Well, I found some time to bust another jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Series 1 and post about it.  Mostly doubles in this one though.  Here ya go:

1. #54 Brian Fuentes
2. #321 Jeremy Guthrie
3. #215 Edwin Encarnacion
4. #37 Vicente Padilla
5. #21 Michael Cuddyer
6. #118 Howie Kendrick
7. #123 Mike Lowell
8. #280 Andrew Bailey
9. #42 Mariano Rivera
10. #259 Kyle Davies
11. #160 Josh Tomlin
12. #4 Jason Kubel
13. #286 Melvin Mora
14. #147 Jon Niese
15. #308 Ian Desmond
16. #22 Barry Zito
17. #101 Gregor Blanco
18. #48 Andrew Cashner
19. #266 Rickie Weeks
20. #271 Adam Dunn
21. #86 Carlos Silva
22. #229 Jonathan Sanchez
23. #10 Stephen Strasburg
24. #240 Andre Ethier
25. #219 Carlos Ruiz
26. #78 Mike Stanton
27. Gold #52 Tampa Bay Rays (Serial#1819/2011) (Team Card)
28. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-3 Reggie Jackson
29. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-13 Bob Gibson
30. Diamond Duos #DD-LZ Evan Longoria/Ryan Zimmerman
31. 60 #T60-19 Andre Ethier
32. Diamond #287 Scott Cousins (Rookie Card)
33. Kimball Champions #KC-31 Nelson Cruz
34. CMG Reprints #CMGR-18 Johnny Mize/Enos Slaughter
35. History of Topps #HOT-1 Topps is Founded by the Shorin Family
36. #49 Angels (Team Card)
37. #198 Buster Posey (Topps All-Star Rookie)
38. #29 Josh Hamilton (MVP)
39. #117 Brett Sinkbeil (Rookie Card)
40. #196 Jose Ceda (Rookie Card)
41. #126 San Diego Padres (Team Card)
42. #135 Mike Stanton (Topps All-Star Rookie)
43. #129 Lucas Duda (Rookie Card)
44. #283 Colorado Rockies (Team Card)
45. #314 Ryan Kalish
46. #134 Carlos Gonzalez/Joey Votto/Omar Infante (League Leaders)
47. #7 Mickey Mantle
48. #91 Lucas May (Rookie Card)
49. #243 Omar Vizquel
50. Topps Town #TT-38 Justin Verlander

For my Topps Diamond Giveaway card I got:

1969 Topps #198 Willie Smith

And what do ya know?  I win a bonus one:

2002 Topps #198 Jimmy Anderson

ack.

Ripping a jumbo pack of 2011 Topps Series 1:

1. #252 Michael Saunders
2. #140 Brett Anderson
3. #102 CC Sabathia
4. #255 Torii Hunter
5. #164 Koji Uehara
6. #47 Kevin Correia
7. #261 Alexei Ramirez
8. #131 Kevin Kouzmanoff
9. #121 Brandon Inge
10. #35 Shin-Soo Choo
11. #260 Freddy Sanchez
12. #197 Aaron Hill
13. #36 Ted Lilly
14. #8 Julio Borbon
15. #128 Manny Ramirez
16. #104 Ian Stewart
17. #156 Josh Thole
18. #20 Hanley Ramirez
19. #2 Jake Westbrook
20. #310 Alex Gonzalez
21. #295 Jon Jay
22. #60 Andrew McCutchen
23. #247 Starlin Castro
24. #136 Jason Marquis
25. #256 Tyler Colvin
26. #58 Edgar Renteria
27. #66 R.A. Dickey
28. Diamond Giveaway #TDG-1 Mickey Mantle
29. 60 Years of Topps #60YOT-28 Eddie Murray
30. Diamond Duos #DD-RS Hanley Ramirez/Mike Stanton
31. 60 #T60-44 Duke Snider
32. Diamond #49 Angels (Team Card)
33. Kimball Champions #KC-6 Clay Buchholz
34. Lost Cards #60YOTLC-3 Mickey Mantle
35. #322 Brent Morel (Rookie Card)
36. #183 Stephen Strasburg (Topps All-Star Rookie)
37. #141 Ubaldo Jimenez (Checklist)
38. #65 Chris Sale (Rookie Card)
39. #57 Mark Trumbo (Rookie Card)
40. #309 Chicago Cubs (Team Card)
41. #59 Gaby Sanchez (Topps All-Star Rookie)
42. #88 Brian Bogusevic (Rookie Card)
43. #80 Desmond Jennings (Rookie Card)
44. #68 Cleveland Indians (Team Card)
45. #318 Albert Pujols/Adam Dunn/Joey Votto (League Leaders)
46. #204 Oakland Athletics (Team Card)
47. #12 Carlos Marmol
48. #158 Casey Blake
49. #279 Nick Swisher
50. Topps Town #TT-14 Shin-Soo Choo

