billingsley (Autograph)
33. Vintage Legends #VLC2 Johnny Mize
34. Turkey Red #TR81 Denard Span
35. Legendary Lineage #LL-43 Mike Schmidt/Alex Rodriguez
36. Peak Performance #PP-76 Monte Irvin
37. #440 Willie Harris
38. #525 David Huff
39. #610 Alex Gordon
40. #532 Hunter Pence
41. #592 Brian Roberts
42. #595 Mike Lowell
43. #413 J.J. Hardy
44. #523 Phil Coke
45. #450 Omir Santos
46. #386 Dan Haren
47. #608 Pittsburgh Pirates (Team Card)
48. #594 Andy LaRoche
49. #346 Taylor Teagarden
50. Attax Code Card #JL Jon Lester

Got a Chad Billingsley autograph.  I don’t collect him, but it could have been much worse.  Billingsley is actually a pretty good starting pitcher and an All-Star last year.  He’s only 25 so there’s still a lot of potential left for him.

Some of the other pack highlights:

Chicago’s beloved infielder:

MLB 2010 The Show predicts that Buster Posey will have a breakout season in 2011 and win the batting title.  He was doing so well in the game simulation in fact, that I traded Stephen Strasburg to get him on the Nationals and never regretted it!

Pretty cool to put side-by-side shots of Schmidt and Rodriguez at the same point in their throwing motion:

I kind of doubt that the picture on the card actually shows Mel Ott in his 1st World Series at-bat:

And my Topps Million Card Lottery Redemption:

1970 Topps #395 Walt Williams

That’s an awesome shot just begging for a caption.  You know, his nickname was “No Neck” and you can kind of see why in the picture.

1992 Topps:

1. #391 Ron Gant (All-Star)
2. #337 Alejandro Pena
3. #110 Ryne Sandberg
4. #369 Steve Whitaker (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
5. #394 Denny Martinez (All-Star)
6. #454 Darren Holmes
7. #470 Pedro Guerrero
8. #66 Scott Stahoviak (Draft Pick) (Rookie)
9. #701 Scott Radinsky
10. #129 Melido Perez
11. #111 Mark Carreon
12. #247 Chuck Finley
13. #579 Johnny Oates (Manager)
14. #249 Tony Fossas
15. #700 Ruben Sierra

What are the odds of that?  Ryno yesterday and Ryno today!

“Ryne hit 3-run inside-the-park HR in 1st inning and a conventional 2-run Clout in 3rd vs. Braves, 7-27-91.”

I like how they capitalized “Clout” as if it were an official stat.

2010 Topps Series 1:

1. #210 Josh Beckett
2. #289 Lyle Overbay
3. #127 Hank Blalock
4. #54 John Lackey
5. #27 Lance Berkman/Mike Hampton (Checklist)
6. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT-22 Johnny Bench
7. Turkey Red #TR45 Ryne Sandberg
8. Topps Town #TTT2 David Wright
9. #253 Bengie Molina
10. #291 Austin Kearns

I hit the motherload for cards I need for my collection with this pack.  The Bench and Sandberg will fit nicely in my Greatest Players binder.  Austin Kearns is the first Washington Nationals card I got for 2010.

A bit of self-praise from Topps:

“Bench once said, “one of my proudest moments continues to be the day The Topps Company issued its first Johnny Bench baseball card.”  His 1973 issue, immediately following his second NL MVP Award, pays tribute to the 10-time Gold-Glover’s defense.”

I forgot to keep a Sandberg to myself when I traded away all my Cubs inserts.  Here’s one to keep for myself:

The first 2010 card to go into my Nationals binder:

And some silliness that Topps hopes will draw more kids to baseball cards… because kids are silly:

1992 Leaf, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #314 Ellis Burks
2. #315 Craig Biggio
3. #317 Ryne Sandberg
4. #320 Lee Guetterman
5. #323 Tony Pena
6. #326 Kevin Brown
7. #329 Tino Martinez
8. #332 Mark Gubicza
9. #333 Bill Landrum
10. #334 Mark Whiten
11. #336 Rick Wilkins
12. #338 Kevin Ward
13. #339 Ruben Amaro *x2
14. #340 Trevor Wilson *x2
15. #344 Craig Grebeck *x2
16. #345 Bobby Ojeda
17. #348 Dann Bilardello
18. #349 Frank Thomas
19. #351 Jose Mesa
20. #353 Bob Walk
21. #357 Geno Petralli
22. #359 Tom Pagnozzi
23. #360 Reggie Sanders *x2
24. #363 Orlando Merced
25. #364 Mike Bordick *x2
26. #365 Dion James
27. #366 Jack Clark
28. #369 Dan Pasqua *x2
29. #370 Pat Listach *x2
30. #372 Tom Foley

1992 Donruss, to be integrated into my collection:

1. #531 Mark Langston *x2
2. #537 Billy Hatcher
3. #542 Rance Mulliniks
4. #543 Carlton Fisk
5. #544 Luis Aquino
6. #545 Ricky Bones
7. #547 Charlie Hayes
8. #548 Jose Canseco
9. #549 Andujar Cedeno
10. #550 Geno Petralli
11. #551 Javier Ortiz *x2
12. #552 Rudy Seanez
13. #553 Rich Gedman
14. #556 Checklist 478-555 (Checklist)
15. #558 Chito Martinez
16. #559 Darryl Strawberry
17. #560 Luis Alicea
18. #565 Walt Terrell
19. #566 Dave Burba
20. #567 Dave Howard
21. #572 Jose Melendez
22. #573 Freddie Benavides
23. #574 Jim Gantner
24. #576 Ryne Sandberg
25. #577 Kevin Seitzer
26. #579 Mike Huff
27. #580 Von Hayes
28. #581 Derek Bell
29. #583 Kevin Mitchell
30. #588 Bob MacDonald