As for the spoils of the Diamond Giveaway card-grab:

1967 Topps #2 Jack Hamilton

Here’s my last jumbo pack of 2010 Topps Update Series:

And the big hit… Matt Capps workout jersey… I’m slightly disappointed, but at least Matt Capps is an All-Star closer and not some 32-year-old middle reliever who will be spending this season in AAA…

1. #US-85 Starlin Castro (Rookie Card)
2. #US-68 John Danks
3. #US-114 Kenley Jansen (Rookie Card)
4. #US-133 Javier Vazquez
5. #US-119 Adam LaRoche
6. #US-189 Derrek Lee
7. #US-19 Russell Branyan
8. #US-193 Ryan Theriot
9. #US-171 Cristian Guzman
10. #US-197 Sean Marshall
11. #US-96 John Bowker
12. #US-277 Micah Owings
13. #US-180 David Wright (All-Star)
14. #US-46 Colby Lewis
15. #US-316 Rod Barajas
16. #US-323 Ryan Kalish (Rookie Card)
17. #US-304 Kris Medlen
18. #US-330 Carlos Santana (Rookie Card)
19. #US-285 Jaime Garcia
20. #US-4 Alex Cora
21. #US-150 Hanley Ramirez (All-Star)
22. #US-35 Ryan Braun (All-Star)
23. #US-260 Andre Ethier (All-Star)
24. #US-241 Joey Votto (All-Star)
25. Gold #US-155 Ivan Rodriguez (Serial#0031/2010)
26. Attax Code Card #CS Carlos Santana
27. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-22 Gary Carter
28. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT173 Joey Votto
29. More Tales of the Game #MTOG-1 Joel Youngblood
30. Turkey Red #TR139 Johnny Mize
31. Vintage Legends #VLC-47 Jimmie Foxx
32. Peak Performance #PP-101 Stephen Strasburg
33. All-Star Stitches #AS-MCA Matt Capps (Jersey Relic)
34. #US-187 Phil Hughes/David Price (Checklist)
35. #US-156 Matt Thornton (All-Star)
36. #US-194 Vernon Wells (All-Star)
37. #US-104 Paul Konerko (All-Star)
38. #US-158 CC Sabathia/Carl Crawford (Checklist)
39. #US-325 Ian Kinsler (All-Star)
40. #US-305 Cliff Lee (All-Star)
41. #US-184 Blake DeWitt
42. #US-81 Rich Harden
43. #US-190 John Lackey
44. #US-298 David Freese
45. #US-143 Jonathan Lucroy (Rookie Card)
46. #US-255 Kevin Millwood
47. #US-307 Carlos Santana (Rookie Debut)

A jumbo pack of 2010 Topps Update Series.  Is anyone else annoyed at how there are 7 versions of 201o Topps card #661, not counting the gold/black/copper/whatever parallels?  I’m happy with my “normal” version.

1. #US-152 Ian Kennedy
2. #US-91 Nick Johnson
3. #US-222 Ted Lilly
4. #US-198 Francisco Cervelli
5. #US-207 Jerry Hairston Jr.
6. #US-146 Peter Bourjos (Rookie Card)
7. #US-230 Robinson Cano (All-Star)
8. #US-162 Hong-Chih Kuo
9. #US-69 Lance Cormier
10. #US-275 Hong-Chih Kuo (All-Star)
11. #US-101 Jake Westbrook
12. #US-173 Lorenzo Cain (Rookie Card)
13. #US-139 Jorge Cantu
14. #US-237 Jhan Marinez (Rookie Card)
15. #US-256 Mike Gonzalez
16. #US-6 Adam Ottavino (Rookie Card)
17. #US-74 Ryan Church
18. #US-296 Lance Zawadzki (Rookie Card)
19. #US-262 Rob Johnson
20. #US-254 Chris Perez
21. #US-40 Evan Longoria (All-Star)
22. #US-284 Josh Reddick
23. #US-229 Joe Saunders
24. #US-271 Travis Wood (Rookie Card)
25. #US-245 Placido Polanco
26. #US-53 Jordan Smith (Rookie Card)
27. #US-41 Anthony Slama (Rookie Card)
28. Gold #US-62 Chris Narveson (Serial#0375/2010)
29. Attax Code Card #DW David Wright
30. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-26 Roger Maris
31. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT155 Larry Walker
32. More Tales of the Game #MTOG-5 Babe Ruth
33. Turkey Red #TR117 Carlos Gomez
34. Vintage Legends #VLC-30 George Sisler
35. Peak Performance #PP-125 Roy Halladay
36. Topps #661D Stephen Strasburg (Rookie Card)
37. #US-228 Brandon Phillips/Martin Prado (Checklist)
38. #US-44 Scott Rolen (All-Star)
39. #US-328 Adrian Beltre (All-Star)
40. #US-73 Torii Hunter (All-Star)
41. #US-215 Albert Pujols/Ryan Braun (Checklist)
42. #US-38 Chris Young (Home Run Derby)
43. #US-161 Matt Holliday (All-Star)
44. #US-106 Orlando Cabrera
45. #US-308 Matt Thornton
46. #US-98 Yunel Escobar
47. #US-312 Coco Crisp
48. #US-100 Roy Halladay
49. #US-39 Kila Ka’aihue
50. #US-300 Cliff Lee

Finally getting back to ripping my 2010 Topps Update Series jumbo packs:

1. #US-135 Starlin Castro (Rookie Debut)
2. #US-137 Austin Kearns
3. #US-22 Ty Wigginton (All-Star)
4. #US-208 Jeff Keppinger
5. #US-217 Yorvit Torrealba
6. #US-202 Mitch Moreland (Rookie Card)
7. #US-83 Jeff Suppan
8. #US-176 Felipe Lopez
9. #US-112 Chad Qualls
10. #US-32 Doug Davis
11. #US-64 Jose Valverde
12. #US-315 Edwin Jackson
13. #US-2 Dayan Viciedo (Rookie Card)
14. #US-117 Martin Prado (All-Star)
15. #US-286 Arthur Rhodes
16. #US-43 Brennan Boesch (Rookie Debut)
17. #US-29 Livan Hernandez
18. #US-318 Domonic Brown (Rookie Card)
19. #US-278 Brad Penny
20. #US-129 Gregor Blanco
21. #US-288 Jonny Venters (Rookie Card)
22. #US-246 LaTroy Hawkins
23. #US-239 Gabe Gross
24. #US-293 Pat Burrell
25. #US-253 Mike Minor (Rookie Card)
26. #US-292 Kelly Shoppach
27. #US-272 Brian Stokes
28. Gold #US-41 Anthony Slama (Serial#0375/2010) (Rookie Card)
29. Attax Code Card #CK Clayton Kershaw
30. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-26 Roger Maris
31. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT128 Willie McCovey
32. More Tales of the Game #MTOG-12 There’s No Tying in Baseball
33. Turkey Red #TR138 Christy Mathewson
34. Vintage Legends #VLC-26 Johnny Mize
35. Legendary Lineage #LL-67 Hank Greenberg/Ike Davis
36. #US-220b Boston Americans (Short Print) (Team Card)
37. #US-305 Cliff Lee (All-Star)
38. #US-265 Ryan Howard (All-Star)
39. #US-326 Miguel Cabrera (Home Run Derby)
40. #US-274 Stephen Strasburg/Ivan Rodriguez (Checklist)
41. #US-45 David Price (All-Star)
42. #US-124 Chris Young (All-Star)
43. #US-243 Michael Bourn (All-Star)
44. #US-307 Carlos Santana (Rookie Debut)
45. #US-105 Chone Figgins
46. #US-84 Melvin Mora
47. #US-206 Garret Anderson
48. #US-182 Randy Wolf
49. #US-1 Vladimir Guerrero
50. #US-144 Eric Patterson

1962 Topps #21 Jim Kaat

Just in time for Christmas, I finally got my 2010 Red Hot Rookie redemption in the mail last week.  Between this Strasburg and the autographed Gordon Beckham, I’ve been doing pretty well in these Red Hot Rookie redemptions.

“Stephen gained phenom status long before he ever donned a pro uniform, lighting up radar guns at San Diego State and as a member of Team USA.  He needed just 11 Minor League starts in 2010 — hitting 100 mph in several of them — before the Washington Nationals summoned him in June.  He fanned 14 in his MLB debut and a record 32 over his initial three starts.“

I just opened up a Jumbo box of 2010 Topps Update Series.  Evan Longoria is on the front of the box, but maybe they should have just put Stephen Strasburg on it because this is the set where Topps seems to be piling on the Strasburg.  This box came with a bonus box topper pack of a Chrome Rookie Refractor.  I think I got the best card out of the set:

BOX TOPPER:

Chrome Rookie Refractors #CHR01 Stephen Strasburg

Then I picked up two more Strasburgs from the first pack of the box:

Oh yeah, and I also got some non-Strasburg cards out of this pack:

2010 Topps Update:

1. #US-154 Jose Guillen
2. #US-157 Jason Marquis
3. #US-211 Daniel Hudson
4. #US-76 Jose Tabata (Rookie Debut)
5. #US-62 Chris Narveson
6. #US-186 Scott Hairston
7. #US-95 Jamie Moyer
8. #US-195 Mark DeRosa
9. #US-7 Sam LeCure (Rookie Card)
10. #US-77 John Axford
11. #US-107 Matt Capps
12. #US-201 Jeffrey Marquez (Rookie Card)
13. #US-131 Takashi Saito
14. #US-203 Jon Jay (Rookie Card)
15. #US-270 Vladimir Guerrero (All-Star)
16. #US-28 Bill Hall
17. #US-55 Stephen Strasburg (Rookie Debut)
18. #US-311 Felix Doubront (Rookie Card)
19. #US-294 Aaron Heilman
20. #US-59 Jeanmar Gomez (Rookie Card)
21. #US-54 Akinori Iwamura
22. #US-268 Logan Morrison (Rookie Card)
23. #US-159 Octavio Dotel
24. #US-261 Jason Vargas
25. #US-297 Don Kelly
26. #US-140 Josh Hamilton (All-Star)
27. #US-27 Koyie Hill
28. #US-5 Troy Glaus
29. Gold #US-141 Phil Hughes (Serial#1040/2010) (All-Star)
30. Attax Code Card #CK Clayton Kershaw
31. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-27 Thurman Munson
32. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT146 Ozzie Smith
33. More Tales of the Game #MTOG-14 Stephen Strasburg
34. Turkey Red #TR150 Starlin Castro
35. Vintage Legends #VLC-47 Jimmie Foxx
36. Legendary Lineage #LL-68 Mark Teixeira/Logan Morrison
37. #US-218 Kevin Gregg
38. #US-134 Rick Ankiel
39. #US-111 Willie Bloomquist
40. #US-183 Luis Atilano (Rookie Card)
41. #US-219 Bobby Crosby
42. #US-123 Alberto Callaspo
43. #US-58 Brian Wilson (All-Star)
44. #US-89 Frank Herrmann (Rookie Card)
45. #US-3 Sam Demel (Rookie Card)
46. #US-78 Jon Link (Rookie Card)
47. #US-109 Luke Hughes (Rookie Card)
48. #US-213 Alex Gonzalez
49. #US-309 Andruw Jones
50. #US-257 Joel Hanrahan

My Topps Million card of the week is…

1972 Topps #101 Bill Greif/J.R. Richard/Ray Busse (Rookie Stars)

J.R. Richard draws many parallels to Stephen Strasburg.  Back in 1971, he made his Major League debut at the age of 21 and struck out 15 batters in his first start.  Hopefully Strasburg doesn’t follow Richard’s career path though, because Richard eventually suffered a career-ending stroke and was homeless and destitute in his later years after retirement.

Here’s another 2010 Topps Series 2 Jumbo pack.  The promised hits have all been found, so what gems could possibly be left?  Let’s find out:

1. #352 Cameron Maybin
2. #456 Clayton Richard
3. #536 Matt Palmer
4. #620 Geovany Soto
5. #404 Mariano Rivera
6. #446 Gavin Floyd
7. #336 C.J. Wilson
8. #653 Nolan Reimold
9. #644 David Purcey
10. #538 Travis Hafner
11. #460 Aaron Cunningham
12. #362 Travis Snider
13. #415 Cincinnati Reds (Franchise History)
14. #424 David Herndon (Rookie Card)
15. #355 James Russell (Rookie Card)
16. #477 Nate McLouth
17. #508 Chris Getz
18. #449 Ryan Sweeney
19. #612 Lastings Milledge
20. #613 Eric Chavez
21. #598 Alberto Callaspo
22. #478 Conor Jackson
23. #428 Baltimore Orioles (Franchise History)
24. #554 Ramon Hernandez
25. #470 New York Yankees (Team Card)
26. #462 Alcides Escobar
27. Gold #513 Scott Sizemore (Rookie Card) (Serial#1092/2010)
28. The Cards Your Mom Threw Out #CMT81 Willie McCovey
29. History of the World Series #HWS20 Edgar Renteria
30. Million Card Giveaway #TMC-11 Roy Campanella
31. 2020 #T3 Andre Ethier
32. Red Hot Rookies Redemption #8 (Stephen Strasburg)
33. Vintage Legends #VLC19 Rogers Hornsby
34. Turkey Red #TR98 Hunter Pence
35. Legendary Lineage #LL-36 Andre Dawson/Alfonso Soriano
36. Peak Performance #PP-89 B.J. Upton
37. #511 Chicago Cubs (Franchise History)
38. #380 J.D. Drew
39. #426 Mark Reynolds
40. #499 Michael Bowden
41. #605 A.J. Pierzynski
42. #633 Daniel Bard
43. #581 Chris Dickerson
44. #419 David Aardsma
45. #570 Josh Willingham
46. #500 Brad Lidge
47. #414 Sean West
48. #369 David Ortiz
49. #412 San Francisco Giants (Team Card)
50. Attax Code Card #BU B.J. Upton

Awesome!  Of the 10 Red Hot Rookies I got the Strasburg!

Other than that, the rest of the cards were kind of bland…

For the Topps Million Card Giveaway, I got…

1972 Topps #416 Johnny Edwards

Johnny was a 3-time All-Star catcher in the 1960′s known primarily for his defensive abilities.